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CHRIS: NOW AT 5, THOUSANDS OF
DEMONSTRATORS FILL DOWNTOWN
PORTLAND AND THIS AFTERNOON IT
TURNS VIOLENT, OPPOSING RALLIES
DRAW POLICE TO TRY AND KEEP THE
PEACE, BUT THINGS ARE TURNING
TENSE.
WELCOME TO KOIN 6 NEWS AT 5:00,
I'M CHRIS HOLMSTROM.
ANNA: AND I'M ANNA CANZANO.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE THIS
AFTERNOON.
WE ARE APPROACHING THE FIFTH
HOUR OF DEMONSTRATIONS IN
DOWNTOWN PORTLAND, THERE HAVE
BEEN VOLATILE MOMENTS MIXED WITH
MOMENTS OF PEACEFUL EXPRESSION,
SEVERAL ARRESTS, SEVERAL ITEMS
CONFISCATED BY POLICE.
A TRUMP FREE SPEECH RALLY AT
TERRY SCHRUNK PLAZA, THERE WAS
ALSO THE ROSE CITY ANTIFA
CHAPMAN SQUARE ANTIFA STANDING
FOR ANTI-FASCISM BUT THAT ONE
HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN DUE TO
CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, THERE
WAS A HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS
GATHERED AT PORTLAND CITY HALL,
ALL 3 TAKING PLACE WITHIN JUST A
FEW BLOCKS OF EACH OTHER.
CHRIS: WE'VE BEEN COVERING THESE
DEMONSTRATIONS LIVE SINCE THEY
BEGAN, WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR
YOU TODAY.
LET'S START WITH COLE MILLER,
WHO'S WITH TRUMP SUPPORTERS AT
TERRY SHRUNK PLAZA.
REPORTER: WE ARE AT THE CORNER
OF SOUTHWEST THIRD AND JEFFERSON
AS THE FREE SPEECH RALLY WRAPS
UP.
AS THE CROWN DISPERSES, THE NEXT
HOUR WILL BE CRITICAL DECEIVED
IF -- TO SEE IF THERE WILL BE
CLASHES.
TAKE A LOOK AT THESE TRUMP
SUPPORTERS AS THEY HEAD HOME TO
THAT WILL BE THE THING TO KEEP
AN EYE ON.
TO THE EAST
WE HAVE A COUNTER
PROTEST THAT HAS BEEN HERE SINCE
NOON.
BEFORE WE CAME ON
AIR WE SAW A
VAN WITH RIOT POLICE AND RIOT
GEAR MAKING THEIR WAY UP
JEFFERSON.
THERE IS STILL A LARGE GATHERING
AT CITY HALL.
A GROUP MADE UP OF A LOT OF
OTHER GROUPS.
THIS
IS THIS THE AGO WITH THE
FLASHING LIGHTS OVER HERE.
THAT IS THE SUV THAT
WAS
CARRYING THESE OFFICERS UP THE
STREET.
THERE IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE A
STANDOFF OF SOME KIND.
THE COUNTER PROTESTERS ARE LINED
UP THERE NEAR THE WELLS FARGO
CENTER.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY KIND OF
CLASH OR VIOLENCE IN THE LAST
HALF-HOUR.
WE DID SEE A COUPLE OF FOLKS
BEING DETAINED.
WE ARE TOLD A GENTLEMAN CAME
FROM THE COUNTER PROTEST AND
TRIED TO LUNCH AT ANOTHER MAN.
HE WAS QUICKLY TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY.
AT A RALLY, THERE WERE A DOZEN
SPEAKERS.
THERE WAS ANOTHER INCIDENT.
WE HAVE NOT YET
PUT TOGETHER THE
PIECES ON THAT.
THERE ARE PEOPLE IN HELMETS AND
MASKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
PROTESTS AND GROUPS.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SAW.
THIS RALLY HAS WRAPPED UP.
THERE WERE ORGANIZERS CALLING IT
A SUCCESS.
WE SAW COUNTER PROTESTERS
THROWING BOTTLES AT POLICE