A large number of protesters gathered in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday for the 100th straight night of protests since the killing of George Floyd.
They added in another tweet:"Portland Police are making repeated loudspeaker announcements ordering people to disperse and stop committing crimes or risk use of force the use of crowd control munitions including, but not limited to, tear gas and impact weapons and the possibility of arrest."
Nightly demonstrations against police brutality and racial injustice started in Portland after the police killing of Floyd, a Black man, in Minneapolis in late May and have continued for 100 straight days. A majority of the protests have seen some sort of vandalism, fires, or acts of violence, like projectiles being thrown at police. According to Portland Police,Portland police officers walk through smoke while dispersing a protest against racial injustice and police brutality early in the morning on September 5 in Portland, Oregon.
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