Portland police detained a crowd of over 100 protesters during a Friday night demonstration, stemming a march only minutes after it began.
Demonstrators gathered in the Pearl District about 8:30 p.m. and started marching roughly a half-hour later. Police threatened to arrest marchers minutes after the march started, saying those who marched in the street were blocking traffic and would be subject to arrest, citation or crowd control munitions if they didn’t move.
Police announced about 9:20 p.m. they were setting up a perimeter around the group and said they were detaining everyone within those boundaries for “investigation of a crime.” They did not immediately detail the nature of the crimes.
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Adam Costello, a livestream videographer, said two windows were broken during the early stages of the demonstration. Costello suspected that may have prompted police to set up the perimeter.
Livestream videographers who were documenting the protest said police followed demonstrators from the beginning of the march.
The videographers said they were marching for less than 15 minutes before police detained the group.
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#Antifa rioters are becoming more bold in their direct attacks on people's homes. https://t.co/J8u7czf2Cp
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) March 13, 2021
After dozens of #antifa smashed out windows in a residential area of downtown Portland, police kettled an entire street of them, the first time in years that effective tactic has been used. #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/m57WHIq1NG
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) March 13, 2021
Before #antifa rioters were shut down via a surprise police perimeter, they marched in a group and smashed out windows. Video by @BGOnTheScene. #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/blT2kknFvd
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) March 13, 2021
#Antifa accounts on social media called for their comrades to swarm police as the black bloc was being detained. Some rioters showed up to confront police but failed to break their hold. #PortlandRiots Video by @realblairnelson: pic.twitter.com/6bRKVi0wBA
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) March 13, 2021
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— Mayor Ted Wheeler (@tedwheeler) March 10, 2021
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“Livestream videographers who were documenting the protest said police followed demonstrators from the beginning of the march”. The “protest”??????? No, not a protest, but riots. How is that for a dose of reality????? Of course these rioters have nothing to worry about, because they will be back on the streets, so they can keep destroying society and so they can keep tearing down society. Communist trash and that includes the Fake News media!!!!!!!!!!
And how many of that 100, WILL ACTUALLY get charged? IMO, less than a dozen, if that.
Detained? Don’t you mean they were allowed to continue rioting, destroying property, threatening physical harm, burning buildings? Was anyone arrested, and if they were, are they going to serve jail time? It is way past time to shoot to kill these anarchist/terrorist criminals.
The Portland protestors are just so cute in their little black uniforms – was that a formal outing for them?
On Yahoo today it said protesters attacked a federal court house. So does that make it an Insurrection ??? Or a mostly peaceful protest ??? If America falls what will replace her ??? Communism ?? Or Socialism
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SInce they were not conservative trump supporters, it won’t ever get called an insurrection.
Oh, they detained 100 last night, so what are they going to do with them, turn them loose today with no charges? Portland well deserves what they are getting because they have showed themselves to be spineless. If I were a property owner there, I would refuse to pay one damned cent because the Portland mayor and city council have refused to do their jobs. They do not deserve to be paid.
Unfortunately, the city would would solve your problem immediately with eviction and a tax auction, while all the “demonstrators” would continue burning and bashing downtown Portland unhindered.
Oh the police were actually allowed to do their job by Portland’s idiot mayor and dared to do it? They actually treated anti-Fa fascists the same way anyone else would be treated for blocking streets and damaging property? Shocker.
NOW let’s see if the portlandigrad DA will do HIS JOB and prosecute them… THOUGH i think we all know, he won’t.