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The president of United States, Donald trump, on Monday called “animals” to the protesters who the day before they toppled the statues of two prominent ex-presidents in Portland, the scene of uninterrupted racial protests since May.
Some 300 people marched Sunday night in the center of the largest city in the state of Oregon (western) for the commemoration of October 12, which they dubbed the “day of the wrath of indigenous peoples.”
The protesters also vandalized the facade of a university and the history society.
“Put these animals in jail now,” tweeted Trump, seeking reelection under the banner of “law and order.” “The radical left only knows how to take advantage of a very idiotic ‘leadership’. This is (Joe) Biden! ”, His Democratic rival.
Portland has been the scene of daily protests since the death of George Floyd, a black man who was suffocated by a white police officer in Minnesota on May 25.
Sunday’s demonstration was dispersed with tear gas.
Mayor Ted Wheeler said Monday that the march was “a peaceful opportunity for education, reflection and celebration of the achievements of the indigenous community” and condemned the “obscene” vandalism.
“This group was determined to commit acts of violence and criminal chaos,” said Police Chief Chuck Lovell. “It was promoted as a day of anger, as an unfamiliar event, participants were encouraged to wear black with masks.”
Videos released by the local press show the group of protesters knocking down the statue of Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) and Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865).
“Three, two, one… halen!” One of the organizers was heard on these recordings before knocking down the structure, followed by a celebratory shout after the goal had been achieved. Both sculptures were scratched with paint.
Roosevelt’s was the first to fall. They criticize his policies of assimilation and reassignment of tribal territories. “Stolen landThey wrote on the pedestal of his equestrian statue. It was followed by Lincoln, on whose pedestal they wrote “Dakota 38”, for the execution of 38 indigenous people after a war in 1862.
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