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The Associated Press reports:
Vehicles waving flags for Trump, the QAnon conspiracy theory and in support of police gathered about noon at Clackamas Community College in Oregon City. Members of the right-wing group the Proud Boys went on to Salem, where a crowd of several dozen pro-Trump supporters had gathered.
At one point Monday afternoon, the right-wing crowd rushed a smaller group of Black Lives Matters counter-demonstrators, firing paint-gun pellets at them. There were skirmishes, and the Black Lives Matter group dispersed shortly after local police arrived on the scene.
Clackamas Trump rally pic.twitter.com/9oJ5q21Ao3
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) September 7, 2020
I’m back out in the Portland suburbs, where many hundreds are gathering for another pro-Trump caravan. People are still arriving, but I’ve already seen some Proud Boys, some Qanon proponents, and folks from the Three Percenters militia group. pic.twitter.com/7XamABZvFb
— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) September 7, 2020
All the Proud Boy vehicles have tape over their license plates. pic.twitter.com/BYz2SrdrEb
— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) September 7, 2020
Now in Salem, where there are people on opposing sides of a street. Guns on the right-wing side and at least one bat on the left-wing side. A few Proud Boys demanded to see my credentials, and one made some threatening comments so that I would leave their side of the street. pic.twitter.com/8YS0QDP66O
— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) September 7, 2020
The right-wing crowd crossed the street and began pursuing the left-wing crowd, knocking one guy to the ground, punching him, then spraying him with mace. pic.twitter.com/hdkBEFUYxZ
— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) September 7, 2020
Police are pleading with the right-wing crowd, which includes many Proud Boy members, to move back to where their rally was supposed to be pic.twitter.com/vFf8FwXmCi
— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) September 7, 2020