⁍ Governor Kate Brown on Friday declared a weekend state of emergency for Oregon’s biggest city.
⁍ Portland has become a magnet for right-wing counter protesters following four months of anti-fascist and Black Lives Matter demonstrations.
⁍ The Proud Boys will gather at noon at Delta Park, about 6 miles north of downtown.
– Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has declared a state of emergency in Portland ahead of Saturday’s “anti-fascist” rally by the right-wing Proud Boys group, the AP reports. The declaration allows state and local law enforcement to use “proportional force,” including tear gas, to keep the peace as thousands of Proud Boys supporters are expected to arrive in the city. The group, which describes itself as a ” fraternal organization that is ‘anti-racism’ and ‘anti-political correctness,'” has advertised the rally on Facebook for weeks, despite the social network’s pledge to block such pages, Reuters reports. The Southern Poverty Law Center describes the Proud Boys as a hate group, citing its members’ anti-Muslim and misogynist rhetoric.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-race-protests-portland/proud-boys-rally-has-portland-in-state-of-emergency-idUSKBN26H0I8