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Portland police brace for more protests after declaring riot at Penumbra Kelly Building
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The sounds of power tools and hammering filled the air outside the Penumbra Kelly Building on Tuesday afternoon as workers repaired damage from a protest that was declared a riot the night before.
About 200 people, most dressed in black clothing, gathered in Portland’s Laurelhurst Park on Monday evening for a vigil in honor of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by a Minnesota police officer during a weekend traffic stop. After the vigil, the crowd marched to the Penumbra Kelly Building, which houses some Portland police and Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office operations.
Firefighters approaching the PPA door. Suzette Smith
By 10:03 pm, several attendees had used accelerate to set a side door on fire, then scattered. The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) declared the scene a riot at 10:06 pm, and Portland Fire & Rescue firefighters extinguished the majority of the fire by 10:10 pm. The entrance appeared significantly damaged by the flames. No one was reported injured by the fire.
PPB arrested one person on arson charges at the scene.
The scorching of the PPA building follows a trend of property destruction especially directed at law enforcement hubs that s now become expected at Portland protests against police brutality. On Monday night, demonstrators gathered outside East Burnside s Penumbra Kelley Building which houses offices for Portland Police and the Multnomah County Sheriff s Office where they shattered the building’s windows with rocks and tore down light fixtures with their bare hands.
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