An anonymous group of teenagers, the PNW Youth Liberation Front has also criticized White millenials and baby boomers, alleging they are the generation willing to put their bodies on the front lines of the protests, according to the In one supposed battle cry on July 5, the group tweeted: “Be like water, keep moving. After some chanting, the group started to break up after 10 p.m., with most people leaving the area before 11 p.m. Two people were detained for tagging a building with chalk.Wednesday's protest came a day after 10 people were arrested when tensions flared after a mostly peaceful protest Tuesday night.Protesters marched across the city, and at police headquarters, officers and City Manager Jon Jennings took a knee with protesters as a sign of solidarity.Police said after the protest was supposed to end at 9 p.m., a group of 100 to 200 protesters returned to the police headquarters on Middle Street.Fights then broke out between peaceful protesters and agitators in the group, officials said.Around 10:15 p.m., tensions between the protesters and law enforcement continued. If you see someone smashing windows, shut the f*** up. Officials have also suggested the far-left militant group Antifa was infiltrating crowds.Businesses in downtown Portland have reported at least $4.5 million in damages amid the nearly two months of civil unrest. Days after a legal effort by the state of Oregon failed, protesters sued the Trump administration on Monday to rein in what they describe as an out-of-control response by federal agents to demonstrations in Portland.The nonprofit Protect Democracy filed the lawsuit in federal court in Washington, D.C., on behalf of several individual protesters as well as the anti-racist organization Don't Shoot Portland and Wall of Moms, a group of mothers who have sought to insert themselves between protesters and police despite being blasted with tear gas.The complaint argues that while federal law allows federal officials to protect federal property, the heavily militarized agents who have responded in Portland have gone far beyond simply protecting property. Though mostly Democratic officials have defended the actions of “peaceful protesters” in the liberal city, police on Sunday night uncovered a bag full of rifle ammunition and materials used to make Molotov cocktails while responding to Lownsdale Park. Portland … Federal law enforcement agencies attempt to intervene as protests continue in Portland. AG Bill Barr fires back at Jerry Nadler over use of force to combat violent crime in PortlandQuestions remain over who is organizing the crowds that have filled Demonstrators have thrown fireworks and Molotov cocktails over a fence where federal officers are embedded to protect the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. On Monday night, an incendiary device thrown by someone in the crowd of hundreds exploded outside the courthouse “causing a report to be heard and felt more than a block away,” according to the Portland Police Bureau. Protests against police brutality continued Wednesday afternoon in Portland, with organizers calling for a peaceful rally after two nights of tension with police.The protest began at 4 p.m. at Portland City Hall.
She has been published in the International Business Times, RT, Sputnik, The Independent and countless other publications. But the Portland Police Bureau clashed with protesters for over a month before federal agents – under the auspices of the Department of Homeland Security – came to protect federal property on the July 4th weekend. Demonstrators draw a peace sign in front of a fire during a Black Lives Matter protest at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse Tuesday, July 28, 2020, in Portland, Ore. (AP) Local activist Hamdia Ahmed, then asked protesters to go home after the conversation.The group marched to Monument Square, and then back to the police station. PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) -- Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s action plan for police reform and reinvestment in communities of color was released Tuesday, coming after nearly two weeks of protests following Multnomah County officials estimated that damage to the Justice Center and a nearby courthouse exceeded $284,000, according to U.S. District Court filings. Activists and peaceful protest organizers say we shouldn't be looking at the differences between nonviolent and destructive protests because the message is the same.
Black Lives Matters organizers brought the spirit of downtown Portland’s activism to Nike’s suburban campus this week, leading protests over the company’s minority hiring practices. Cassandra Fairbanks is a former leftist who came out in support of Donald Trump in 2016. The Federal Government has already waged war against Portland, which has been protesting everyday [sic] for 50 days straight, and now feds are going to war against protesters everywhere in an attempt to take control and snuff out the fire of this uprising. We must become more powerful than them.”The group has factions in other major U.S. cities, according to the Seattle Times. The operation has since attracted dozens of volunteers who have been cooking ribs and other meals for protesters in Lownsdale Park, which is across the street from the courthouse, The group claims it has raised more than $300,000 in donations, But on Monday, Riot Ribs said it needed to dissolve completely after threats against their safety and after learning that one person has been trying to falsely collect money from people in the park on their behalf“Riot Ribs is dissolving completely,” a tweet said Monday. You may need to download version 2.0 now from the At about 7 p.m., most of the crowd dispersed, but around 100 people went back to the police station.Just after 8 p.m., the crowd marched back to City Hall to continue the conversation. Police said someone in the group set off fireworks, which caused protesters to scatter.Police said they then issued a dispersal order.