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Black Lives Matter Protesters Burn Bundy Supporter's American Flag in Front of Portland Justice ... [View all]
Black Lives Matter Protesters Burn Bundy Supporter's American Flag in Front of Portland Justice CenterProtesters affiliated with Don't Shoot Portland and Black Lives Matter took an American flag from a supporter of Ammon Bundy and set it on fire in front of the Justice Center this afternoon {Thursday}.
The flag burning is part a protest of what Don't Shoot Portland describes as racial inequities in the treatment of minority protesters and the armed right-wing militants led by Ammon Bundy.
The protesters are courting a confrontation with supporters of Bundy, the Idaho militant acquitted of federal conspiracy charges for seizing the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
Portland Police cars have shut down a block of Southwest 3rd Avenue in front of the federal courthouse.
Read more: http://www.wweek.com/news/2016/10/28/black-lives-matter-protesters-burn-bundy-supporters-american-flag-in-front-of-portlands-federal-courthouse/
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