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Portland Protest Strives for Peace as US Forces Drawn Down

Associated Press

   More than a thousand people showed up in downtown Portland early
   Saturday to peacefully protest, about three days after the announcement
   that the presence of U.S. agents there would be reduced - a deal that
   Oregon officials hope will continue to ease tensions as the city tries
   to move on from months of chaotic nightly protests.

   Friday's overnight protest mimicked that of Thursday, which was the
   first time in weeks that demonstrations ended without any major
   confrontations, violence or arrests. The change in tone outside a
   federal courthouse that's become ground zero in clashes between
   demonstrators and federal agents came after the U.S. government began
   drawing down its forces in the liberal city under a deal between
   Democratic Gov. Kate Brown and the Trump administration.

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