US protests

The sheriff of Multnomah County, which includes Portland, Ore., emphatically denied supporting President Trump Tuesday evening shortly after the president made the claim.

Freedom of assembly is a right guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. But after more than four months of nightly rioting in Portland, Ore., some leaders – including the head of the city’s police union -- are proposing modifications for the First Amendment right.

St. Louis prosecutors have declined to prosecute nine people charged with trespassing on the private property and a gun-wielding who pointed weapons at them as they marched against police brutality and racial injustice.

The Ohio National Guard has a presence on the ground at the request of Gov. Mike DeWine.

Assaults on Los Angeles police officers have skyrocketed this year, fueled by ongoing protests against police misconduct, officials said Tuesday. 

The attorney representing an anonymous grand juror in the Breonna Taylor case said Tuesday his client believes “certain questions were left unanswered” after one of three police officers involved in the fatal police raid were indicted, adding that “accountability and a sense of public trust” drove a motion to force Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron to release a recording of the proceedings.

A Portland police sergeant was sent to the hospital and at least 24 people were arrested after demonstrators gathered outside the police union building late Monday into early Tuesday.

Seattle's interim police chief, Adrian Diaz, is making changes following a violent weekend of vandalism across the city as protestors express their anger and disagreement with the grand jury decision in the Breonna Taylor case. 

Some Cleveland businesses aren't taking any chances ahead of Tuesday's first presidential debate and have started boarding up over concerns of possible unrest that has gripped the country in recent months, coupled with a contentious election. 

The former Louisville police detective charged with firing his gun into Breonna Taylor's apartment pleaded not guilty on Monday to three counts of wanton endangerment in a Kentucky courtroom.