TROUTDALE, Ore. (KATU) — For the second day in a row, confrontations escalated between private contractors hired by the Department of State (DSL) to clear homeless camps and a group of individuals living at the camps as well as some activists opposed the the camp’s clearing.
According to the state agency, someone had called the Oregon State Police (OSP) to respond to the confrontation, but the law enforcement agency did not come out.
The DSL would not say who had called OSP. The state police did not immediately respond to a request for comment…