Portland Police Declare Riot Amid Trash Fires on Anniversary of Floyd’s Murder

By artappraiser on Wed, 05/26/2021 - 9:02pm |

The dangerous fascist clothing store has fallen https://t.co/TpK8A4TJSx
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 26, 2021

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New: Portland along with other American cities are marking the anniversary of George Floyd’s Murder.

My dispatch from Portland for @nytimes alongside other updates nationwidehttps://t.co/Lj6SsVyuKI
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) May 26, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 05/26/2021 - 9:06pm

Olmos' live tweets from the protest:

Portland police have declared an unlawful assembly pic.twitter.com/oKhxTEjm3s
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) May 26, 2021

In Portland, some protesters started a dumpster fire and rolled it next to the justice center.

About 150 protestors in “Black bloc”, advocating for abolishing the police, are gathered outside the justice center. pic.twitter.com/qTisfO42mE
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) May 26, 2021

The fire department put out the dumpster fire. pic.twitter.com/EVO8HBvXWs
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) May 26, 2021

Portland police throw smoke canisters at protestors, protestors throw fireworks at police.

(One protestor’s aim wasn’t true and the firework landed on the front line of protestors and press) pic.twitter.com/aSl1q50J2v
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) May 26, 2021

Protestors broke windows at Portland city hall pic.twitter.com/O2rWAKwMlI
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) May 26, 2021

Protestors graffitied “ACAB”
(All cops are Bastards) on Portland city hall pic.twitter.com/WvWCjT4Yio
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) May 26, 2021

Portland police have declared a riot pic.twitter.com/7U2tfqJGFx
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) May 26, 2021

Protestors are breaking windows of some businesses in downtown, this is a jewelry store pic.twitter.com/S0Lwbg3Jtf
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) May 26, 2021

“This is the Portland police Bureau, this has been declared a riot” pic.twitter.com/EnxytmqnQ0
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) May 26, 2021

Protesters broke windows of a bridal shop and dragged out a mannequin onto the sidewalk pic.twitter.com/LlL1FZVY9r
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) May 26, 2021

The Apple store fence in Portland, Oregon pic.twitter.com/0sJVMeKEar
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) May 26, 2021

Police are making some arrests pic.twitter.com/7z2c1f270B
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) May 26, 2021

Protestors and police stand in the street, police retreat after making an arrest pic.twitter.com/5zBNKgyTRt
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) May 26, 2021

I am out of downtown.
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) May 26, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 05/26/2021 - 9:16pm

In the national imagination, Portland’s protest scene is 25 furious teenagers in black ski masks demanding police abolition around a dumpster fire.

But for much of this spring, @PDocumentarians and @suzettesmith encountered a very different scene. https://t.co/5qRbhEZuoU pic.twitter.com/ijnT4PAvAw
— Aaron Mesh (@AaronMesh) May 26, 2021

Also, the latest dumpster fire https://t.co/OMFKs3WlaT
— Aaron Mesh (@AaronMesh) May 27, 2021

The anarchists.
— Eric Bertschinger (@firestarter13_a) May 26, 2021

We're #1 pic.twitter.com/1fXr1cTaZU
— Anarchist Jurisdictions PDX (@HeiditheHoFjord) May 27, 2021

That number is a lie. There were 35 murders in Portland in 2019. There were 56 in 2020. The average for the first quarter of 2021 was 2 per week, which would put the total on track to hit 100 or more, which would be a 100% increase over 2020, not 800%.https://t.co/qIZ6ScH1iw
— Darrel Plant (@darrelplant) May 27, 2021

Fixed:

In Aaron’s imagination...
— walkingalone (@walking25891293) May 26, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 05/26/2021 - 9:27pm

From the feed of "Anarchist Jurisdictions PDX"

Car calmly stopped at a red light, next to a trash fire in front of City Hall, is such a Portland mood. pic.twitter.com/uQ9NiITcEw
— Suzette Smith (@suzettesmith) May 26, 2021

I biked around #portland this morning. Its so damn depressing that our idiot leaders have allowed this city to crumble and fall. I know they don't care cuz those bitches still get paid.
— Anarchist Jurisdictions PDX (@HeiditheHoFjord) May 26, 2021

Thanks Biden. pic.twitter.com/3SwxZCMJHy
— Anarchist Jurisdictions PDX (@HeiditheHoFjord) May 26, 2021

It's summer in portland https://t.co/6ehD2nHrCa
— Anarchist Jurisdictions PDX (@HeiditheHoFjord) May 26, 2021

And they tell kids to turn off the TV and go outside and play https://t.co/qaEFj1hrT0
— Anarchist Jurisdictions PDX (@HeiditheHoFjord) May 20, 2021

Whoa .... https://t.co/gL9uF8W8UG
— Anarchist Jurisdictions PDX (@HeiditheHoFjord) May 20, 2021

Sadly, none of this surprises me. https://t.co/bYMHLQhPnv
— Anarchist Jurisdictions PDX (@HeiditheHoFjord) May 19, 2021

I'm not a fan of @tedwheeler (or @SamAdamsPDX - what a tool) but geezzz, thats a bit creepy for #portland graffiti. This city is completely out of control thanks to our useless leaders - All of them pic.twitter.com/rIn6TxVCDz
— Anarchist Jurisdictions PDX (@HeiditheHoFjord) May 19, 2021

this last from May 18 is on my Crime news thread as well; gang warfare has become a major problem and they don't have the force to deal with it

Massive police response at Legacy Emanuel hospital on report of ‘gang fight’ after shooting victims arrive - https://t.co/A4A7IF5PVV https://t.co/H5fwG4FAEh
— Maxine Bernstein (@maxoregonian) May 18, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 05/26/2021 - 9:37pm

If this is an assault charge, what is throwing fireworks at them? Just askin.

Kentucky Man Accused of Spraying Police with Fire Extinguisher on Jan. 6 Charged for Assaulthttps://t.co/c32asEgfCX
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) May 27, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 05/27/2021 - 6:14pm

finally some national coverage of the Portland extremist problem from WaPo:

‘Anarchists and an increase in crime hijack Portland’s social justice movement’ https://t.co/fx96jQD7nq
— Seamus Hughes (@SeamusHughes) May 31, 2021

and I will just throw in the news of the arrest of this lovely person who actually is a resident of Sunrise, Florida but seems very attracted to the whole Portland scene:

Portland Police just arrested local crazy #Antifa member Jarrod Deferrari on a Trimet bus with a shotgun

Deferrari, a transexual prostitute was arrested back in November 2020 for smashing a church's windows during an #Antifa riot https://t.co/dlFuS8VEHq pic.twitter.com/n99IweLyq8
— AntifaWatch (@AntifaWatch2) May 30, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 05/31/2021 - 12:34pm

More on the armed radical from Florida arrested on the Portland bus:

Suspect from Florida arrested on TriMet bus with guns, ammunition https://t.co/DYbz1ZdRxH
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) May 31, 2021

NOTE embedded link on story page to Dec.31 reporting that he was previously charged with felony riot in Porltand

by artappraiser on Mon, 05/31/2021 - 9:36pm

An insightful story by @hbernton. Hal and I were writing six months ago about the split between Portland anarchists and the social justice movement that WaPo described today. https://t.co/lDmarSDJFU
— Richard Read (@RichReadReports) June 1, 2021

by artappraiser on Tue, 06/01/2021 - 1:23am

just like the fucking gangs harassing drivers in Mexico (& the tweet style of PPD strikes me as hilarilously polite, as in oh pardon me interrupting your afternoon tea but can you help?)

Press Release: Investigation into Confrontations Between People In A Crowd Blocking Traffic And Motorists Continues-Public Assistance Requested
Link: https://t.co/s3U6YiI3GL pic.twitter.com/7P3MyA014H
— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) May 30, 2021

Can You Help? Armed Subject https://t.co/rEPIsEwGvp #CanYouIDME pic.twitter.com/N0Nj3PO1L8
— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) May 29, 2021

Can You Help? Disorderly Conduct Suspect https://t.co/vsvKNSU599 #CanYouIDME pic.twitter.com/4VLw6dvsTR
— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) May 29, 2021

Can You Help? Assault Suspect https://t.co/NnmZcOSymI #CanYouIDME pic.twitter.com/kJVfReELQ8
— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) May 29, 2021

Can You Help? Armed Subject https://t.co/6FW6tV3sLc #CanYouIDME pic.twitter.com/4ZzzmFH78V
— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) May 29, 2021

Can You Help? Armed Subject https://t.co/DoowFn6P5q #CanYouIDME pic.twitter.com/E3vjXAxMPA
— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) May 29, 2021

I have seen evidence of Ngo supporters and right wingers making great hay out of this incident (usually claiming that Ngo was beaten to a pulp, admit I can find no trustworthy reporting on the latter accusation one way or another, other than what's in the below):

The Denver Nuggets basketball team was staying in The Nines hotel in downtown Portland on Friday night when leftist activists surrounded the building in pursuit of a man they believed to be conservative author Andy Ngo, WW has learned. https://t.co/7W9EA4PCIp
— Willamette Week (@wweek) May 31, 2021

lots of reactions like this for example:

Certain ´Progressives´ in America have spent recent weeks claiming there is an anti-Asian hate-crime wave in the US. But when an Asian-origin journalist is hospitalised in Portland they celebrate it. These people are actual racists. It's about time we identified them as such.
— Douglas Murray (@DouglasKMurray) June 1, 2021

And here's some other recent items on Portland crime:

Reward Offered in New Year's Eve Homicide Investigation - Crime Stoppers Featured Case #21-12 (Photo) https://t.co/wzoMBoDZ8X pic.twitter.com/wANqirdvLh
— Crime Stoppers (@CrimeStoppersOR) June 1, 2021

Press Release: Person Killed In Parking Lot Shooting Identified
Link: https://t.co/WSTSrYZdZf pic.twitter.com/PtMDeIbiNJ
— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) June 1, 2021

Police: Person hospitalized after early morning stabbing in SE Portland https://t.co/lCC3uGYwJf pic.twitter.com/IahHnmILgR
— Fox12Oregon (@fox12oregon) May 31, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 06/02/2021 - 8:41pm

.@tessriski reviewed probable cause affidavits for Portland protesters who’ve been charged with crimes in the past two months. Exactly half relied on information provided by “confidential reliable informants,” or unnamed witnesses known to police. https://t.co/sMnhS4k6MO
— Aaron Mesh (@AaronMesh) June 2, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 06/05/2021 - 2:24am

Wandering anarchist guy Malik Muhammad released on bail for attempted murder of Portland police so he could be re-arrested by the FBI to face Federal charges:

Indiana man released on bail for attempted murder charge at Portland protest now faces federal charges https://t.co/S1Nay7SsEX
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) June 3, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 06/07/2021 - 1:28am

bout time:

More than two dozen Antifa rioters charged for Portland mayhem https://t.co/HCxWJ7P6rW via @nypost
— Thomas Edsall (@Edsall) June 13, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 06/13/2021 - 4:13am

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