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Protests in Portland, Oregon, turned deadly over the weekend when a man was shot on the street following a clash between supporters of President Donald Trump and people demonstrating against racial disparities in policing.  On Saturday, a group of Trump supporters drove vehicles in a caravan around Portland while flying flags and otherwise expressing their support for the president in the upcoming election.  Though the caravan route was meant to bypass downtown Portland, where protests have been ongoing since the killing of George Floyd in late May, some participants departed from the route and drove downtown where conflict broke out.  Late in the evening, a member of the caravan, Aaron “Jay” Danielson was fatally shot in the chest by a gunman who has not yet been identified.  Keep reading for more on this story and other news. Portland.  Videos from the incident in Portland show angry confrontations between protesters and Trump supporters, with some Trump supporters shooting paintball guns and spraying pepper spray into crowds of protesters and protesters throwing objects back at them.  Later in the evening, after most of the caravan had left downtown, a Portland man who has been livestreaming protests in the city, Justin Dunlap, witnessed the shooting and filmed it on his cellphone. In an interview with The Oregonian, Dunlap said that he saw Danielson surrounded by a cloud of mace with something in his hand and then immediately heard two gunshots and saw Danielson collapse on the street.  Danielson’s friend Chandler Pappas was with him [...]