PORTLAND - Police and federal agents fired tear gas and forcefully dispersed protesters in the US city of Portland early on Saturday , an AFP reporter said, during the latest demonstrations against racism and police brutality.
The inspector general of the US Justice Department on Thursday opened an official investigation into the federal crackdown. One group of protesters formed a line with umbrellas and makeshift shields to try to protect themselves, as at least two fires burned outside the fences around a federal courthouse.
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