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Portland protests remained peaceful Friday night as over a thousand demonstrators gathered in front of downtowns courthouse,just days after federal officers withdrew from the city. Usually a hotspot for violent clashes with law enforcement, demonstraters instead congregated outside of Mark O. Hatfield FederalCourthouse in Oregon, with balloons, flags, and painted signs chanting "Black Lives Matter. "PORTLAND MAN CHARGED WITH ARSON AFTER ALLEGEDLY SETTING FIRE TO DOWNTOWN COURTHOUSEThe scene was in stark contrast to previous nights in the over 60 days of protests in the same spot following the death of George Floyd, where demonstrators pelted police with bottles, fireworks and other projectiles and attacked the fence around the courthouse, setting fires around the area and police deploying pepper spray to disperse crowds. Since Democratic Gov. Kate Brown announced federal troops would begin a "phased withdrawal" from the city as part of an agreement with Trumps Department of Homeland Security on Thursday, the city has remained notably less angst-filled. Isolated pockets of disturbance punctuated the otherwise calm movement after midnight Saturday, and protesters were quick to chastize rogue actors. PORTLAND BUSINESS OWNER DESCRIBES DEVASTATINGSITUATION, SAYS THERE ARENOCONSEQUENCES FOR CRIMESA lone firework was thrown across the fence and at the courthouse, where officers stood guard insideand other demonstrators pleaded with the crowd to remain non-violent. Later, a few small fires were occasionally started outside the courthouse, and protesters helped to put out at least one of them. A group identified as Firefighters for Black Lives Matter gathered in a small park a couple of miles west of the courthouse. Another group, Unemployed Workers for Black Lives began to march towards the federal building around 8 p. m. People stood next to a makeshift memorial, with the pictures and names of Black people killed by police,
