Portland Police Precinct Set On Fire As Protests and Riots Intensify

Demonstrators set a Portland, Oregon, police precinct on fire Sunday evening as the event was declared a riot by the 🚓Law Enforcement agency.

On Monday morning, the Portland Police Department released a statement along with footage of the unrest that erupted several hours prior.

According to the police department’s statement, a crowd of approximately 200 protesters gathered in the streets of Portland late Sunday evening at around 9:41 p.m.

Shortly after the gathering began, it intensified to protests, and “someone lit a canopy against the building on fire.” The 🚓Law Enforcement agency detailed how the fire erupted.

“The fire began to burn to the siding of the building, so officers on the roof got a fire extinguisher to try and put it out. As they were putting out the fire, multiple people pelted the officers with rocks,” the statement read. “A lieutenant was struck with a chunk of ceramic, causing a cut to his hand. A second awning was also lit on fire close to a tree. That caused damage before it was extinguished.”

See the footage below:

Amid the precinct fire, the police department detailed a number of other incidents that occurred on Sunday evening. According to the department, the majority of participants wore “armor, helmets, gas masks, all-black clothing, and carried shields.”