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Police responding to Jan. 5, 2021 protest in Portland, Ore. (KPTV)(KPTV)
Some people lit dumpsters on fire and threw bottles at police officers while others chanted burn it down, police said. They also allegedly ripped fencing from a portion of the precinct’s perimeter. People placed burning material and barricades in the streets, blocking all traffic lanes of Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, police said. People sprayed graffiti on public and private buildings all along the street.
Video posted to Twitter by on-the-ground reporter Justin Yau shows a police officer ordering people to back up as others appear to arrest a person wearing a helmet emblazoned with the word Press.
Portland police said four people were arrested during the Tuesday night protest. Author: KGW Staff Updated: 9:56 AM PST January 6, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. Protesters gathered in Portland on Tuesday night after prosecutors in Wisconsin said they would not file charges against the police officer who shot a Black man in the back last summer. Jacob Blake was left paralyzed by the shooting, which was caught on video and set off violent protests in the city of Kenosha.
Around 9 p.m., a crowd of about 50 people marched from North Portland’s Peninsula Park to the city’s north police precinct near the corner of Northeast Killingsworth Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
4 arrested in NE Portland protest over Wisconsin decision in Jacob Blake shooting case
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Four people were arrested in Northeast Portland during a demonstration organized Tuesday after no charges were filed against a white Wisconsin police officer who shot a Black man in the back last summer.
Demonstrators gathered near the Portland Police Bureau’s North Precinct on Tuesday night, blocking traffic on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, according to police. Some people in the crowd lit fires in two dumpsters and sprayed graffiti on public and private buildings, police said.
Some in the group destroyed precinct security cameras, tore electrical wires from exterior walls and threw objects including glass bottles and paint at officers, police said. At least one person used spikes that damaged police vehicle tires.
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