ON THE MARCH
Shock moment Portland ‘Black Lives Matter’ protesters march on police building and TORCH huge pro-cop billboard
BLACK Lives Matter protesters marched toward a police building on Monday night and allegedly torched a massive pro-cop billboard in Portland, Oregon, police said.
Roughly 100 people gathered in and set off on a march to the Portland Police Association (PPA) Building.
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The police department said in a that the protesters had “support vehicles” alongside them as they headed to the building around 10pm, blocking traffic.
Cops shouted over a loudspeaker to warn the crowd of demonstrators: “This is the . The streets in the area around the PPA are open to vehicular traffic.”
“Please remain on the sidewalk and be courteous to your neighbors. Do not buildings.”
Police said that after the announcement, protesters “immediately began spray painting the PPA office.”
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Other protesters, they said, stayed in the street and blocked traffic, while others involved in the demonstration “climbed onto business roofs in the area.”
The protesters then set a billboard that was next to the PPA office on fire, according to authorities.
Cops said “the fire burned the attached advertisement as the rest of the structure appeared to remain unaffected by the fire,” and the fire ended up putting itself out.
Protesters were again warned on the loudspeaker: "This is the PPB. Stay off buildings, do not light fires, and remain on the sidewalk.”
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“If you engage in criminal activity you could be arrested and subject to use of force to include crowd control agents, impact weapons, and/or tear gas."
By 12.15am on Tuesday, the crowd began to disperse.
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The Portland Police Bureau said no one was arrested and the agency “did not interact with the crowd during this event” besides using the loud speaker.
The PPA – the police union headquarters in Portland – has been the site of protests since May, following the police death of .
Over the weekend, federal officers were called in in response to protesters who were gathering outside am Immigration and Customs Enforcement building.
Police alleged that protesters in the crowd threw rocks and incendiary devices at the officers.
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