The Portland Police Department declared a riot late Tuesday night shortly after a fire broke out in the city’s police union building.
Rioters took to the streets the second night in a row to indignate the dead of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old black man in Minnesota who was fatally shot by police during a traffic stop.
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Police targeted warnings to the crowd after protesters arrived in front of the Portland Police Association Building. Vehicles blocked intersections and fireworks were set off. Police said an individual lit a fire behind the building and that some “used accelerators on a door to light a fire.”
The department tweeted a video showing large flames blazing against the building and smoke billowing. Red graffiti on the building reads: “Cops are Bastards.”
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Minnesota police announced the arrest of 60 individuals early Wednesday. Brooklyn Downtown police describe Wright’s death as an accidental dismissal. It happened when police tried to arrest Wright on an outstanding warrant.
Portland police said one person was arrested. There were no injuries in the fire which was later extinguished, reports KATU.