The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) spent $7,517,276 responding to the first two months of Portland's racial justice protests. While not a complete picture of the city's costs for the past four months of demonstrations, records obtained by the Mercury of PPB protest-related expenses between June 1 and August 1 offer a snapshot of how PPB has used public dollars to respond to recent demonstrations.
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