Portland police make over 50 arrests, use tear gas as protesters throw fire bombs.

"Portland, Oregon’s largest city, sits on the Columbia and Willamette rivers, in the shadow of snow-capped Mount Hood. It’s known for its parks, bridges and bicycle paths, as well as for its eco-friendliness and its microbreweries and coffeehouses. Iconic Washington Park encompasses sites from the formal Japanese Garden to Oregon Zoo and its railway. The city hosts thriving art, theater and music scenes."

There is a never-ending war in Portland that's getting worse and the problem is the wimpy liberal fucktard who is the mayor of the city. This violent bullshit is a problem in other cities with Democratic mayors. This insanity is why Fucktard Trump has a very good chance of winning the election.

The Democrats are fucking idiots.

Here is the rest of the thing:

REUTERS

POLITICS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020 / 2:21 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

Portland police make over 50 arrests, use tear gas as protesters throw fire bombs

(Reuters) - Protesters in Portland threw rocks and fire bombs at police who in turn made over 50 arrests and used tear gas on Saturday night on the 100th day of demonstrations in the Oregon city against racism and police brutality.

Police described what they called “tumultuous and violent conduct” by protesters on the city’s Southeast Stark Street.

One of the fire bombs caught a community member on fire and he was taken to hospital, Portland police said in a statement, adding that a sergeant was also struck by a commercial-grade firework that injured his hand.

"Fire bombs were thrown at officers, injuring at least one community member", police said earlier on Twitter while re-tweeting a video posted by a New York Times reporter showing fire bombs being thrown and a protester running with his legs on fire.

Police said officers used tear gas among other crowd control measures to disperse the gathering, which the Oregonian newspaper had estimated to be around 400.

Portland has seen nightly protests for over three months that have at times turned into violent clashes between demonstrators and officers, as well as between right- and left-wing groups.

Elsewhere on Saturday, armed police supporters and anti-racism demonstrators clashed in Louisville before the Kentucky Derby horse race, while Rochester police also used tear gas to disperse protesters.

Demonstrations erupted around the United States following the death in May of George Floyd, a Black man, after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes.

President Donald Trump signed a memo on Wednesday that threatens to cut federal funding to “lawless” cities, including Portland. His Democratic challenger in the Nov. 3 presidential election, Joe Biden, has accused Trump of stoking violence with his rhetoric.

Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Frances Kerry and Lisa Shumaker

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