Portland police have responded to at least 72 nights of protests, including 17 violations, and have made roughly 500 related arrests in the more than 85 days since George Floyd’s death on May 25, according to a timeline of events that were recently released.
The Portland Police Bureau released “Protests in Portland,” a timeline showing where and when demonstrations were held from May 29 through Thursday. The timeline also shows how many arrests were made each night and what types of crimes, if any, were committed.
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While the data show that 491 protest-related arrests were made during the various months, certain dates along the timeline do not indicate if no arrests have been made – are marked with an “N / A” instead of with a 0. Meanwhile, police said in a related press release that they had made “at least 500” arrests.
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Timeline “Protests in Portland”, Portland Police Bureau
Portland has been holding months of ups and downs related to protest activity for months, with the timeline showing that there were sometimes days in a row when police did not report demonstrations, as of July 5-8.
But Oregon’s largest city has also seen its fair share of violence as destructive behavior.
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Protesters threw projectiles during 58 of the 72 nights of demonstrations identified on the timeline, according to police data. They are thought to have started fires on 42 of the nights.
The timeline indicates that rape was declared on 17 of the nights, although it does not indicate how often police classified protests as illegal assemblies.
A Portland police officer scans the crowd while dispersing protesters ahead of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Establishment (ICE) morning on August 21, 2020 in Portland, Oregon. (Nathan Howard / Getty Images)
Police further described their guidelines for determining whether a demonstration is a riot as opposed to an unfair gathering.
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“A civil disturbance is an unlawful gathering that presents a clear and present danger of rioting, harassment, interference with traffic on public streets or when another direct threat to public safety, peace or order appears,” police said. “A riot is when six or more persons engage in tumultuous and violent behavior and thereby intentionally or recklessly pose a high risk of public alarm, except persons engaged in passive resistance.”
The Trump administration came under fire in late July after deploying U.S. law enforcement agents from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Marshals Service in downtown Portland, following a series of ongoing nights of unrest. more straight was a federal courthouse.
Protesters light a fire during a protest in Black Lives Matter at Mark O. Hatfield Courthouse, Monday, July 27, 2020, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo / Marcio Jose Sanchez)
The presence of the agents was intended to end the demonstrations, but caused tensions to continue fighting. Electoral and public officials were speaking out saying they did not want them there, and called for the removal of federal legislation.
U.S. agents began signing on July 31 under an agreement between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Democratic Gov. Kate Brown and asked Oregon State troops to protect the court.
But the protests continued through the night, and Oregon State Police pulled out roughly two weeks later.
As the timeline shows, there have been nearly as many injustices reported in Portland since the beginning of August as are recorded in the timeline every other month.
A protester burned an American flag outside the Mark O. Hatfield courthouse last Friday night during the July 31, 2020 protest in Portland, Oregon. (ALISHA JUCEVIC / AFP via Getty Images)
Police reported eight offenses between Aug. 1 and Aug. 19 compared to the nine reported from May 29 to July 31. Since the timeline was published, a ninth riot has been declared, this one on Wednesday night, police said.
The timeline does not indicate how many policemen were injured in response to protests and demonstrations, but earlier reports released by PPB have left law enforcement members injured by projectiles that were fired, fireworks that crashed at them and lasers that were shone in her eyes.
And the demonstrations show almost no signs of slowing down.
Most recently, on Friday morning, police announced that they had arrested the suspect Marquise Love, 25, in connection with the on-video attack of a man in downtown Portland. Love revealed that they were caught on video several times and the man was beaten and kicked, who was then knocked unconscious.
The victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries and is now recovering. Meanwhile, Love was charged with three misdemeanor charges of assault, rape and coercion, police said.
On Thursday night through Friday, people in a group of about 100 allegedly spray-painted a U.S. Immigration and Customs building in Portland. They also threw rocks and bottles at agents and shone laser lights on them, Portland police said in a statement.
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The agents put out smoke or tear gas and used crowd-control ammunition to try to disperse the crowd, The Oregonian / OregonLive reported. Three people were arrested, police said in their statement.
The violence came a day after protesters clashed with federal agents for the first time since July in a demonstration that also targeted the ICE building.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
