Photos and videos shared on social media by reporters and bystanders, however, show police using tear gas to help clear the area.
Earlier Saturday night, a different group of demonstrators gathered by the Portland Police Bureau's North Precinct and"taunted officers ... tampered with gates, broke patrol vehicle windows, and vandalized patrol vehicles," police said.
Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf blasted the protesters as “lawless anarchists” in a visit to the city on Thursday. Rosenblum, who equated the tactics to"being kidnapped," is seeking a temporary restraining order to"immediately stop federal authorities from unlawfully detaining Oregonians."
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