Portland Police Surround 100 Rioters After Group Smashes Windows Downtown

On left, some of the weapons seized from rioters in Portland, Ore., on March 12, 2021. On right, windows smashed by rioters in Portland, Ore., on March 12, 2021. PPB

Police officers late Friday surrounded a group of about 100 and charged 13 with crimes after a protest devolved into a riot.

Members of the crowd, wearing all black and chanting far-left slogans, broke windows at an apartment building and several other structures in the Pearl District neighborhood around 9 p.m. before they were surrounded.