JUST IN: Oregon Gov. Brown says the federal government had agreed to withdraw its law enforcement officers from Portland, where violent protests have persisted for weeks — but DHS indicated it would keep its officers on the ground for the time being.
At the same time, Wolf also said in the statement that he and Brown had agreed to a plan to end the violence in Portland that “includes a robust presence of Oregon State Police in downtown Portland.”
He said the breakthrough in achieving the agreement was that “the governor reached out. That’s what changed. I’m glad that she changed her mind.”Protests in Portland have been going on for two months Since then, agents have used tear gas, pepper spray and shot “less lethal” munitions, at times indiscriminately, into crowds. The city saw its largest turnout of the protests this past weekend, around 5,000 people gathered in front of and around the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse, which has been heavily guarded by federal agents.
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