' The accumulated evidence flatly contradicts what Portland’s police chief told the public and city council staff in the days after the attack: that the gunman, 43-year-old Ben Smith, had opened fire only after he had been confronted by “armed protesters”.
That false characterization of the unarmed victims as aggressors ... remains uncorrected on the website of the Portland police bureau (PPB) even today ... '
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/19/blm-march-portland-shooting