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"body": "<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"qplo9\">Journalist Fiorella Isabel Mayorca said she was caught in a cloud of tear gas and had guns pointed at her by law enforcement officers as she covered protests with her colleague in Portland, Oregon, on July 21, 2020. She also said officers smashed the windows of a van they were using.</p><p data-block-key=\"fhj9w\">Mayorca, the co-owner of <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnESeKWQPmL85jLaZU6Babg\">The Convo Couch</a>, a Los Angeles-based video news outlet, said she arrived in Portland two days earlier to cover protests that had <a href=\"https://apnews.com/a2c8f23381dcc7e6902452b55c3048ce\">grown more intense</a> as the presence of federal law enforcement increased.</p><p data-block-key=\"cyv89\">Demonstrations against police violence and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement have been held across the U.S. since late May. They were sparked by a video showing the death of George Floyd, a Black man, while in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25.</p><p data-block-key=\"4l3my\">Mayorca told the U.S Press Freedom Tracker she arrived at a demonstration at around 9:30 p.m. on July 20 outside the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse downtown, where federal law enforcement officers were stationed.</p><p data-block-key=\"jw5s1\">Mayorca and Craig Jardula, another co-owner of The Convo Couch, <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a32q_M7nLiQ\">streamed live on YouTube</a> for several hours, documenting the demonstration and interviewing protesters. They said that a little after midnight, they returned to a van parked nearby that they had been using as a media station and spot to rest and regroup. Dubbed the “Bernie Van,” it was owned by progressive activist David Crow and had been used as he independently campaigned for U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders during the recent Democratic primary. It was adorned with progressive slogans, including “Defund the Police.”</p><p data-block-key=\"hjte0\">While inside the van at approximately 12:30 a.m., they saw what they believed were federal law enforcement officers in riot gear come out of the courthouse and start to throw tear gas canisters on the ground to push protesters back, Mayorca said.</p><p data-block-key=\"ghul1\">Mayorca continued to film the scene when she said an officer saw them and alerted other agents to the van. <a href=\"https://twitter.com/Fiorella_im/status/1285545570220691456\">Video</a> shows an officer pointing a gun at the van before a group of officers approach, shine flashlights on them and hit the windows until they shatter.</p></div>\n<div class=\"block-tweet\"><div class=\"tweet-embed\">\n <div>\n <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watch how the <a href=\"https://twitter.com/theconvocouch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@theconvocouch</a> team <a href=\"https://twitter.com/yopasta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@yopasta</a> & myself were inside the Berrnie Van, as feds descended upon us and began tear-gassing protestors. We couldn’t get out bc of the gas but we also couldn’t breathe. Feds then smashed the windows & pointed guns at us as the vid goes black. <a href=\"https://t.co/jw0dOAeW22\">pic.twitter.com/jw0dOAeW22</a></p>— Fiorella Isabel🪓 ☭ ⚒🔥🕊 (@Fiorella_im) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/Fiorella_im/status/1285545570220691456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2020</a></blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script>\n\n</div>\n\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"xl7zw\">Mayorca said the officers told them to “Get the fuck out."</p><p data-block-key=\"pzlbw\">“They pointed guns at us,” she said. “It made me feel like they were the enemy, when they’re supposed to be putting in order, so to speak.”</p><p data-block-key=\"pp7la\">The Tracker documented Jardula’s assault <a href=\"/all-incidents/journalists-allege-federal-agents-threw-tear-gas-smashed-van-windows-during-portland-protests/\">here</a>.</p><p data-block-key=\"zo0cb\">While a number of federal agencies <a href=\"https://www.vox.com/2020/7/20/21328387/portland-protests-unmarked-arrest-trump-wold\">reportedly</a> had officers in Portland in July, it wasn’t clear to Mayorca which agency the officers they encountered were from. The Department of Homeland Security, which coordinated the federal presence in Portland, did not respond to requests for comment.</p><p data-block-key=\"2n70u\">After the van’s windows were smashed, Mayorca said they left the vehicle and shouted to the officers that they were members of the press.</p><p data-block-key=\"eiekm\">“They did let us walk out, and we were able to get safely out of there,” Mayorca said.</p><p data-block-key=\"txopw\">The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker documents journalists assaulted, arrested, struck by crowd-control ammunition or tear gas or who had their equipment damaged in the course of reporting. Find all incidents related to Black Lives Matter and anti-police brutality protests <a href=\"/blog/blm-and-unprecedented-aggressions-against-media/\">here</a>.</p></div>",
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"title": "Journalist livestreaming Portland protest hit with multiple projectiles",
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"body": "<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"iyi0i\">Independent journalist Eric Greatwood was among <a href=\"https://pressfreedomtracker.us/physical-attack/?assailant=LAW_ENFORCEMENT&categories=10&city=Portland&date_lower=2020-07-21&date_upper=2020-07-21&state=41&was_journalist_targeted=JUST_TRUE\">multiple journalists</a> who said federal law enforcement officers targeted them with crowd-control weapons on July 21, 2020, while he was covering protests in Portland, Oregon.</p><p data-block-key=\"m2nxk\">The journalists were covering one of the many protests that broke out in response to police violence and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement following the May 25 death of George Floyd. The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker is <a href=\"/blog/blm-and-unprecedented-aggressions-against-media/\">documenting assaults, arrests and other incidents</a> involving journalists covering protests across the country.</p><p data-block-key=\"daba6\">The Portland protests, held nightly since late May, had <a href=\"https://apnews.com/a2c8f23381dcc7e6902452b55c3048ce\">grown more intense</a> as the presence of federal law enforcement increased in early July. A temporary restraining order on July 2 that barred the Portland police from harming or impeding journalists wasn’t <a href=\"https://www.courthousenews.com/feds-ordered-not-to-assault-arrest-journalists-in-portland/\">expanded to include federal agents</a> until July 23.</p><p data-block-key=\"r3mhp\">Demonstrations that began the night of July 20 stretched into the early hours of the next day, according to the <a href=\"https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/07/portland-protests-continue-for-54th-night-amid-controversy-surrounding-federal-officers-presence.html\">Oregonian</a>, as the “Wall of Moms” and other protesters confronted federal officers stationed at the Mark O. Hatfield federal courthouse and the Multnomah County Justice Center downtown.</p><p data-block-key=\"p64yi\">Greatwood had been livestreaming the protests with a camera attached on top of a 20-foot pole when federal agents in camouflage advanced down Southwest Main Street, shooting munitions. He was hit twice with less-lethal munitions as he walked away from a line of federal agents.</p><p data-block-key=\"cg4os\">Greatwood’s <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/EricGreatwood/videos/10224103196387178/\">livestream</a> shows munitions flying through the air, capturing the moment that he was hit the first time, around the 4:57:30 mark. “That one hurt,” he can be heard saying.</p><p data-block-key=\"9xgex\">About 20 seconds later, the footage captures the moment Greatwood was struck again, this time in the buttocks. The pain was much worse this time, Greatwood told the Tracker, and can be heard moaning in the video. He left the protest shortly after due to the pain.</p><p data-block-key=\"orzu9\">DHS, which has coordinated the federal presence in Portland, said in a <a href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/news/2020/07/21/portland-riots-read-out-july-21\">statement</a> that officers used pepper balls and tear gas to respond to an “assault” against the courthouse and law enforcement officers by rioters. The agency didn’t respond to a request for comment on the incidents.</p><p data-block-key=\"dqapr\">The Portland police said in a <a href=\"https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/news/read.cfm?id=251010\">statement</a> that its officers weren’t present and didn’t engage with protesters that evening.</p></div>",
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"title": "Independent journalist injured by projectile while covering Portland protest",
"url": "https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/independent-journalist-injured-by-projectile-while-covering-portland-protest/",
"first_published_at": "2021-10-05T20:13:10.745363Z",
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A temporary restraining order on July 2 that barred the Portland police from harming or impeding journalists wasn’t <a href=\"https://www.courthousenews.com/feds-ordered-not-to-assault-arrest-journalists-in-portland/\">expanded to include federal agents</a> until July 23.</p><p data-block-key=\"lrsjb\">On the night of July 21, the “Wall of Moms” and thousands of other demonstrators converged on the courthouse downton for another night of confrontations with the federal agents, according to the local <a href=\"https://www.kptv.com/news/portland-protests-day-55-demonstrators-gather-to-chant-feds-go-home-crowds-dispersed-with-tear/article_abe8fd16-cbd6-11ea-bbf4-6b1f182fe188.html\">KPTV</a> news station. 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I was hit pretty hard in the thigh. <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/PortlandMoms?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PortlandMoms</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/blacklivesmatter?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#blacklivesmatter</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/protest?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#protest</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/pdx?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#pdx</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/portland?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#portland</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/oregon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#oregon</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/blm?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#blm</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/acab?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#acab</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/PortlandProtest?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PortlandProtest</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/PDXprotest?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PDXprotest</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/Feds?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Feds</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/MOMTIFA?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MOMTIFA</a> <a href=\"https://t.co/DsWHmdHV1z\">pic.twitter.com/DsWHmdHV1z</a></p>— Garrison Davis (@hungrybowtie) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hungrybowtie/status/1285832629556637696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2020</a></blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script>\n\n</div>\n\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"xo9j5\">The accompanying video, taken while Davis was standing behind a concrete pillar, shows the retreating federal agents shooting through tear gas.</p><p data-block-key=\"1imq1\">Davis posted photos of his injury, which he said was sustained through “heavy duty” pants, in a follow-up <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hungrybowtie/status/1285833430769360896\">tweet</a>.</p><p data-block-key=\"dl3th\">“I had to limp for a few days, it wasn’t pleasant,” Davis told the Tracker.</p><p data-block-key=\"b3848\">He does not believe that he was targeted. “I think I put myself in a position to get a good shot, and they were firing rubber bullets wildly in that direction and I got hit,” he said.</p><p data-block-key=\"1buag\">The Department of Homeland Security, which has coordinated the federal presence in Portland, said in a <a href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/news/2020/07/22/portland-riots-read-out-july-22\">statement</a> that officers were “forced” to leave the courthouse to repel a “mob” of protesters. 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"title": "Videographer punched by individual at Portland demonstration",
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"body": "<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"1i8ws\">Independent journalist Mason Lake said an individual assaulted him while he was covering a demonstration in Portland, Oregon, on July 21, 2020.</p><p data-block-key=\"lklbk\">The Portland-based videographer was covering one of the many protests that broke out in response to police violence and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement following the May 25 death of George Floyd. The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker is <a href=\"/blog/blm-and-unprecedented-aggressions-against-media/\">documenting assaults, arrests and other incidents</a> involving journalists covering protests across the country.</p><p data-block-key=\"xygt4\">The Portland protests, held nightly since late May, had <a href=\"https://apnews.com/a2c8f23381dcc7e6902452b55c3048ce\">grown more intense</a> by late July as the presence of federal law enforcement increased in recent weeks.</p><p data-block-key=\"xlvo9\">Sometime before midnight the evening of July 21, Lake was filming around the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse in downtown Portland, where protesters had been engaging in confrontations with federal law enforcement officers.</p><p data-block-key=\"i1ak1\">Then an individual at the demonstration came up to Lake and started accusing him of being a snitch and of filming protesters’ faces, Lake told the Tracker, adding that he responded by questioning why he was being singled out when there were many other cameras that were filming protesters’ faces.</p><p data-block-key=\"oz5zb\">“It escalated from there,” he said. In a video captured by Sergio Olmos, a journalist for Oregon Public Broadcasting — which Lake later <a href=\"https://twitter.com/MasonLakePhoto/status/1285905866588164097\">retweeted</a> — someone in a black hoodie can be seen punching Lake, who was wearing a gas mask and helmet, in the face several times.</p><p data-block-key=\"zkpgy\">“He took the first swing,” said Lake. “Once he hit me it got my mask out of the way, so I couldn’t see. The crowd rushed in and pulled him off me.”</p><p data-block-key=\"6ob8d\">Lake, who didn’t suffer serious injuries from the attack, told the Tracker he wasn’t sure who punched him. He said he wasn’t informing on protesters or filming their faces, and that his camera was aimed down at the time of the confrontation. Portland protesters <a href=\"https://cpj.org/2020/08/were-scared-shitless-out-here-four-reporters-on-covering-the-federal-response-to-portland-protests/\">have worried</a> that footage of them at demonstrations could lead to arrests.</p><p data-block-key=\"6kqcd\">The assault on Lake came over a week after some Instagram and Twitter accounts <a href=\"https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/assault-on-videographer-an-ugly-sign-of-discord-within-portland-protest-movement/\">accused</a> Lake of being a “snitch,” or police informant, Lake said. The claims were posted after Lake had published videos of federal law enforcement arrests of protesters on his Twitter account.</p><p data-block-key=\"oiroh\">The social media posts targeting Lake included screenshots of text messages purporting to be from Lake in which he admits to sending footage of protesters to the police. Lake, however, told the Tracker that he never sent those messages and that they were photoshopped.</p><p data-block-key=\"9b0kn\">“On Facebook, people started bombarding me and banning me in protest groups that I shared my photos in,” said Lake, adding that he started receiving death threats on social media and in texts. “I was in fear of leaving my house of people jumping me.”</p><p data-block-key=\"7odic\">The night after the initial assault, Lake was <a href=\"https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/assault-on-videographer-an-ugly-sign-of-discord-within-portland-protest-movement/\">attacked</a> again by protesters in an incident that sent him to the hospital. He wasn’t filming at the time.</p><p data-block-key=\"qd73z\">Lake has also been <a href=\"https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/?targeted_journalists=601\">repeatedly shot at</a> with crowd-control munitions by federal and local law enforcement officers while documenting protests in Portland. After getting <a href=\"https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/videographer-hit-police-projectile-during-portland-protest-may-31/\">shot</a> by a projectile that injured his arm on May 31, Lake filed a lawsuit against the city of Portland over the alleged battery by the police.</p></div>",
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"title": "Portland Tribune photographer struck in arm with projectile during protest",
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"body": "<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"8i41k\">Jonathan House, a photo editor and photographer for Pamplin Media Group and the Portland Tribune, said he was shot with an impact munition while covering protests in Portland, Oregon on July 21, 2020. Multiple other journalists also reported being <a href=\"https://pressfreedomtracker.us/physical-attack/?assailant=LAW_ENFORCEMENT&categories=10&city=Portland&date_lower=2020-07-21&date_upper=2020-07-21&state=41&was_journalist_targeted=JUST_TRUE\">targeted with crowd-control munitions</a> that day.</p><p data-block-key=\"ihf1g\">House was covering one of the many protests that broke out in response to police violence and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement following the May 25 death of George Floyd. The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker is <a href=\"/blog/blm-and-unprecedented-aggressions-against-media/\">documenting assaults, arrests and other incidents</a> involving journalists covering protests across the country.</p><p data-block-key=\"enti6\">The Portland protests, held nightly since late May, had <a href=\"https://apnews.com/a2c8f23381dcc7e6902452b55c3048ce\">grown more intense</a> as the presence of federal law enforcement increased in early July. A temporary restraining order on July 2 that barred the Portland police from harming or impeding journalists wasn’t <a href=\"https://www.courthousenews.com/feds-ordered-not-to-assault-arrest-journalists-in-portland/\">expanded to include federal agents</a> until July 23.</p><p data-block-key=\"8xvzn\">Demonstrations that began the night of July 20 stretched into the early hours of the next day, according to the <a href=\"https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/07/portland-protests-continue-for-54th-night-amid-controversy-surrounding-federal-officers-presence.html\">Oregonian</a>, as the “Wall of Moms” and other protesters confronted federal officers stationed at the Mark O. Hatfield federal courthouse and the Multnomah County Justice Center downtown.</p><p data-block-key=\"irdai\">House was filming from across the street from the courthouse and Justice Center when he was shot in the arm. A <a href=\"https://twitter.com/jonhouse_/status/1285478286433218560\">video</a> that House posted on Twitter at 12:34 a.m. shows a fire in the plaza on Southwest Main Street where an elk statue used to stand. About 29 seconds into the video, the frame wobbles as House is hit. “Federal agents moved in to clear the crowd. My arm got shot with an impact munition as I was taking this video (near the end),” House tweeted.</p></div>\n<div class=\"block-tweet\"><div class=\"tweet-embed\">\n <div>\n <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Federal agents moved in to clear the crowd. My arm got shot with an impact munition as I was taking this video (near the end). <a href=\"https://t.co/fgCrYhymPO\">pic.twitter.com/fgCrYhymPO</a></p>— Jonathan House (@jonhouse_) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/jonhouse_/status/1285478286433218560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2020</a></blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script>\n\n</div>\n\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"z4uto\">House said he believes he was targeted. "This felt like the first time that I was specifically targeted," he told the <a href=\"https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/474507-383596-feds-injuring-portland-journalists-as-protests-boil-over?wallit_nosession=1\">Portland Tribune</a>. "That rubber bullet was six inches from putting me into the hospital."</p><p data-block-key=\"1wbjp\">House told the Tracker that he was wearing a bright blue climbing helmet marked “press,” as well as identification on his backpack and a large press pass.</p><p data-block-key=\"p0xsm\">“I understand that you shoot tear gas out and it just takes up whole city blocks, especially if it’s windy,” he said. “But it seems particularly egregious if I’m kind of just standing there and I’ve got both my hands up while I’m filming something, and then one shot is literally coming right at me and hitting me.”</p><p data-block-key=\"iv7ja\">DHS, which has coordinated the federal presence in Portland, said in a <a href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/news/2020/07/21/portland-riots-read-out-july-21\">statement</a> that officers used pepper balls and tear gas to respond to an “assault” against the courthouse and law enforcement officers by rioters. The agency didn’t respond to a request for comment on the incidents.</p><p data-block-key=\"gqeg3\">The Portland police said in a <a href=\"https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/news/read.cfm?id=251010\">statement</a> that its officers weren’t present and didn’t engage with protesters that evening.</p></div>",
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"title": "Freelance journalist struck with projectile at Portland protest",
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"title": "Journalist covering Portland protests sprayed with chemical irritant",
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"body": "<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"ty7yz\">Independent photojournalist John Rudoff said he was hit with crowd-control munitions fired by federal law enforcement officers while he was covering a protest in Portland, Oregon, on July 19, 2020.</p><p data-block-key=\"hmvtt\">Rudoff was covering one of the many protests that had broken out across the U.S. in response to police violence and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement after the May 25 death of George Floyd. The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker is <a href=\"/blog/blm-and-unprecedented-aggressions-against-media/\">documenting assaults, arrests and other incidents</a> involving journalists covering protests across the country.</p><p data-block-key=\"1z1n3\">The Portland protests, held nightly since late May, had <a href=\"https://apnews.com/a2c8f23381dcc7e6902452b55c3048ce\">grown more intense</a> as the presence of federal law enforcement increased in early July. A temporary restraining order on July 2 that barred the Portland police from harming or impeding journalists wasn’t <a href=\"https://www.courthousenews.com/feds-ordered-not-to-assault-arrest-journalists-in-portland/\">expanded to include federal agents</a> until July 23. Rudoff gave declarations in support of the class action lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Oregon, that led to the TRO.</p><p data-block-key=\"b2h99\">Rudoff was hit in the shoulder with a projectile while documenting federal agents emerging from the courthouse and shooting tear gas and munitions, he said in his <a href=\"https://aclu-or.org/sites/default/files/field_documents/aclu_or_dhs_tro_declarations_packet072020.pdf\">declaration</a> for the ACLU.</p><p data-block-key=\"u0itw\">“Suddenly, and for no reason, a federal agent shot me in my right shoulder, inches from my head,” Rudoff wrote, adding that he believes he was hit with a 40mm rubber bullet. “The pain was so bad that I had to retreat into the park and stop documenting for around 15 minutes while I recovered.”</p><p data-block-key=\"l79ve\">Rudoff said he felt targeted as press. “I have body armor that has ‘press’ on it in several-inch-high letters front and back, and a helmet that has ‘press’ on it in inch-high letters front and back,” he told the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker. “I intentionally stand away from crowds as best I can, and intentionally I’m dressed in light-colored clothing as much as possible.”</p><p data-block-key=\"qwm1t\">In the declaration, he also noted that he had two large professional cameras with him and was wearing a National Press Photographers Association press pass.</p><p data-block-key=\"i2yym\">The Department of Homeland Security, which has coordinated the federal presence in Portland, didn’t respond to a request for comment.</p></div>",
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"(2025-03-05 00:00:00+00:00) Journalists settle with Portland, Oregon, over 2020 protest violations"
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