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.

Individuals at the homeless camps in the state land portion of the Sandy River Delta forest provided KATU with a video showing what appears to be a confrontation with hazmat crews hired by the DSL.

The video is time stamped June 4 at 7:51am.

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