The Portland Police Department declared a riot in the city early Sunday, shortly after a group of protesters toppled part of a fence outside the Mark O. Hatfield Courthouse. The police said the riot was declared in response to the “violent conduct” of people who were creating “grave risk of public alarm.”
At around 1 a.m., some demonstrators attached a chain to the fence positioned outside the federal courthouse and managed to pull a section of it to the pavement, the police said. Federal officers exited the courthouse and deployed multiple rounds of tear gas to disperse the crowd in response, according to The Oregonian.
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