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Portland officials declare riot, force protesters away from burning police union office

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Portland officials declared a riot in the city during Saturday night demonstrations after the police union office was set on fire. 
Demonstrators broke into …

Portland officials declared a riot in the city during Saturday night demonstrations after the police union office was set on fire. Demonstrators broke into the Portland Police Association Office at about 11:35 p.m. Saturday and started a fire, prompting Portland police to designate the gathering as a riot “due to the criminal activity within the crowd.” Surveillance video captured the fire being set. Protesters had also erected a fence, pushed dumpsters in the street, set a dumpster on fire, spray painted the office and destroyed security cameras, according to a release from police. Police ordered “all people, including members of the press and legal observers” to leave the area or be at risk of facing arrest, citation or crowd control agents like tear gas.

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