Mirroring their protest neighbors to the north in Seattle, Portland protesters erected their own autonomous zone. It was abandoned by morning.
Autonomous zone already almost abandoned. Long live the autonomous zone. pic.twitter.com/pKdGXGtUfB
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) June 11, 2020
Amid the chaos, Portland Police Chief Jami Resch has stepped down from her post after just six months, appointing African American lieutenant, Chuck Lovell, to take her place.
Announced today: Portland Police @ChiefResch, who recently took over after sudden departure of @ChiefDOutlaw, is resigning. Lt. Chuck Lovell, who is black, will be the next @PortlandPolice chief. #PortlandRiots #antifa #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/pEuq0oz0fP
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 8, 2020
In an effort to quell the behavior of the protesters and rioters, Mayor Ted Wheeler announced on Monday that he would be giving all Portland employees 40 hours of "uncontested bereavement" to mourn 400 years of African American oppression.
Prior to their departure from their would-be occupied zone, protesters and rioters in Portland had pulled fencing and created barricades to cordon off their own area and limit police presence. They dislocated any kind of fencing they could find to create a barricade.
Rioters are grabbing whatever fencing they can find around downtown Portland to build their own autonomous zone. #antifa pic.twitter.com/K3Pc9bvqGS
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 11, 2020
The Portland police threatened to arrest anyone within the "zone," and deployed flash bangs.
Someone brought down a piece of justice center fence. Flash bangs. pic.twitter.com/rV2hXIoOqB
— Blair Stenvick ???? (@BlairStenvick) June 11, 2020
Wednesday night marked the 14th night of protests in Portland over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25.
Portland has been a hotbed of Antifa radical behavior for the last couple years, including the violent assault against Andy Ngo in the summer of 2019. And now these same radicals have used the unjust death of George Floyd as a springboard to enact more destruction and mayhem.
Important arrests have been made in the city over the past few weeks of protests involving those who have committed assaults, including those that knocked a man's teeth out after trying to defend an older man holding an American flag.
One of the suspects involved was a 14-year-old, who has been transferred to a juvenile detention center and charged with felony assault. The second suspect arrested was 18-years-old and was charged with second-degree assault.
Update: Thanks to the public's help, the suspects were identified. The male seen on video kicking out the unconscious victim's teeth is a 14-year-old. He's been transferred to a juvenile detention center & charged with felony assault. https://t.co/OpYjN56A0K pic.twitter.com/Vo4J9hBaLG
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 5, 2020
While protesters and rioters have taken a more defensive approach in setting up their own autonomous zone, they have also gone on the offensive in doxxing law enforcement officials.
The personal information of law enforcement officers is being released online in an effort to intimidate them. Antifa & allied social media accounts have long called for & facilitated the doxing of ICE staff & law enforcement. https://t.co/wIT6byvi12
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 10, 2020
The Oregonian reported that a Homeland Security document has revealed that members of law enforcement have had their information leaked online, which could endanger not only them, but their families as well.
Many law enforcement officials feel that they have been abandoned by lawmakers due to "police reform" while trying to keep their towns and cities safe.
But there are protests within the city of Portland that have remained largely peaceful, and have garnered a substantial number of people.
Twitter user Joshua Potash posted a video of hundreds of protesters walking down I-84, effectively shutting down the highway.
The #BlackLivesMatter protest in Portland is shutting down I-84 ? pic.twitter.com/Pu3RD50c6H
— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) June 9, 2020
And then again:
Wow. Portland’s protest tonight is astounding.#BlackLivesMatter
— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) June 9, 2020
pic.twitter.com/84qOUSDm4h
Though there are hundreds of people peacefully protesting around the country, there has been debate on whether the message has been lost with all the vandalism, assault, and death that has been perpetrated by extremist rioters who have been ever present in the midsts of those who remain peaceful.
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