Portland, Ore., Police declared an unlawful assembly Wednesday night after roughly 150 rioters damaged a federal immigration facility in the city, authorities said.
Rioters threw rocks and eggs and vandalized the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building, Portland police Sgt. Kevin Allen said Wednesday night, adding that some were seen carrying pepper ball guns, electronic control weapons, shields, fireworks and rocks.
โWe have observed property damage to the building,โ the Portland Police Bureau wrote on Twitter. โAnyone who is involved in criminal behavior including: vandalism and graffitting is subject to arrest or citation.โ
Federal law enforcement used โcrowd-control munitions,โ he said, while police announced Thursday morning that some arrests had been made and that they were standing by โto address crimesโ in the surrounding neighborhood.
Portland saw a number of demonstrations on Wednesday as President Joe Bidenโs inauguration was underway in Washington, D.C., according to Fox News.
Antifa demonstrators who gathered to express dissatisfaction with Biden sparred with police, forcing officers to retreat and taking at least one police bicycle.
Roughly 150 people attended a โJ20โ protest against Biden and law enforcement around 2 p.m., marching from Revolution Hall to the Democratic Party of Oregonโs headquarters. The group smashed windows and vandalized the building with graffiti.
Video clips show people holding signs saying, โWe are ungovernableโ and โWe donโt want Biden โ We want revenge!โ for โPolice Murders,โ โImperialist Warsโ and โFascist Massacres.โ
Police officers arrested eight adults in total, on charges ranging from rioting and possession of a destructive device to reckless burning.
Rioters โshowed aggression by swarming officers and throwing objectsโ when officers entered the crowd on bicycles to ask a demonstrator to remove metal poles affixed to a banner that could be used as a weapon.
Police recovered long poles and a large knife from people in the crowd, they said. Officers deployed a smoke canister after the crowd blocked them from leaving.







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