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Police declare riot in Portland after windows smashed during protests
By SARA CLINE and GILLIAN FLACCUS The Associated Press,Updated April 17, 2021, 3:37 a.m.
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A protester argued with a Portland officer following the police shooting of a homeless man in Lents Park in Portland, Oregon. The shooting comes amid heightened tensions between police and activists as the country awaits a verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin.Nathan Howard/Getty
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) â Police in Portland, Oregon, declared a riot on Friday night after authorities said protesters smashed windows and burglarized businesses during demonstrations that gathered in a park earlier in the day after police fatally shot a man while responding to reports of a person with a gun.
406 Riot police members stand guard during protests in Portland, Oregon, US, on April 16, 2021, in this still image taken from a video. Grace Morgan via Reuters
Oakland, April 17
Protests against police brutality in Portland, Oregan, and Oakland, California, ended with vandalism and arson, causing Portland authorities to declare riot within the city.
Police in Portland, Oregon, said Saturday they arrested four people after declaring a riot Friday night when protesters smashed windows, burglarised businesses and set multiple fires during demonstrations that started after police fatally shot a man while responding to reports of a person with a gun.
Police said they dispersed the crowd so firefighting crews could douse fires before they spread in extreme fire hazard conditions.
By SARA CLINE and GILLIAN FLACCUS
Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) â Police in Portland, Oregon, declared a riot Friday night after authorities said protesters smashed windows and burglarized businesses during demonstrations that started earlier in the day after police fatally shot a man while responding to reports of a person with a gun.
The vandalism downtown came after the Friday morning police shooting but also was part of vigils and demonstrations already planned for the night in the name of people killed in other police shootings nationwide. They include 13-year-old Adam Toledo of Chicago and Daunte Wright, a Black man in Minneapolis.
Sara Cline And Gillian Flaccus
Protesters smashed windows in downtown Portland, Ore., Friday, April 16, 2021. Police in Portland, said Saturday they arrested several people after declaring a riot Friday night when protesters smashed windows, burglarized businesses and set multiple fires during demonstrations that started after police fatally shot a man while responding to reports of a person with a gun. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP) April 17, 2021 - 10:34 AM
PORTLAND, Ore. - Police in Portland, Oregon, said Saturday they arrested four people after declaring a riot Friday night when protesters smashed windows, burglarized businesses and set multiple fires during demonstrations that started after police fatally shot a man while responding to reports of a person with a gun.