Portland Inauguration Day Protests

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Tear-gas deployed near Pioneer Courthouse Square
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Protesters shut down the 6th Avenue transit mall, leaving many commuters stuck on the MAX trains during Inauguration Day demonstrations in Portland on Jan. 20, 2017.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

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A protester walks by a line of police officers.
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Crowds inside Pioneer Court House swell in anticipation to the 5:00 p.m. march.
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A security guard stands by Mario's clothing store in downtown Portland as demonstrators march by on Jan. 20, 2017.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

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Demonstrators from both political aisles peacefully protest inside Pioneer Courthouse Square.
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A demonstrator waiting in a gasmask.
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Police inside the fog of tear-gas.
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Protesters burned dozens of tiny American flags in downtown Portland on Jan. 20, 2017.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

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Police use crowd-control devices near Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland on Jan. 20, 2017.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

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Demonstrators get ready to march through downtown.
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Police stand in a line under heavy rain.
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Police use crowd control devices near Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland on Jan. 20, 2017.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

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Pro-Trump demonstrators inside Pioneer Courthouse Square
Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB

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Protesters in downtown Portland were told to move or risk arrest during a large demonstration on Inauguration Day.
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A stalemate occurs between the Portland police and protesters near the Burnside Bridge on Jan. 20, 2017.
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Protesters use shields made out of garbage can lids as they demonstrated in downtown Portland on Jan. 20, 2017.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

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Protesters stand behind a large banner at the west end of the Burnside Bridge on Jan. 20, 2017.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

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A young protester was stopped by others in downtown Portland as he attempted to grab a ladder from a nearby construction site on Jan. 20, 2017.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

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Some demonstrators were hit by pepper spray dispensed by Portland police during the Jan. 20, 2017, march through downtown Portland.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

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Some demonstrators were hit by pepper spray dispensed by Portland police during the Jan. 20, 2017, march through downtown Portland.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

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Portland police watch the crowd of demonstrators as they march through the city's downtown on Jan. 20, 2017.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

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Protesters shut down the 6th Avenue transit mall, leaving many commuters stuck on the MAX trains during Inauguration Day demonstrations in Portland on Jan. 20, 2017.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

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The men operating this paper mache skull in Portland on Jan. 20, 2017, say it represents, "Death to fascism."
Amelia Templeton / OPB

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A band brings up the rear of the protesters marching through downtown Portland on Jan. 20, 2017.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

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A band brings up the rear of the protesters marching through downtown Portland on Jan. 20, 2017.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

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A crowd of demonstrators gathered at Pioneer Courthouse Square on Jan. 20, 2017, and began marching through downtown Portland in protest of the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

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Portland police line the streets of the city's downtown on Jan. 20, 2017, in response to hundreds of demonstrators marching through the streets in protest of the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
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Portland police line the streets of the city's downtown on Jan. 20, 2017, in response to hundreds of demonstrators marching through the streets in protest of the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB

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A protester stands in the smoke after police deployed tear-gas.
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A growing crowd of protesters gathers at Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland on Jan. 20, 2017, as some participants set American flags on fire.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

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A growing crowd of protesters gathers at Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland on Jan. 20, 2017, as some participants set American flags on fire.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

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A demonstrator takes a photo of the police.
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Protesters write emergency numbers on their arms for use in case of arrest in downtown Portland on Jan. 20, 2017.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

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A crowd of demonstrators gathered at Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland on Jan. 20, 2017, in protest of the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

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A growing crowd of protesters gathers at Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland on Jan. 20, 2017, as some participants set American flags on fire.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

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Pete Conklin, a 53-year-old dad and first-time protester, joins the Inauguration Day gathering at Pioneer Square in downtown Portland on Jan. 20, 2017.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

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This man, who voted for Trump, says he is holding a cross to ask people for peace and dialogue. He sees the Jan. 20, 2017, protests in Portland as divisive.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

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A crowd of demonstrators gather at Pioneer Courthouse Square on Jan. 20, 2017, in protest of the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

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A growing crowd of protesters gathers at Pioneer Courthouse Square, Jan. 20, 2017, as some participants set America flags on fire.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

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Workers in downtown Portland began boarding up businesses, Jan. 20, 2017, in anticipation of Inauguration Day protests.
Rob Manning / OPB

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Demonstrators join the Inauguration Day protests in downtown Portland, Jan. 20, 2017.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

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A growing crowd of protesters gathers at Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland on Jan. 20, 2017, as some participants set American flags on fire.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

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Protester Karen Cole says she believes a Trump presidency will give corporate interests unprecedented access to the highest levels of government, Jan. 20, 2017.
Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB

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Downtown Portland businesses ready their storefronts for the expected large-scale protests, Jan. 20, 2017.
Rob Manning / OPB