Posted on 11/12/2016 12:12:34 AM PST by Altura Ct.
For the fourth straight night, anti-Trump protesters took to the streets of downtown Portland, and for the second straight night the protest turned into a melee.
The protest began as a peaceful rally at City Hall at 5 p.m. before protesters split into what appeared to be three groups at around 7 p.m. There were at least 1,000 protesters and police said there were reports of vandalism and assault. Several people have been arrested.
One group, organized by Portland's Resistance, stayed at the rally in City Hall. Despite pleas from police earlier in the day, some protesters began marching on Southwest 4th Avenue, only to be stopped by police, who advised the crowd to march on a facilitated northbound route.
A second group followed police orders and began marching north. Police said deviating from the route was not permitted.
"We will facilitate a march as long as it's on the streets we ask them to stay on," said Sgt. Pete Simpson of Portland police.
The hundreds of protesters that headed north on Southwest 4th Avenue attempted to cross the Burnside Bridge, only to be stopped by police before heading back to downtown and eventually joining up again at around 9 p.m. with the third group that stayed in a standoff with police on Southwest 4th Avenue.
Over the next hour, flash bangs and tear gas were used to disperse protesters, some of whom were throwing burning projectiles at police, on Southwest 4th Avenue. Police advised the crowd that their gathering was considered an unlawful assembly and they were subject to arrest. Still, the crowd continued to march elsewhere through downtown.
“It’s been a very aggressive crowd toward the officers," Simpson said.
Separate from the downtown area, a fourth group emerged at around 8:45 p.m. on the eastside and attempted to cross the Hawthorne Bridge westbound, only to be stopped by police. At that time, Interstate 5 was closed between the Marquam and Fremont bridges and Interstate 84 was closed at the junction with I-5.
The City Hall rally was organized by Portland’s Resistance. Leader Greg McKelvey said the group would not march.
“This group is going to remain peaceful and what we have tonight is beautiful," McKelvey said. "My group will hold this forum and just try to build community…and get people to mobilize our platform.”
During the rally, McKelvey called on Portland to acknowledge and rectify its racist past, and asked the crowd of supporters to be a model for the rest of the country.
"We have to make sure Portland can be a progressive model for the rest of the country," he said.
Nice to see they are destroying a blue state
00 will keep them dispersed...
Majority of these people are from Oregon. Leftists move here, primarily from California.
Maybe the color of our revolution will be rainbow. But instead of the people overthrowing the government the government will overthrow the people. I’m sure the false flags are already being planned.
This is exactly the problem. These left wing welfare states are not able to run their own business and require the massive infusion of other people's money (OPM). Without OPM, they will starve and end up attacking their neighbors ala Mexico.
Burn, Portland, burn....nice to see the leftist cities that don’t punish such crap paying a price -— from those they protect and take care of.....ironic.
After 8 Years of Trump/PEnce there might not be anything left of Portland...
[”We have to make sure Portland can be a progressive model for the rest of the country,” he said.]
This is the state that initiates the ‘Community that Cares’ type initiatives to push their socialist agendas and ‘manage’ government and society on the whole.
I have long called for a purge of the North East, Neo Europa
I add Oregon. Oregon should be purged from the Republic. The people are Ameriphobes
Been to Portland lately?
Land of the homeless. Panhandlers and dirty young unemployed druggies are everywhere. Don’t bother visiting. Nothing to see.
Amen!!!
Portland is one of the many Sanctuary cities that stupid people have allowed to be put into existence so as to be able to receive government money. I think you will find most if not all the so called protesting is taking place in “Sanctuary Cities”. What does that tell you??
I was born and raised in Portland, and it was a nice place to live in the 60s and 70s. I haven’t lived there since early 1981, though I’d visit fairly regularly until my family had all died or moved away. Haven’t been there since 2003, and may never go again. Things had deteriorated a lot even then, and apparently it’s worse now. Too bad.
Arrest these lawless loser criminals. That will put a crimp in their actions.
In that case, the division would have to be county to county. I lived in the valley in the sewer we call kalifornia, and politically it was very conservative. The majority of counties are.
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