Police in riot gear stormed a rally on Wednesday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck.
The doors and windows of the building were smashed, a small rubbish bin was set on fire and graffiti with the caption “Breonna Taylor deserves justice” and “F — Biden” were spray-painted on the exterior walls, according to videos released this afternoon was filmed at the scene. by reporters for the NBC Portland subsidiary KGW.
Portland police said some of the group of about 150 people were carrying weapons, including Molotov cocktails, knives, batons, chemical spray and a crowbar. ‘
Some members of the crowd met in southeast Portland before heading to the offices of the Democratic Party, dressed in black and carrying banners with the message: ‘We do not want Biden, we want revenge! “For police killings, imperialist wars and fascist massacres’ and ‘We’ are ungovernable,” according to a photo published by The Oregonian.
The charges against the eight arrested include felony crimes, possession of a destructive device and riots, police general said. Kevin Allen said in a video statement on Twitter.
At least 150 people later marched to the immigration and customs enforcement building in Portland and demanded that the agency be abolished.
A crowd clashed with federal officers outside the building, throwing stones and eggs and vandalizing the building, Portland police added.
Federal officers declared an illegal assembly and used ammunition and tear gas to disperse protesters, according to KGW’s Devon Haskins, who was at the scene.
Scattered protests also took place in downtown Seattle, Washington, where several locations, including a storefront of Starbucks and the William Kenzo Nakamura Courthouse, were also vandalized, Seattle Police Report.
Crowds marched to the city’s Pike Place sing, “Antifa!” and “No police, no prisons, total abolition!”
Two people have been arrested on charges of damage to property and assault, respectively, Seattle police said.
