Portland protesters early Wednesday began to set up tents in the park near the federal courthouse and have barricaded streets to create their own autonomous zone, likened to the since disbanded Capitol Hill Occupied Protest in Seattle. A camera at the Portland Standard Building showed protesters beginning to assemble tents late Tuesday night in the same park where “Occupy Portland” set up in 2011, KATU reported. At that time, officers removed some of the barricades at Southwest 3rd Avenue and Southwest Salmon Street. Several minutes later, a demonstrator extinguished the fire and several demonstrators began to rebuild the barricade. Referring to federal officers, Wheeler said Tuesday that “the best thing they can do is stay inside their building, or leave Portland altogether."

Source: Fox News July 15, 2020 14:33 UTC