Portland Police Union set ablaze AGAIN and officers attacked as unrest continues
PROTESTERS in Portland set fire to the local police union headquarters on Saturday night.
As protests against police brutality entered their 73rd day in the city, it was the second time the police union offices had been set on fire.
About 20 people allegedly broke the glass in the door of the police union (Portland Police Association, or PPA) offices and set a fire, while hundreds more assembled peacefully outside the building, OregonLive .
"At 11.35pm, people within the crowd broke the window to the PPA Office, unlawfully entered, and started a fire, committing the crimes of criminal mischief, burglary, and attempted arson," police said in a .
Security camera footage from inside the building, released by the police, shows people throwing five to ten pieces of burning cardboard into a corner of the office through the broken door.
In its statement, the police department denied using tear gas that night.
The protest dispersed around 2 a.m. following an unspecified number of arrests, police said, adding that three officers had been injured.
