Black leaders and protesters say the surge in protest activity targeting the federal intervention in Portland, Oregon, hasn’t distracted from their anti-racist message.
Instead, it’s shined a spotlight on it. Crowds that came out in droves to protest police brutality and racism after George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis had dwindled to a few dozen as the weeks went by.
Since President Trump deployed militarized federal agents to the progressive city, the numbers of protesters have swelled again into the thousands.
While chaos has engulfed the streets and demonstrators chant "feds go home,” they're also still calling for racial justice.
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