Mayor Ted Wheeler and other local officials have said they didn't ask for help from federal law enforcement and have asked them to leave. In this Friday, July 10, 2020, file photo, U.S. federal officers take a protester into the Federal Courthouse as demonstrators gather in downtown Portland, Ore. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP)A short time later, federal officers deployed tear gas to break up the crowd. Now he is deploying federal officers to patrol the streets of Portland in a blatant abuse of power by the federal government." (Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian via AP)Police Chief Chuck Lovell said Monday that police communicate with federal officers mostly to avoid any unintentional confusion.

Source: CBC News July 17, 2020 12:07 UTC