Hundreds of demonstrators and counter protestors filled the streets of Portland, Oregon
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Transcript for Hundreds of demonstrators and counter protestors filled the streets of Portland
We turn Ottawa's city on edge high tensions on the streets of Portland. Police ready for anything to air ads for right groups square off against counter protesters on the left. Not the first time he's opposing forces have clashed in June smorgasbord right in the middle. Tension in Portland tonight as hundreds of demonstrators and counter protesters. Converge on these downtown streets to protest moving swiftly. This demonstration is worm his way down the street here you. In Portland whose name police are holding the line there when hundreds of counter protesters who gathered here they are outnumbered. They've people were gathered on the other side of that original political realm. At one point police reportedly using flash bangs. And rubber bullets to break up the crowd along Portland's waterfront. All of this started with the far right group patriot Greer holding another summertime rally in support of its pro troop candidate for senate and drawing scores of supporters. I'm here to meet other people that have the same attitude I have got like trump. But also counter protesters among the members of anti thought donning helmets and masks. A similar demonstration in July turning violent police declared a riot at least one person was seriously hurt. It's a nice demonstration comes nearly a full year after the deadly protest in Charlottesville. When a man drove a car into a crowd of demonstrators killing had a higher who was rallying against the group. Part of Marcus Moore live for us right in the middle those protests tonight in markets we've seen the images -- all they now. And even right now police are still trying to keep those two sides apart. A top that's right even though the crowd is thinning here there are still scores of people participating in that put political rally. And then big hundreds of counter protesters were on the other side of the street. And you see the police officers there that buffer try to keep these 22 sides apart at the keep the peace top. Marcus war president markets think you.
We turn Ottawa's city on edge high tensions on the streets of Portland. Police ready for anything to air ads for right groups square off against counter protesters on the left. Not the first time he's opposing forces have clashed in June smorgasbord right in the middle. Tension in Portland tonight as hundreds of demonstrators and counter protesters. Converge on these downtown streets to protest moving swiftly. This demonstration is worm his way down the street here you. In Portland whose name police are holding the line there when hundreds of counter protesters who gathered here they are outnumbered. They've people were gathered on the other side of that original political realm. At one point police reportedly using flash bangs. And rubber bullets to break up the crowd along Portland's waterfront. All of this started with the far right group patriot Greer holding another summertime rally in support of its pro troop candidate for senate and drawing scores of supporters. I'm here to meet other people that have the same attitude I have got like trump. But also counter protesters among the members of anti thought donning helmets and masks. A similar demonstration in July turning violent police declared a riot at least one person was seriously hurt. It's a nice demonstration comes nearly a full year after the deadly protest in Charlottesville. When a man drove a car into a crowd of demonstrators killing had a higher who was rallying against the group. Part of Marcus Moore live for us right in the middle those protests tonight in markets we've seen the images -- all they now. And even right now police are still trying to keep those two sides apart. A top that's right even though the crowd is thinning here there are still scores of people participating in that put political rally. And then big hundreds of counter protesters were on the other side of the street. And you see the police officers there that buffer try to keep these 22 sides apart at the keep the peace top. Marcus war president markets think you.