in portland it started off peacefully. but then it escalated throughout the night. some 4,000 protesters that were there in portland and eventually police saying it went from being peaceful to what they call, quote, a riot. they said 26 people were arrested in portland. they said to disperse the crowds they went to less lethal ways of breaking up the crowd like the flash bang grenades and tear gas and what they call rubber baton rounds. they're saying that they started calling them anarchists. one police member referring to the people out there among the crowd who were vandalizing property, breaking windows, they were throwing objects, as well, all of that just playing out on the streets as you can see here in this video. so, once it became a riot they called exextensive criminal and dangerous behavior and unlawful protest. portland was not alone in the protests. also in denver, philadelphia, also in baltimore, dallas, and here in los angeles, we know