Green lines cast by a protester's laser pointer enter the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse as federal officers work to keep protesters out Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Portland, Ore. The beams, which can damage eyes, are routinely aimed at U.S. marshals guarding the courthouse. On the streets of Portland, a strange armed conflict unfolds night after night. It is raw, frightening and painful on both sides of an iron fence separating the protesters on the outside and federal agents guarding a courthouse inside. This weekend, journalists for The Associated Press spent the weekend both outside, with the protesters, and inside the courthouse, with the federal agents, documenting the fight that has become an unlikely centerpiece of the protest movement gripping America. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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