Posted on 08/11/2020 9:20:01 AM PDT by Red Badger
Rioters launched projectiles at police officers in Portland late Monday, striking one officer in the face, hours after authorities said they wouldn’t charge a black activist who was detained during rioting over the weekend.
Unrest continued in Oregon’s largest city in a nearly unbroken chain since May 28.
A group gathered around 8 p.m. and eventually marched to the Portland Police Bureau’s North Precinct, where some shined strobe lights in the eyes of police officers and state troopers, while others launched eggs, water bottles, and other items at law enforcement.
Officers told the crowd just after 11 p.m. to leave the area or face arrest. While physically dispersing the rioters, some people interfered with officers, including one male who kicked a state trooper and two detectives.
During the clashes, rioters launched ball bearings, golf balls, rocks, and potatoes at the police. One officer was struck in the face.
A ball bearing (L) and a golf ball were among the objects hurled at police officers by rioters during unrest in Portland, Ore., overnight Aug. 10, 2020. (Portland Police Bureau)
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An Oregon State Trooper watches the crowd from behind a concrete wall near the Portland Police Bureau’s North Precinct in Portland, Ore., on Aug. 11, 2020.
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“The officer’s face shield protected him from what would have likely been a very serious injury,” the bureau said in an incident summary.
Another officer suffered a hyperextended elbow during a scuffle. She was treated and released from a hospital.
The crowd mostly dissipated by 2 a.m.
Nine people were arrested, including residents of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Vancouver, Washington, and Tehachapi, California. Charges included assaulting an officer, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct.
One of the 16 arrested during rioting on Sunday night, Demetria Hester, won’t face criminal charges.
Police said Hester interfered with an officer and engaged in disorderly conduct.
The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office told news outlets that prosecutors were declining to prosecute the case.
Hester joined other Black Lives Matter activists at a press conference on Monday, telling those assembled: “We are united, we are together, and we stand together as one. We need to heal and the only way as a community, as a new America, is to unite together, get reparations, and live comfortably.”
Reparations refers to the idea of giving payments to ancestors of slaves.
Hester was assaulted by a man, Jeremy Diamond, who described himself as a white supremacist, in 2017. Diamond was later convicted of murder, attempted murder, and other charges.
Portland Mayor and Police Commissioner Ted Wheeler, a Democrat, forcefully condemned the rioters last week after they tried setting fire to a police precinct with people trapped inside. But city and state officials still have not quelled the continued violence, prompting Republican President Donald Trump to urge them to request National Guard support.
“The Mayor and Governor are putting people’s lives at risk. They will be held responsible. The Guard is ready to act immediately,” Trump wrote on Twitter on Monday.
The offices of Wheeler and Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, have not responded to requests for comment. Follow Zachary on Twitter: @zackstieber
Could kill you, severe concussion, blind you, pop an eyeball.......................
Ballbearings launched from slingshots are serious weapons ... the cannon fodder are being herded into sacrificial positions.
The Israelis know how to deal with this crap. Integrally suppressed 1022 rifles, delivering lead pellets to lower toros and appendages from distance. just sayin’
He needs to go to Chicago to get some reparations like the looters did on Sunday night /s
I’m not!!
I don’t understand why they keep herding cats night after night. They hit them on two sides and drive them away which just lets them circle back around and start again.
Surround them and then let them sit there all night, as you arrest them one by one. Truck the whole lot to the front porch of the new DA and release them there.
Are you kidding, NEWB??
Oh oh oh I wants one!
Can I modify it to be belt fed? Pleeeeeeese!
Does not even have to be full auto.
Deys nuttin left!...............
The Striker is an exceedingly poor weapon.
No you don't.
The Striker and Streetsweeper were declared destructive devices under the National Firearms Act with no sporting purpose by Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen in 1994 and their transfer and ownership is regulated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).[8]
Whoa, dude doesn’t look like he belongs in Silence of the Lambs at all.
Oh phewwy - Feds always raining on my parade
Yup.
This guy gives a pretty good idea of what a ball bearing with a slingshot can to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FCxwC-97YQ
Not something to be taken lightly.
You can KILL a groundhog with a ballvearing from a strong slingshot, a ballbearing in the size of a 38 caliber bullet. We didn’t have rubber tubing so we used the rubber from tire tubes, doubled. At twelve I could barely pull it back to aim the weapon.
It’s past time to shoot about 30 or 40 of these idiots. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Shooting a ball bearing is equivalent to shooting a bullet. Cops’ lives are in danger, so they should shoot back.
...yeah, my experience has been with gun shot wounds, IED strikes, rocket explosions, limbs torn off... there wasn’t much golfing over in Iraq - huge sand trap though...
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