13 arrested after police kettle over 100 protesters in Portland’s Pearl District
Updated Mar 13, 2021;
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Police arrested 13 protesters after detaining a group of more than 100 in the Pearl District for hours Friday night into early Saturday morning.
Officers kettled the protesters, employing a controversial police tactic used to contain people within a perimeter. The practice has been at the center of multiple lawsuits and criticized by civil rights advocates and, to an extent, Mayor Ted Wheeler.
The protest was billed as a direct action march with no specified target, though an online poster included a U.S. Department of Homeland Security logo with a red line through it.