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Riot Swiftly Declared for Portland Protest at Police Union Building

Associated Press

   PORTLAND, ORE. - A riot was again declared by authorities Sunday night
   in Portland when protesters marched to a police union building, blocked
   a road and set dumpster fires as officers work to quell nightly unrest
   in Oregon's largest city.

   The protest was broken up almost as soon as it formed outside the
   Portland Police Association building -- the same building where
   protesters were dispersed after a fire was started inside the union's
   offices the night before.

   Demonstrators had marched to the building from a nearby park. The road
   was blocked with fencing, and flames were seen rising from dumpsters in
   the middle of the street.

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