Thursday, July 30, 2020

Reporter inside Portland courthouse posts viral Twitter feed on dangers faced by federal agents

  1. "The officers outside the Portland courthouse have been hit by an array of objects from canned food to ball bearings fired from slingshots," Balsamo, a Justice Department reporter for the wire service, also tweeted.
  2. "Mortars were being fired off repeatedly, fireworks & flares shot into the lobby, frozen bottles, concrete, cans & bouncy balls regularly whizzed over the fence at high speeds," tweeted Balsamo, who also co-bylined a story with fellow AP reporter Gillian Flaccus, who reported from outside of the courthouse.
  3. The officers outside the Portland courthouse have been hit by an array of objects from canned food to ball bearings fired from slingshots.
  4. An Associated Press reporter has posted a first-person, day-in-the-life account of federal agents working at the U.S. courthouse in Portland, Oregon, under siege from violent demonstrations that have left agents burned or injured by projectiles and fearing for their life.
  5. The officers outside the Portland courthouse have been hit by an array of objects from canned food to ball bearings fired from slingshots.

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