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Portland police disperse protesters outside East Precinct Saturday night
Updated 8:53 AM;
About 70 demonstrators assembled outside Portland Police Bureau’s East Precinct Saturday night.
When the group pushed two dumpsters into the street at around 10:30 p.m., police declared an unlawful assembly and officers moved in. There were no arrests and no reported injuries.
The police called the demonstrators a “hostile crowd” and said officers acted because they were concerned the marchers would block the precinct’s doors with the dumpsters and set fires in them.
“Many in the group wore helmets, body armor and had heavy backpacks, which was consistent with the characteristics of those intent on criminal behavior,” police said in a statement.