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In downtown Portland at an antifascist demonstration, a man made racist comments at two Black people attending. LEVINSON: Laurelhurst is a wealthy Portland neighborhood. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: If this was in Laurelhurst, this wouldn't be happening. She asked that we not use her name, fearing retribution from the Proud Boys. One witness to the hourlong altercation said she was outraged that violence like this could take place with no police intervention. Proud Boys attacked a man in his car, smashing his windows, dousing him with mace and physically beating him. Antifascists attacked members of the media, throwing one journalist to the ground, smashing her phone and calling her derogatory names. Businesses in the area began closing to avoid getting caught up in the melee. As the brawl moved down the street, fireworks exploded at a nearby gas station.

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Proud Boys and antifascists exchanged volleys of mace, paintballs, full soda cans and fireworks. LEVINSON: The rally turned physically violent when antifascist counterprotesters arrived and confronted the group. If you want to identify as a woman and go in there, I'm going to follow you in there as a woman, too. Tusitala Toese, a well-known local Proud Boy, said transgender women should not use women's restrooms. Capitol as political prisoners and addressed a number of other grievances. Speakers at the event referred to people charged in the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Many of them were armed and decked out in body armor with patches saying things like right-wing death squad. About a hundred people attended the Proud Boys rally, which they billed as the Summer of Love. JONATHAN LEVINSON, BYLINE: The Sunday confrontation took place in northeast Portland, about 10 miles from downtown. As Oregon Public Broadcasting's Jonathan Levinson reports, police did little to stop the political violence from unfolding. To Portland, Ore., now, where this weekend violent clashes broke out between the Proud Boys and antifascist counterdemonstrators.

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