Downtown Portland, Oregon, erupted in violence yet again Thursday night, drawing tear gas and smoke bombs from federal officers who were deployed to quell the unrest, according to a report.
Rioters set fires and smashed windows in the area of the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse until being driven away by federal officers, OregonLive.com reported.
The courthouse is often defended by the Federal Protective Service but it wasn’t immediately clear if FPS personnel were the officers involved in Thursday’s action. Portland city police and Oregon state police have also been deployed during past riots in the city.
The crowd later made a return to the area, managing to break some courthouse windows and set another fire, the report said.
Whether anyone was arrested or injured was not immediately clear.
Earlier in the day, a crowd had gathered to protest plans to replace and expand an oil pipeline that runs between Superior, Wisconsin, and the Canadian province of Alberta, journalist Suzette Smith reported on Twitter.
Protesters assembled in front of the downtown federal courthouse tonight. Old patterns emerge. This is the second push of federal officers clearing the park with flash bangs, less lethal munitions, and gas. pic.twitter.com/78l2w6LtrA
— Suzette Smith (@suzettesmith) March 12, 2021
Thursday’s violence in Portland was expected, with some business owners boarding up their businesses earlier in the day, OregonLive.com reported.
1 arrest from today's #Antifa courthouse riot – Darby M. Howard (22)
Charged with felony criminal mischief and resisting arrest.
"He resisted the arrest, and an officer was punched in the face." According to PPBhttps://t.co/BM9LcuDbBQ https://t.co/LUMWZwYph0 pic.twitter.com/NVilOlb0Sa
— AntifaWatch (@AntifaWatch2) March 12, 2021
Oregon’s largest city has seen almost daily and nightly protests for much of the past year.
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One big problem is that the Portland local district attorney refuses to prosecute these law breakers. More arrests will not solver the problem is they are just let go. Many Portland residents really regret voting for this district attorney.
They sound a lot like Earth First a nd the Earth Liberation Front(ELF)with the very same ideology of the Unabomber who by the way read Al Gores fake book EARTH IN THE BALANCE
Rioters protesting the burning of fossil fuels by lighting fires…
luddites of CC are never responsible for their violence. Yet their actions are born of their fear of the future; they’re comfortable with forcing everyone else to fear the future as well. They attempt to destroy the social anchors developed over centuries to plot an uncertain future! Measures to stop and control further outbreaks of anarchy must be overwhelming in scope, otherwise civilized people will become enslaved!
Over 100 people are going to be charged by the DOJ for the U.S. capital breach in January.
How many were charge in Portland during the 4 months of utter violence, chaos and anarchy? And how many will be charged for this terrorist action? I would venture to guess that it will be well short of 100 for the two combined. The Left looks the other way when their own are violent. They only charge the normal ones.
Time to start arresting and jailing these violent mobs of Anachists and fining their pants off