THREAD: This past weekend @AP reporters were both with protesters and federal agents documenting the chaotic fight in Portland, Oregon, that has become an unlikely centerpiece in the protests gripping America. http://apne.ws/FCHbRrr 
On Portland's streets: Anger, fear, and a fence that divides

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The party at the Salmon Street Springs fountain, a riverfront landmark in the heart of Portland, was just getting started. Dozens of drummers beat out entrancing...

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Federal agents are under order to protect a federal courthouse, a stately building that now looks like a feudal castle under siege. http://apne.ws/9yJeMtO 
To the protesters, the men inside the courthouse are at best thoughtless political minions, at worst murderous henchmen. To the agents inside, the demonstrators who come out at night to lob bricks are violent anarchists. http://apne.ws/2BvC0wU 
“They can put out 10 seconds of something (on social media) that unfolded over several minutes, and those are the 10 seconds that look bad for us,” said a senior U.S. Marshals Service official. http://apne.ws/F0kEMRs 
Agents used tear gas to push back the people assailing the fence and throwing fireworks at agents, but smoke also seeped deep into a park across from the courthouse. http://apne.ws/hbE0ATw 
“I think that using chemical warfare on civilians is anything but protecting and serving, which is what they’re supposed to be doing,” said protester Eli Deschera. http://apne.ws/stWhm0c 
Read more about the chaos engulfing a single city block owned by the U.S. government here: http://apne.ws/tMaCBTR 
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