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Pepper spray and pepper balls used by protesters and police at Oregon Capitol.

After an hour or so of confrontations and standoffs on the northwest side of the Capitol, police made at least two arrests.

Protestors used some type of spray and police responded by using pepper balls, according to Lt. Teven Upkes of Salem Police.

“At one point we used pepper balls. I don’t know what else," he said. "When people attempted to come in to the building they actually used pepper spray and other things on officers. In return we used those to separate ourselves and get them to hold that spot. So I don’t know what all was used but I know at least pepper ball was used.

"There may have been other chemical munitions used by the crowd as well on us that seemed to have acted similar to …a CS gas.”

At one point, State Sen. Shemia Fagan, D-Portland – who will be sworn in as Secretary of State come January – passed through the hallway a short distance away from where protestors were confronting police.

“It’s unnerving,” Fagan said. “It doesn’t feel normal. And it feels really sad.