Demonstrators smashed windows at the Democratic Party of Oregon headquarters, 3 arrests made
Published Date: 1/21/2021
Source: The Oregonian
A crowd gathered at Southeast Portland’s Revolution Hall on Wednesday for “J20,” an event decrying the government, including Biden’s presidency, and focused on various crimes for justice, including reforming policing, improving education and foster care. A poster for the event calls for “Land Back” — a movement to return land to Indigenous people. The event, which reached about 200 people at its peak, was described as a “direct action” march, a term that in recent months that has described demonstrations that ended in property damage, such as broken windows or graffiti. As marchers headed toward the river, they chanted, calling for an end to the sweeps of homeless camps and decrying both Biden and former president Donald Trump. They ended up at the Democratic Party of Oregon headquarters, where some smashed windows. Protesters were met by police at Benson High School. The mayor’s office confirmed that as of 4 p.m., police had arrested three people suspected of using crowbars to smash out windows at the Democratic Party of Oregon headquarters. Demonstrations expected in Oregon today have so far largely failed to materialize, amid heightened law enforcement presence and the fortification of buildings including the state Capitol. Follow our Inauguration Day coverage in Oregon at The Oregonian/OregonLive: https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2021/01/inauguration-day-in-oregon-protests-celebrations-expected-gov-kate-brown-cheers-a-new-chapter.html