⁍ Friday night’s protest came amid a public uproar and lawsuits over federal officers arresting demonstrators in recent days.
⁍ Some took metal fencing from nearby parks and used it to barricade exterior doors of the justice center and a federal courthouse, Portland police said.
⁍ Eventually federal officers — who have been protecting the federal courthouse — were firing tear gas, Portland police said on Twitter.
⁍ Protesters were ‘shooting commercial grade fireworks and smoke bombs towards the (county) justice center’ across the street from the federal courthouse, Portland police said.

– The US Attorney for Oregon has asked the Department of Homeland Security to investigate “masked, camouflaged federal authorities” who have arrested protesters in Portland over the last few weeks, CNN reports. The move comes after a series of lawsuits and public outcry over the arrests. Friday night’s protest started outside the county justice center, with about 200 people blocking traffic outside the center. But some took metal fencing from nearby parks and used them to barricade exterior doors of the justice center and a federal courthouse, Portland police said. Eventually federal officers—who have been protecting the federal courthouse—were firing tear gas, Portland police said on Twitter. Protesters were “shooting commercial grade fireworks and smoke bombs towards the (county) justice center’ across the street from the federal courthouse, Portland police said. A reporter with CNN affiliate KOIN, wearing a gas mask, said protesters largely remained ‘despite the release of a massive cloud of gas and smoke.'” The US Attorney for Oregon on Friday requested an investigation into masked, camouflaged federal authorities who have recently arrested Portland protesters. Oregon’s governor and Portland’s mayor have demanded that the federal officers be withdrawn. Customs and Border Protection has said it was one of the agencies involved in arresting protesters.

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/business/bunkers-new-zealand-intl-hnk/index.html