Portland police have declared an uprising near the city’s North Precinct after officers reported protesters hurled rocks, bottles and lasers at them.
A fire burned a mark on the northern part of the city late Sunday, news reports reported. The tear gas was deployed after the fire was extinguished, according to news reports. Protesters had marched to the area from a park, singing several things, including “Jacob Blake,” which Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers identified as the man who was shot by a Kenosha police officer on Sunday
“Criminal activity has continued,” the department said on Twitter. “This event is now a RIOT. All persons must depart to the SOUTH. Failure to follow this direction may result in agents, arrest and / or substitutes, including, but not limited to, tear gas and impulse weapons. “
The department later tweeted, “Stop attacking officers.”
The latest unrest follows on Saturday a violent protest that was eventually sparked by federal authorities of a plaza near a federal building as a demonstration of dual in Portland by right-wing and left-wing Protestants became violent and 14 were arrested.
President Trump again calls on Oregon leaders to seek federal assistance to stop the violence on Saturday, after Mayor Ted Wheelers and Mayor Kate Brown – both Democrats – criticized his decision to deploy troops in the city to to protect federal property in July.
Acting Deputy Secretary of State Ken Cuccinelli told Fox News on Sunday that the “pathetic failure of local and state officials” was on full display.
He said that Gov. Kate Brown, D-Ore., Has more than 7,800 national guardsmen who she refuses to activate to deal with the situation in Portland.
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“Oregon has the resources to solve this problem and yet they refuse to do it,” he said.
Yael Halon of Fox News and the Associated Press contributed to this report
