Police said in statements that both the death and protest violence occurred in downtown Portland. When asked by Reuters if the shooting was related to clashes between rival protesters in the same area, the spokesman said "it is too early in the investigation to draw those kinds of conclusions". The man who was shot and killed was wearing a hat with the insignia of Patriot Prayer, a far-right group based in Portland that has clashed with protesters in the past, according to the New York Times. Portland police earlier said in a tweet that a "political rally is caravanning throughout downtown Portland" and that there had been "some instances of violence between demonstrators and counter-demonstrators." Tensions between rival protest groups have roiled downtown Portland every night for nearly three months following Floyd's death.

Source: Dhaka Tribune August 30, 2020 06:56 UTC