‘Dying for a Fight’ Episode 6 — Summer 2020

By Ryan Haas (OPB)

Oct. 18, 2021 12 p.m. Updated: Oct. 18, 2021 3:41 p.m.

Over 1000 protesters march across Portland towards the Multnomah County Justice Center in downtown Portland on May 29, 2020. The protests were against racist violence and police brutality. — More than 1,000 protesters marched across Portland towards the Multnomah County Justice Center in downtown Portland on May 29, 2020. The protests were against racist violence and police brutality.
Jonathan Levinson / OPB

Black Lives Matter protests swept the country in 2020. As many as one in 10 adult Americans attended a protest. They got a taste of the world Sean Kealiher had been inhabiting for years before he was killed. And in Portland, the culture war over race and politics would turn deadly.

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