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Unknown. Arrested. 970+ [ 1] Starting in May 2020, protests following the murder of George Floyd were held in the city of Portland, Oregon, concurrent with protests in other cities in the United States and around the world. By July 2020, many of the protests, which had been held every day since May 28, drew more than 1,000 participants. [ 2]
As of March 2021 the U.S. Department of Justice has dismissed 31 of the 90 protest cases resulting from protests in downtown Portland during the summer, including a mix of misdemeanor and felony charges. [28] March 2021 saw Portland police responding forcefully to protesters at the Hatfield U.S. Courthouse. [29]
2016 Portland, Oregon riots. On November 10, 2016, three days of protests in Portland, Oregon, turned into a riot, when a group of anarchists [ 2][ 7] broke off from a larger group of peaceful protesters who were opposed to the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States.
PORTLAND, Ore. — A phalanx of federal officers emerged from the U.S. courthouse in downtown Portland on the night of July 18, 2020 and advanced on protesters standing nearby.
On July 25, several thousand protesters gathered in the Capitol Hill neighborhood for demonstrations in solidarity with Portland, Oregon. [107] [108] Tensions had escalated in Portland in early July after the Trump administration deployed federal forces against the wishes of local officials, sparking controversy and regenerating the protests.
Portland, Oregon: Police threw a man to the ground. When the man attempted to get up, officers knocked him to the ground again. The man filed a lawsuit that was later settled by the city. [340] July 21, 2020 Portland, Oregon: The chair of Lewis & Clark College's history department was hit in the head with an impact munition and tear gassed. [341]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A riot was declared in Oregon's biggest city as protesters demonstrated outside a law enforcement building early Sunday, continuing a nightly ritual in Portland.
The Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage, often abbreviated as the Day of Rage, was a protest held in Portland, Oregon on October 11, 2020. The demonstration was declared a riot by the Portland Police Bureau and saw the toppling of two statues in the South Park Blocks as well as vandalism to the Oregon Historical Society and other local businesses.