There are about 150 protesters in Portland marching right now toward an ICE facility, chanting "Fuck Joe Biden."
The crowd has arrived, and the feds have declared an unlawful assembly
The feds have come out and unloaded tear gas and pepper balls into the crowd
Here's video of the feds emerging and shooting tear gas and other riot-control munitions to disperse the Portland crowd.
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Some very close-proximity shooting
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Hours After Biden Inauguration, Federal Agents Use Tear Gas in Portland https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/us/protests-portland-seattle-biden.html
Hours After Biden Inauguration, Federal Agents Use Tear Gas in Portland

Protesters who spent months in the streets over racial injustice and inequality said they don’t expect immediate change from President Biden, who they declared “will not save us.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/us/protests-portland-seattle-biden.html
The feds also brought out some sort of tear-gas blower machine...

What is this thing called??
More footage from earlier, when federal agents blanketed the area with riot-control munitions
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