This time, five police officers were also sprayed with chemical irritants through protesters who first participated in an illegal demonstration Monday night in the Kenton community before marching to the Portland Police Association headquarters. The sergeant sent to the hospital was punched in the face.
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The Portland Police Department learned that an unauthorized march was scheduled to begin at Kenton Park around 8:45 p. m. On Monday, officials watched many others in the crowd dressed in shields and bulletproof vests and helmets. Because of “the position of collection,” they warned it would be violent,” the workplace said officials moved to the park and confiscated shields to “reduce the likelihood that rally members will use shields to shield those who intended to dedicate crimes such as throwing objects at the police. “
A silver Subaru sedán, marked with a red cross, indicating that it was being used as an amateur medical transport, noticed that he was driving dangerously in the domain and officials stopped the vehicle, a loaded pistol was discovered inside and the driving force appointed to drive uninsured and without a seat belt and for not reporting a turn. Firearms investigation is ongoing.
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Police arrested some in the crowd who intervened while “fulfilling their legal duties,” and officials then withdrew from the park, despite being bombarded with water bottles, the workplace said in a press release. Officers warned the crowd about loudspeakers who were still invited to demonstrate in the park, but were not allowed to walk down the street.
Ignoring the warning, the workplace said protesters had gone to the Portland Police Association workplaces, which “have been the subject of violent and destructive protests in recent months. “
In the past, police have said that “people operating in the context of large-scale protests have stormed the building, sparked fires, cut the force to the building, damaged windows and additional destruction. Many of these incidents turned into riots where officials were forced to use tear fuel and other ammunition to keep the violent and destructive crowd away.
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On Monday night, police warned the crowd approaching the police union that the sidewalk in front of officials was closed and did not block vehicle traffic on North Lombard Street.
The crowd dispersed around 1:30 a. m. and police made 24 arrests, many of them dressed in thick bulletproof vests with rifle plates and “press” badges, who wore “press” passes and possessed weapons such as knives and aerosol bombs.
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An individual who escaped arrest threw a full-size baseball at prosecution officers. Those arrested were held at the Multnomah County Jail on various charges, adding interference with a peace officer, disorderly conduct, elopement, threats and harassment.