Have I said lately that a young American anarchist with funds to live on so they can "protest" full time is the best tool Putin could imagine? Forget Trump, he's just a poorly educated faux tv billionaire who is too much of a loose cannon with his narcissist whims. Imagine instead this happening with Biden as president. Or Hillary.

1 man shot, killed near downtown Portland protests Saturday

By Eder Compuzano @ The Oregonian/OregonLive.com, Aug. 29, Updated 11:43 PM

One man was shot and killed in downtown Portland as dueling demonstrations — one a pro-Trump car caravan and another a counter-protest mounted by various opposing groups — unfolded late Saturday.

Portland police said the man was shot around 8:45 p.m. near Southwest Third Avenue and Alder Street. The agency did not say whether the incident was related to the demonstrations.

The man lay in the street as medics tended to the gunshot wounds. The body remained there after medics left. Next to the body was camouflage gear with infidel and thin blue line patches, which commonly indicate support for law enforcement. Police taped off the area.

A photo from the scene published by Getty Images showed the man wearing a hat with a Patriot Prayer logo. The far-right group has been at the center of multiple Portland demonstrations that often culminate in violent clashes.

Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson said he had also seen the photo of the man killed. He did not say whether he knew the person.

“I have to figure out what the hell is going on,” Gibson said Saturday night, before hanging up.

Various scuffles between pro-Trump demonstrators and counter-protesters had broken out in the hours since a vehicle rally in support of President Donald Trump, which began in near Clackamas Town Center, reached Portland. Organizers of the event encouraged demonstrators to come armed, but not carry their firearms openly [....]

The immature militia role play abounds, here's a Black group at the DC march on Friday:

There's lots of other more positive views of the march on Fischer's feed.

Aug. 27:

[....] Police Chief Chuck Lovell said the caravan stretched for miles and there were pockets of violence. The police tried to take precautionary measures to prevent vehicles from making their way downtown.

“We have limited resources,” Chief Lovell said at a news conference on Sunday. “We can’t be everywhere at the same time.”

Portland police officers heard reports of gunfire shortly before 9 p.m. local time and found a man with a gunshot wound to the chest, the police said.

Medical responders determined that the man was dead, the police said.

Officials asked people to not jump to conclusions about what happened and to stay away from Portland as some have expressed a desire to seek retribution.

Who was the man who died?

The man’s identity has not been released.

He was wearing a hat with the insignia of Patriot Prayer, a far-right group based in the Portland area. The group says it seeks to combat “corruption, big government and tyranny, using God for strength and the power of love,” according to its Facebook page, which has more than 40,000 followers.[...]

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What Happened in Portland? Here’s What We Know

A man was shot and killed after supporters of President Trump clashed with counterprotesters.

By Bryan Pietsch @ NYTimes.com, Aug. 30, 2020Updated 6:10 p.m. ET