Murmurs: State Troopers Calm Protest Zone

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Portland Police Used Tear Gas Nearly 100 Times Since May, According to Portland State University Analysis

Mayor Ted Wheeler Apologizes for Portland Police Bureau’s Excessive Use of Tear Gas

Into the Gas: Night After Night, Portlanders Confront Trump’s Violent Police in Downtown. It Feels Like a Party, and the End of the World.

“It’s a society being built,” says Mac Smiff, a Portland-based activist. “We’re not holding our city hostage. We’re saying we are the city.”

Portland Settles With Downtown Resident Whose Apartment Filled With Tear Gas

Monique Jefferson was the first Portlander to file a legal claim against the city for health and property damages suffered from police tear gas.

Federal Tear Gas Seeped Into the Jail Next Door, Choking and Terrifying the Inmates

Along with the tear gas, Barnett said inmates have been upset by federal troops’ use of explosives, which has had a particularly strong effect on the mentally ill people housed on the fourth floor.

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Gets Tear Gassed Amid a Skeptical Crowd of Protesters

“Fortunately, somebody threw a water bottle at my head,” Wheeler said. “It was exactly what I needed.”

President Trump Has Reenergized Portland’s Protests

The crowds gathering outside downtown courthouses on July 18 and 19 were as large as any Portland has seen in the past month.