Rioters reportedly vandalized several buildings in downtown Portland, Oregon, in one of the biggest protests in weeks on Saturday night.
About 150 people marched through the Pearl District of Portland during a ‘direct action’ rally, which smashed windows of businesses such as Starbucks, Chipotle, Umpqua Bank and Urban Pantry and marked them with graffiti, reports KION-TV in Portland.
One of the vandals wrote ‘banks suck’ on Umpqua Bank’s façade, a Portland Tribune reporter tweeted.
The marchers are protesting against the immigration policies of the Biden government and the federal agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
RIOTERS TRY TO BREAK DOWN BY PORTLAND POLICE ASSOCIATION
The White House received a progressive setback this month when it reopened a shelter in Texas intended to house unaccompanied teenage migrants. Amid the setback, the government claimed that the shelter “will not remain open for very long.”
Ahead of Saturday’s riots, several Portland business owners opened their shop windows in anticipation of the planned protest, reports FOX 12 in Portland.
“We removed everything that could cause damage tonight,” Fields Bar and Grill owner Jim Rice told the station. The restaurant was already damaged on Friday. It was unclear whether it suffered further damage on Saturday.
“When these people come through, and we’ve lost an entire day’s business, it means it’s affected my team member’s wages. It’s been going on for nine months,” he continued. “Where are our resources? When do we get enough resources to finally fix them?”
Rioters smashed the window of a downtown Portland restaurant during a night of destruction.
(Portland Police)
Malicious slogans and messages such as ‘No children in cages’ were sprayed everywhere in ICE’s nearby field office.
The window was also broken at a grocery store, restaurant, shipping and several coffee shops, police said.
PORTLAND RIOTE CAUSES AT LEAST $ 2.3 MILLION IN DAMAGE TO FEDERAL BUILDINGS IN THE CITY, US State Attorney says
Police in Portland arrested around 10pm ET and warned protesters that if they did not disperse, they could be subjected to tear gas and firearms, KGW-TV reported in Portland.
Police said in a news release that the use of tear gas could be used after an ignored warning.
Officers were also limited in their ability to respond to the incidents due to several shooting incidents across the city, the release said.
Officers made two arrests: a 31-year-old was arrested in the first grade for criminal mischief and a 17-year-old was detained for interfering with a peace officer and escaping in the third grade.
The department said it could arrest more of the rioters.
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Portland faced months of protests and riots against police following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in Minneapolis in May.