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One June 13, 1969, Kent Ford, a leader of the Black Panthers, was brutally beaten by Portland Police when he tried to stop them from arresting a number of young people for curfew violation. The beating triggered a riot involving approximately 150 youths that lasted two days and resulted in over 12 arrests.

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youth , racism , riot , black panthers , police violence , curfew , kent ford , portland radical history tour