Fresh violence in Portland as police fire tear gas on protesters

Police and federal agents fired tear gas and forcefully dispersed protesters in the US city of Portland early Saturday, amid President Donald Trump’s heavily-criticized “surge” of security forces to major cities. The city, the biggest in the state of Oregon, has seen nightly protests against racism and police brutality for nearly two months, initially sparked by the death of unarmed African American George Floyd at the hands of police in…