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At least 100 protesters arrested as police kettle marchers in Portland Gustaf Kilander © Provided by The Independent Police arrested at least 100 protesters in Portland, Oregon stopping the demonstration in its tracks just minutes after it started. The Oregonian reported that officers used a tactic called "kettling," where they surround protesters and contain them within a small area. Police told the demonstrators that they were detaining everyone within the perimeter they had created for the "investigation of a crime” but didn't specify what crime they were investigating...

With power outages continuing to plague much of the Portland area, Fred Meyer employees were dumping out perishable food — leading to a confrontation when a group of people tried to collect the food.

Why Did Fred Meyer Throw Out Thousands of Pounds of Food? A conflict broke out between grocery store employees and the people who were salvaging food, to the point where a manager called the police A dumpster full of food outside the Hollywood Fred Meyer | On Tuesday, February 16, grocery workers and food rights activists stood off over the fate of multiple dumpsters full of food. After a Hollywood neighborhood grocery store threw out a massive amount of groceries following a power outage, activists attempted to save the food to redistribute it; instead, employees called the police, a...

A person who was at the scene told The Oregonian that the police threatened to detain people at the dumpsters.

Portland police guard 'good food' in Fred Meyer dumpsters February 17 2021 A stand-off developed between Portland Police Bureau officers and residents seeking access to recently discarded food. Food tossed out during a winter storm power outage sparked another flashpoint between Portland activists who saw an opportunity to feed the hungry — and grocery store employees and authorities, who said the residents were trespassing. At the incident's apex, 11 Portland Police Bureau officers set up watch near two outdoor dumpsters full of discarded merchandise at the Hollywood neighborh...