Protesters in Portland used pool noodles filled with nails as weapons and hurled frozen eggs and rocks at officers during a demonstration outside a law …
Protesters in Portland used pool noodles filled with nails as weapons and hurled frozen eggs and rocks at officers during a demonstration outside a law enforcement building Friday night. Officers attempted to disperse crowds of hundreds of people almost immediately after they arrived outside the Penumbra Kelly Building— which houses both the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office and Portland Police Bureau — at around 9:45 p.m. Police declared an unlawful assembly outside the building, told everyone to leave the area and made «targeted» arrests for trespassing as protesters refused to leave, according to the Police Bureau. Demonstrators, some wearing helmets and gas masks, and carrying shields, began breaking up large chunks of concrete on the sidewalk and throwing them at police. Others attempted to block traffic on East Burnside Street. Some protesters aimed lasers at officers, which can damage eyesight, and threw commercial-grade fireworks at police gathered in a parking lot.
