Riot Declared Outside Portland Public Safety Building

Riot Declared Outside Portland Public Safety Building
Protesters and Portland police clash while dispersing a crowd gathered in front of the Portland Police Bureau North Precinct early in the morning in Portland, Ore., on Aug. 22, 2020. Nathan Howard/Getty Images
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The Portland Police declared a violent protest outside the city’s public safety building a riot at midnight on Saturday, ordering the agitators to disperse or risk crowd control measures or arrest.

A gathering of what appeared to be members of anarcho-communist group Antifa pelted Portland Police officers with rocks and attempted to blind them with lasers when the officers tried to push the crowd back from the Penumbra Kelly Building.

Ivan Pentchoukov
Ivan Pentchoukov
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Ivan is the national editor of The Epoch Times. He has reported for The Epoch Times on a variety of topics since 2011.
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