Donald Trump's administration has agreed to phase out federal agents deployed in Portland as of Thursday, July 30, Oregon Democratic Governor Kate Brown said on Wednesday.
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“ After discussions with the vice president and administration officials, the federal government has accepted my request and will begin to withdraw its agents, ” who acted “ as an occupying force ,” wrote in a statement Mrs. Brown.
Since the arrival of these police officers, the anti-racist demonstrations organized for two months in this large city in the North-West have become tense and clashes have taken place every night near the federal court. Again Tuesday, the Minister of Justice Bill Barr justified this intervention intended according to him to put an end to " riots ".