Portland Police declared a riot late yesterday on the 83rd night of anti-racism protests in the city, with Multnomah County Sheriff's Office saying some individuals had vandalized and set fire to the county building
by local reporters appear to show smashed windows and parts of the office building on fire, which officers later extinguished, according to theIt comes after a group of around 200 demonstrators gathered at the city’s Colonel Summers Park on Tuesday evening and marched in peaceful protest to the Multnomah building before the violence broke out, the“The gathering outside the County Building at 501 SE Hawthorne has been declared a riot.
The force added: “Failure to comply with this order may subject you to citation or arrest, and may subject you to the use of tear gas, crowd control munitions and or impact weapons.”Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury said in a statement early on Wednesday that the Office of Community Involvement had been targeted.
“This is the heart of our County, where people in our community come to get married, get their passports, and celebrate their cultural traditions and diversity...The lobby where the first same-sex marriage in Oregon took place, and where millions of pieces of personal protective equipment are being distributed to help our community battle COVID-19, was damaged,” Kafoury said in a
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