The Portland Police Bureau said that a group of approximately 75 individuals were involved in the chaos last night, which included a “commercial grade firework” being thrown near police vehicles that were parked at the Penumbra Kelly Building. The group reportedly blocked traffic for hours and some ventured onto the property and were arrested.
A crowd of roughly 75 people left a park around 10 p.m. before marching on the Penumbra Kelly Building, which was the site of previous protests this year. The mass gathering blocked a nearby street in both directions, officials said.
Two unnamed people who had left the protest later got into a scuffle a few blocks away, before one of the pair shot the other, police said. Paramedics rushed both to the hospital; injuries were described as serious but not life-threatening.
Overnight on 22–23 Sept. in Portland, BLM-antifa rioters gathered in front of the Penumbra Kelly building again. They blocked the road & threw an explosive. Two of the protest's participants were involved in a shooting that resulted in injuries. https://t.co/fkt2py6u9G pic.twitter.com/gXx4vIe81I
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) September 23, 2020
Video: https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1308687290852548608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1308688281824047105%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rightjournalism.com%2Fvideo-antifa-rioters-threw-an-explosive-mortar-at-a-police-building-force-police-vehicles-away-shoot-each-other-at-the-end%2F
“Failure to adhere to this order may subject you to arrest, citation, or the use of crowd control agents including, but not limited to, impact weapons and/or OC munitions,” Portland police wrote on Twitter.
With Portland PD almost dismantled by it’s mayor Ted Wheeler they hat to retreat. Video below:
Seattle: Antifa black bloc rioters force police vehicles away. #AntifaRiots pic.twitter.com/0RrQPvsimB
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) September 23, 2020
Explosive mortar was thrown near police vehicles that were parked at the Penumbra Kelly Building.
#Antifa rioters threw an explosive mortar at the Penumbra Kelly police building in SE Portland tonight. #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/Bc38DGvse3
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) September 23, 2020
Towards the end of the night the two Antifa rioters ended up getting in a dispute that resulted in a shooting. Both have been transported to the hospital by ambulance. Violent riots have rocked Portland, New York, and Seattle for months and have led to cities being designated this week as “anarchist jurisdictions” — all of them are under Democratic leadership.
The Department of Justice announced this week that the cities had been designated as “anarchist jurisdictions” because they met certain requirements.
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