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From the July 17, 2020, edition of KATU News This Morning

KRISTINE FRAZAO (SINCLAIR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT): Across America, it has been a summer of violence. Many places seeing huge spikes in their murder rate. President Trump singling out cities like Minneapolis, New York, and Chicago.

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FRAZAO: It turns out the White House isn’t waiting, already implementing a plan called Operation Legend, sending federal authorities into some cities like St. Louis and Portland. Portland’s mayor tweeting: “We do not need or want their help.” The Department of Justice responding.

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KERRI KUPEC (DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SPOKESPERSON): Perhaps the mayor missed the fact that there were hundreds of these people who were surging these buildings, and these officers were rightfully defending federal property.

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FRAZAO: But the mayor and local residents say federal officers have escalated the violence there.

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PROTESTER: We weren’t surging the building at all, and that’s actually a very common thing I’ll see, that they’re -- “Oh they were trying to break into the courthouse, or into the Justice Center.” No.

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