Last night was the 100th night in a row of "protest" in portland. police declared a riot, as they have on most of those 100 nights, but we all know every night has been a riot.
Rioters did what they have done every other night like set fires, throw stuff at officers like Molotov cocktails, mortars, rocks, and anything they can find to throw at an officer to harm them. One sergeant was struck with a commercial-grade firework, which burned through his glove and burnt his hand.
One of the rioters managed to set himself on fire with a molotov cocktail that he was getting ready to throw at officers.
ANTIFA lights themselves on fire—
5 minutes into the March, officers attempted to put him out. pic.twitter.com/FVBoEeQJVH
— Tayler Hansen (@TaylerUSA) September 6, 2020
Graphic: Another angle of the person being set on fire by a Molotov cocktail thrown by antifa militants in SE Portland. Rioters try to help but don’t do much. Cops are the ones who rush in & put out the flames. Video by @BGOnTheScene. #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/9gNFo73Lyc
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) September 6, 2020
and here is just some more crazy footage of police trying to disperse the rioters that night.
It’s like a war zone in the residential area of SE Portland where antifa are rioting tonight. #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/UkgoL4pRPB
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) September 6, 2020
From the Portland Police Bureau:
At about 9:15p.m, as the crowd approached officers, individuals began throwing multiple fire bombs at officers. One of them caught a community member on fire. Officers later located the injured person and Portland Fire and Rescue medics offered treatment. The injured person was later taken to a hospital by private vehicle.
This criminal activity presented an extreme danger to life safety for all community members, and prompted a declaration of a riot. The crowd was advised over loudspeaker that it was a riot and they were to leave the area to the east immediately. They were warned that failure to adhere to this order may subject them to arrest, citation, or crowd control agents, including, but not limited to, tear gas and/or impact weapons. Individuals within the crowd began throwing illegal fireworks/mortars at officers. Others were seen throwing rocks. At least one had a “wrist-rocket” type of slingshot launching unknown objects. In order to defend themselves from these assaults, officers used crowd control munitions, including tear gas. Officers made numerous targeted arrests.
