Facebook removes pages of right-wing group Patriot Prayer after Portland unrest


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  • Saturday, 05 Sep 2020

FILE PHOTO: Joey Gibson, leader of the right wing Patriot Prayer group, arrives at the scene of a shooting amid weekend street clashes between supporters of President Donald Trump and counter-demonstrators in Portland, Oregon, U.S. August 29, 2020. Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Handout via REUTERS

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Friday removed the pages of U.S. right-wing group Patriot Prayer and its founder Joey Gibson, a company spokesman told Reuters.

Patriot Prayer has hosted dozens of pro-gun, pro-Trump rallies. Attendees have repeatedly clashed with left-wing groups around Portland, Oregon, where one group supporter was killed this week.

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