";s:4:"text";s:4854:" A “Wall of Vets” joined the “Wall of Moms” group in downtown Portland, Oregon, to protest racism and police brutality.PORTLAND, Oregon — Police detained two people Sunday night after a single gunshot was reportedly fired at a protest encampment area near a federal courthouse that has for more than a week been the site of violent confrontations between activists and federal officers. I was among the many Portland moms who stood arm-in-arm to demand police stop attacking our children at last night’s demonstrations. “They want the American public to believe that these are just some wonderful protesters, not radical left ANARCHISTS!” Trump accused protesters — which have also included fathers, college students, doctors and nurses, scientists and military veterans — of being anarchists “who hate our country.”A protester inspects the torn-down fence outside the federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon, in the early morning of July 26, 2020.To appease protesters, city leaders have taken steps to reform the police department, cutting $15 million from what would have been a $245 million budget and disbanding three specialty units that patrolled schools and public transit and worked to reduce gun violence. Techno music pumped from a speaker at the “Riot Ribs“ free food kitchen and a group of protesters gathered after a short march through the area.Thousands of protesters have flocked to the streets surrounding the federal courthouse each night for nearly two months since the death of George Floyd on Memorial Day in Minneapolis, and while federal agents protecting the courthouse have been subjected to barrages of fireworks, bottles and flaming garbage, violence between protesters has been limited. “Our resistance community is very strong. I’m feeling good about it, especially with so many youth leading. Witnesses reported seeing a group of people fighting in the same area shortly before the shot was fired around 7:30 p.m. One person arrived at a local hospital for treatment, police said. Sarah Iannarone. We were then tear-gassed by Federal Police working in partnership with Portland Police Bureau. I was shocked at what I saw Wheeler's police do last night. PORTLAND, Ore. — A man was shot Friday night in Portland's Lloyd District and suffered life-threatening injuries, according to police. First, we had the Wall of Moms and then it’s the Wall of Dads, the Wall of Veterans. As many activists have noted, women of color have been leaders in the uprising since its earliest days, some of them with kids. In their place, self-appointed guardians manage traffic, provide meals and aid protesters hit with tear gas.A federal agent turns their head away from a flashlight being shined in their face by a protester at the federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon in the early hours of July 26, 2020.Portland police declared the protest a riot just after 1 a.m. on Sunday morning and sent in police cars and officers to scatter participants, The Department of Homeland Security said 14 agents were hurt in confrontations with protesters Saturday night, variously referring to participants as “anarchists,” “violent actors” and “rioters.” Agents said they were hit with bottles and fireworks and blinded with lasers and high-intensity flashlights.President Donald Trump said journalists were not showing what’s “really” going on. Office sought: Portland mayor. Wheeler’s challenger in the fall election, Sarah Iannarone, went further than the mayor in criticizing police violence, directly naming black men who have been shot by Portland police.