The 100th consecutive night of protests in Portland quickly escalated into a riot Saturday as people hurled 'multiple fire bombs, mortars, rocks and other items' at officers, police said
The 100th consecutive night of protests in Portland quickly escalated into a riot Saturday as people hurled"multiple fire bombs, mortars, rocks and other items" at officers, police said.
"This criminal activity presented an extreme danger to life safety for all community members, and prompted a declaration of a riot," the law enforcement agency said in a statement early Sunday. Video posted on social media shows what appears to be a Molotov cocktail being thrown into the middle of crowd and exploding into flames on a residential street. One person's legs appears to catch fire as they run away.
The unrest in Oregon's largest city erupted following the May 25 death of George Floyd, an unarmed 46-year-old Black man who died in Minneapolis after a white police officer was filmed kneeling on his neck as three other officers watched.
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