Donald Trump has again offered to send the National Guard to Portland after another night of unrest causing police clashes with protesters after unrest broke out outside the northern part of the city.
The president on Saturday asked city and state officials to seek federal assistance, which he said “would” immediately put an end to the unrest that has shaken the city for 86 consecutive nights.
‘Another bad night of rioting in Portland, Oregon. A small number of Federal troops are there to protect courthouse and other Federal possessions only (great job!). Want to be asked by City & State to STOP THE RIOTS. Should National Guard bring in, problem would end immediately. TO ASK!’ Trump tweeted.
Tensions between police and protesters reached a boiling point early Saturday, with police claiming to have been obtained after crowds gathered outside the northern area of the Portland Police Bureau and began firing projectiles at officers.
Earlier in the evening, about 200 protesters had gathered at Irving Park before marching a mile to the police station in protective gear including helmets, gas masks, body armor and homemade wooden shields.
Portland police picked up a protest as they dispersed a crowd in front of the Portland Police Bureau North Precinct on the morning of August 22
Street drugs treat Astrid Stark after she was sprayed with pepper by Portland police during a distribution push
Officers forced physical protesters away from the area and used smoke to disperse crowds after they declared a call
Protesters arrived at the facility at 10.15am and were warned by cops not to enter the property or the closed area on Northeast Emerson Street, police said.
Despite the warnings were officers ‘almost immediately’ deliberately by protesters throwing bottles and eggs, and green lasers aimed at their eyes, the department said in a statement.
The encounter resulted in a three-hour clash in which Protestants all piled police cars with ‘softball-sized rocks’ golf balls, ball bearings, metal track spikes and plastic eggs filled with paint.
Police said some members of the club threw balloons full of feces at the cars and that some used a refurbished street sign to vandalize the cars.
Smoke filled the air as police tried to clear the area during the 86th night of protests in Portland
Tensions between police and protesters reached a boiling point early Saturday, with police declaring a rape after crowds gathered outside the northern area of the Portland Police Bureau and began throwing projectiles at officers.
Homemade shields are on display here in front of a protest against police brutality and racial injustice late Friday
A smoke grenade ignites under a vandalized police cruiser at the Portland Police Bureau North Precinct
Smoke later filled the air outside area as authorities worked to clear the public and force physical protesters away, news reports said.
Windows were broken on patrol cars, police said, and items such as glass bottles were smashed and lasers were aimed at officers.
Videos posted online showed several people being arrested after the statement of rioting, with a total of night arrests made, according to police.
On Friday, protesters clashed with federal agents outside a U.S. immigration and customs enforcement building.
Marquise Love was arrested Friday morning, accused of having Adam Haner during a BLM protest in Portland. He is pictured in his latest mugshot
People in a group of about 100 late Thursday and early in the morning spoke to the building with graffiti, threw rocks and bottles at agents and shone laser lights on them, Portland police said.
The agents removed smoke or tear gas and used ammunition for public control to disperse the public. Three people were arrested.
One person was arrested earlier that morning after he was accused of brutally beating a bystander during another demonstration.
Marquise Love, 25, turned himself in to police Friday morning following a city-wide manhunt that lasted four days.
Online records show that he is now accused of misconduct, unlawful coercion and criminal restraint. Bail is set at $ 260,000.
Love is accused of punching and kicking Adam Haner in the head after he was accidentally caught in a protest on Sunday night.
Haner crashed his pick-up truck on a sidewalk near the demonstration before being pulled out of the car and beaten.
Video footage showed a man – believed to be Love – stabbing Haner unconsciously. The victim also suffered two black eyes in the brutal clot.
In a statement Friday, Portland Police Chief confirmed the arrest but did not say what provoked Love to surrender himself.
Also on Friday, a number of federal buildings throughout the city were closed as the FBI investigated a car bomb threat.
Violent demonstrations have taken place over two months in the largest city in Oregon after the death of George Floyd as a Minneapolis police officer.
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