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Tools and Tactics in the Portland Protests

How to employ leaf blowers, umbrellas, shields, lasers, power tools, lacrosse sticks, kitchen mitts, paint bombs, bubbles, balloons, and mor

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Across over two months of protests, demonstrators in Portland have experimented with a variety of tactics and strategies. The clashes in Portland drew international attentionstarting in mid-June, when footage spread of federal agents in unmarked cars snatching demonstrators off the sidewalks and Donald Trumpannounced that federal agents would be using this model to intervene in other cities around the United States. After Trump’s announcement, the demonstrations in Portland grew exponentially, drawing thousands each night, until the governor of Oregondeclared that federal agents would be withdrawn from the streets. In the following overview, participants in the Portland demonstrations describe some of the tools and tactics they have seen employed there.