Dan Springer reports on the fallout from Portland s police cuts amid a surge in violent crime.
Police in Portland, Oregon, declared a riot in the northwest part of the city late Friday night after rioters began smashing windows, tagging graffiti on buildings and broke into a restaurant.
A resident who was filming the mayhem had a rock thrown through his window by a rioter, police said.
The unrest came after Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler extended the state of emergency in the city through the weekend over possible continued unrest, according to FOX 12 of Oregon.
The Portland Police Bureau said the planned protest that had been billed as an autonomous demonstration. It started around 9 p.m. PT with around 75 protesters dressed all in black who started vandalizing property around 15 minutes after they began marching from a park near the city s downtown.
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