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Portland Police Declare Third Riot In Five Days

A reporter on the scene identified some of the rioters as “abolition protesters, advocating for a society without police or prisons.”

Jeffrey Cawood
Portland Police Declare Third Riot In Five Days
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Late Friday night, police in Portland, Oregon, declared a riot for the third time in five days.

As The Oregonian reported, “a group of protesters in downtown Portland lit fires, smashed the windows of businesses, a church, and the Oregon Historical Society, and caused other various damage during a destructive demonstration Friday night and early Saturday.” Several gunshots were reportedly fired from a car about a block away from the protest, but no one was injured. According to the outlet, “officers arrested at least four people amid the melee that had drawn several hundred people,” citing a statement released by the Portland Police Bureau just before 2 am on Saturday morning.

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