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Marchers Smash Pearl District Windows in Saturday Night ICE Protest The Pearl District offered protesters new visibility from the windows of newly reopened restaurant dining rooms. An onlooker surrounded by graffiti on the walls of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building. The Chinese characters read: This is my home. (Justin Yau) Updated February 28 After a month in which Portland mostly abstained from political vandalism, protesters smashed windows in the tony Pearl District on Saturday evening during a protest of U.S. immigration policies.
Police in Portland, Oregon arrested two people after about 150 suspected antifa members marched through Pearl District on Saturday night while smashing windows and spray-painting graffiti on business storefronts including Starbucks and Chipotle.
The demonstrators gathered at The Fields Park at around 9pm on Saturday and began marching through the area to protest the Biden administration’s immigration policies and to denounce ICE.
Images posted on social media show vandalized windows of several shops and restaurants, including Starbucks, Chipotle, Umpqua Bank, and Urban Pantry.
The demonstrations lasted for about two hours, according to KOIN-TV.
They come after Portland this past summer was the sight of a summer of rage - with massive protests led by suspected members of antifa essentially shut down parts of the central city for weeks on end.