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Portland police abolitionists display the name of a 16-year-old Black teen fatally shot by police in Ohio yesterday. Suzette Smith
GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND! I know that we are upside down, so hold your tongue and hear me out. I know that we were made to break. so what? I don t mind. LET S GO TO PRESS.
Portland on fire again over police killings
By Lyn Neeley posted on April 19, 2021
Portland
Protests erupted in Portland April 12 following the police killing of Daunte Wright in Minnesota. They escalated four days later after police killed a homeless white man with a history of struggling with mental health issues.
Protesters set fire to the North Portland Police Association building in response to the police killing of Daunte Wright. Credit: Suzette Smith, Portland Mercury
Over 100 protesters immediately responded to Wright’s murder. Calling for the abolition of police, they shattered windows and tore down light fixtures at the downtown offices of the Portland Police Bureau and Multnomah County Sheriff. The next night, they set fire to the North Lombard headquarters of the Portland Police Association, chanting: “Every city, every town, burn the precincts to the ground!” and “Say his name! Daunte Wright!”
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Marchers Set Fire at Apple Store and Shatter Windows Across Downtown Portland After Police Killing The scale of damage tonight recalled the riots last May. A bartender in a downtown restaurant continues work after the storefront window is smashed. (Justin Yau) Updated 3:08 AM The powder keg lit by the police killing of a man in the Lents neighborhood Friday morning exploded in downtown Portland on Friday night. Protesters who for nearly a year have demanded the defunding or abolition of the Portland Police Bureau responded to the fatal shooting by carving a trail of property destruction through downtown. The spree lasted into Saturday morning. They shattered windows of banks, restaurants and a church, wrote “No More History” on the Oregon Historical Society’s front entrance, and faced off with riot p
Antifa Rioters Burn Portland Apple Store, Fire Guns from Cars
17 Apr 2021
Despite advance warnings, Portland Police Bureau officers were powerless to stop another night of rioting, arson, and gunfire carried out by Antifa. Rioters set multiple fires and engaged in drive-by gunfire.
Antifa rioters set an Apple Store on fire Friday night during the third declared riot in five days. The fire was one of the multiple fires Portland police officers were powerless to prevent.
A building attached to the Apple Store in Pioneer Place is lit on fire as Security guards the Apple building. #Portland#Protest#riotpic.twitter.com/m8Iio5J2ul
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