The 2020 racial justice protests in and around Portland, Oregon, were part of a nationwide movement sparked by the killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. These demonstrations, which lasted for over 100 consecutive days, were driven by calls for police reform and were marked by tense confrontation with local police and federal agents deployed by the Trump administration. The protests became a focal point of national political discourse.
Clashes with far-right counter-protesters also escalated frictions, with instances of multiple violent confrontations - peaking with the shooting death of Patriot Prayer member Aaron "Jay" Danielson by Michael Reinoehl, a self-identified antifascist.
