Lawmakers and activists in Portland must now contend with local police reform, after 3 weeks of being united against Trump putting federal agents in the city

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• For three weeks this summer, a coalition of activists and establishment local politicians united against the presence of federal agents in Portland.
• Federal officers have left, and the tensions between the state and local officials and activists are reemerging as activists push policymakers to reexamine local law enforcement policy with the same critical lens they viewed federal authorities through.
• Protests have continued. Behind the scenes, though, local policymakers have been working on changes to policing. 
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PORTLAND, Ore. –  For three weeks this summer, a coalition of activists and establishment local politicians united against the presence of federal agents in the city.

Now that agents from the US Department of Homeland Security, US Marshalls Service, and Federal Protective Services are no longer clashing with protesters nightly, the tensions between the state and local officials and activists are reemerging as activists push policymakers to reexamine local law enforcement policy with the same critical lens they viewed federal authorities through.

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