Protesters clad in black and chanting anti-police phrases hit the streets of Portland in an apparent response to recent officer-involved shootings.
With their faces covered, the group of 20 to 25 people held anti-police signs as they walked down Northeast Sandy Boulevard at about 9 p.m. Monday.
Members of the group used a rock to crack a glass door at a Wells Fargo bank at Sandy Boulevard and 43rd Avenue. They also spray painted the window with an anarchy symbol.
Officers used speakers to order the group out of the road after some of them started knocking over garbage cans.
The protesters ended up at the Portland Police Bureau’s Traffic Division at 47th Avenue and Burnside Street, police say. Someone in the group threw a rock at the building, but there was no damage.
The protesters dispersed soon after, according to officers.
Al Williams says the group went by his home on 47th Avenue.
“I heard a lot of yelling and screaming,” he says. “Seems like misdirected protests. If they’re protesting police shootings, then what do we have to do with that?”
No officers were injured, police say, and no arrests were made.
Earlier in the day, Portland Police Chief Mike Reese and Mayor Sam Adams held a news conference in response to two officer-involved shootings over the holiday weekend.
“One shooting is too many. And we’re going to do everything we can to prevent officers from having to use their firearms,” Reese said.
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Protesters clad in black and chanting anti-police phrases hit the streets of Portland in an apparent response to recent officer-involved shootings.
With their faces covered, the group of 20 to 25 people held anti-police signs as they walked down Northeast Sandy Boulevard at about 9 p.m. Monday.
Members of the group used a rock to crack a glass door at a Wells Fargo bank at Sandy Boulevard and 43rd Avenue. They also spray painted the window with an anarchy symbol.
Officers used speakers to order the group out of the road after some of them started knocking over garbage cans.
The protesters ended up at the Portland Police Bureau’s Traffic Division at 47th Avenue and Burnside Street, police say. Someone in the group threw a rock at the building, but there was no damage.
The protesters dispersed soon after, according to officers.
Al Williams says the group went by his home on 47th Avenue.
“I heard a lot of yelling and screaming,” he says. “Seems like misdirected protests. If they’re protesting police shootings, then what do we have to do with that?”
No officers were injured, police say, and no arrests were made.
Earlier in the day, Portland Police Chief Mike Reese and Mayor Sam Adams held a news conference in response to two officer-involved shootings over the holiday weekend.
“One shooting is too many. And we’re going to do everything we can to prevent officers from having to use their firearms,” Reese said.