At least 100 protesters arrested as police kettle marchers in Portland Gustaf Kilander © Provided by The Independent
Police arrested at least 100 protesters in Portland, Oregon stopping the demonstration in its tracks just minutes after it started.
The Oregonian reported that officers used a tactic called kettling, where they surround protesters and contain them within a small area. Police told the demonstrators that they were detaining everyone within the perimeter they had created for the investigation of a crime” but didn t specify what crime they were investigating.
I was just forcibly removed from the scene by several @PortlandPolice ofcrs.
I am a credentialed member of the press & made clear I wantd to stay & report.
Police detain about 100 in Portland march
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