Leaders call for an end to protest violence
Mayor Ted Wheeler defends the controverial police kettling tactic during a Monday press conference.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and other city leaders called for an end to violence and property destruction on Monday, March 15, after a group damaged businesses in the Pearl District on Friday night. They re not going to get away with it, Wheeler said.
Elected officials and community leaders joined Wheeler in the call for peace during an online press conference on Monday. They included former Portland Trail Blazer Terry Porter, former State Sen. Margaret Carter, former State Sen. Avel Gordly, and Acting U.S. Attorney Scott Asphaug. All denounced the ongoing violence as criminal activity and not legitimate political protest.