A riot outside a Portland Police Department station house early Saturday injured officers, damaged patrol cars and led to nine arrests, authorities said.
Smoke filled the air outside the North Precinct last night when Protestants clashed with police who wanted to evacuate the area – a scene reminiscent of others that have taken place in the city in recent weeks.
Police said that over a three-hour period, private individuals in a crowd of 100 to 150 people piled police cars with softball-sized rocks, glass bottles, golf balls, ball bearings, metal track belts and plastic eggs filled with paint.
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PORTLAND, OR – AUGUST 22: Portland protesters and police clash as crowds gather in front of the Portland Police Bureau North Precinct on the morning of August 22, 2020 in Portland, Oregon. Friday marked the 86th night of protests in Portland following the death of George Floyd. (Photo by Nathan Howard / Getty Images)
“There were also balloons filled with feces thrown at the cars and even a cut-off street sign was used to vandalize the marked police cars,” police said in a statement. “Windows were broken and tires were deflated.”
Officers eventually dispersed the audience except for a few fighters.
One of those was shot with a less damp round with sponge spray after he was seen throwing stones at officers, police said. He was later provided with medical treatment and arrested.
One of the injured officers was treated for a laceration to her leg after she hit a rock, police said.
PORTLAND PROTEST DATA SHOWS POLICE AT LEAST 17 RIOTS DECLARED, MORE THAN 490 ARREST WITH
Porland police said they recovered this golf ball after it was thrown through a delivery window early Saturday during a call outside an area.
(Portland Police Department)
On Friday, protesters clashed with federal agents outside a U.S. immigration and customs enforcement building. People in a group of about 100 late Thursday and before early Friday morning sprayed the building with graffiti, threw rocks and bottles at agents and shone laser lights on them, Portland police said.
The agents dropped smoke or tear gas and used crowd-control ammunition to visit the crowd. Three people were arrested.
Also Friday, a number of federal buildings throughout the city were closed as the FBI investigated a car bomb threat.
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Demonstrations took place in Oregon’s largest city for 86 straight days after the death of George Floyd as a Minneapolis police officer.
