PROTEST SITUATION AS I HAVE SEEN
THIS AFTERNOON, HOW QUICKLY THEY
MOVED IN, HOW QUICKLY THEY TOOK
PEOPLE INTO ARREST.
JENNIFER: THREE PEOPLE WERE
ARRESTED VERY WE JUST SAW
NUMEROUS PEOPLE, A DOZEN IF NOT
MORE, DETAINED IN THE AREA OF
CITY HALL.
POLICE ARE STILL SAYING IF
YOU'RE IN THAT AREA, YOU ARE
SUBJECT TO ARREST.
THEY FIRST HAD TO CLEAR OUT ALL
OF THE LEGAL PERMITTED MARCHERS.
THERE WAS AT LEAST 1000 PEOPLE
WHO IT SIGNED UP TO BE A PART OF
THAT RALLY AT 3:30 THIS
AFTERNOON.
WITHIN 20 MINUTES OR SO, THINGS
GOT UGLY AND THEY WERE PUSHING
ANYONE WITH SMALL CHILDREN TO
LEAVE THE AREA.
IT WAS BEFORE LONG BEFORE THEY
SAID ANYBODY DOWNTOWN TO LEAVE
THE AREA.
JEFF: IT STARTED AS A PEACEFUL
RALLY AT 3:00.
THEY WERE TOLD TO DISPERSE
BECAUSE THINGS HAVE GOTTEN
VIOLENT.
THEY WERE CONFUSED AND DID NOT
KNOW WERE TO GO, BUT THOSE FOLKS
QUICKLY DISPERSED.
LISA BALICK EXTENDING BY AT CITY
HALL.
REPORTER:
WE ARE ACTUALLY
WALKING DOWN TO CITY HALL.
WE ARE NOW AT SIXTH AND MADISON.
THIS CAUGHT MY EYE.
LOOK AT THESE WINDOWS.
THIS IS THE OLD FEDERAL COURT
BUILDING.
SMASHED WINDOWS.
THIS IS USED FOR OFFICES.
PEOPLE ARE INSIDE THEM.
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING.
UNBELIEVABLE.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK TO THE RIGHT.
WE HAVE MORE OVER HERE.
SOME OF THE ROCKS THAT WERE
ACTUALLY THROWN INTO THE
WINDOWS.
WE ARE JUST DISCOVERING THIS, AS
I AM SURE PEOPLE WILL BE
DISCOVERING IT ALL OVER TOWN IN
THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
IT IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE.
HOW FAR THIS DAMAGE HAS GONE.
MORE GRAFFITI
ON THE SIDE OF THE
APARTMENT BUILDING OVER THERE.
THE STREETS ARE NOW LITTERED
WITH GARBAGE, SO MUCH STUFF THAT
HAS BEEN THROWN.
WE ARE SEEING A GREAT OFFICER
PRESENCE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE ARE AT MADISON AND STICKS
HEADING TOWARDS CITY HALL.
WE'RE SEEING AGAIN.
THIS IS SOUTHWEST SIXTH.
A LADY
SET I HAVE TO PICK UP MY
KIDS, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?
I TOLD HER GO TO YOUR CAR AND
JUST WAIT UNTIL THE COAST IS
CLEAR TO BE ABLE TO LEAVE.
SECTIONS OF THE CITY TOTALLY
UNAFFECTED.
THE DOWNTOWN CORE ON JUST ABOUT
EVERY BLOCK, THERE IS DAMAGE.
JEFF: LISA BALICK FROM CITY
HALL.
AS SHE
IS DISCOVERING DAMAGE,
I'M SURE BUSINESS OWNERS WILL AS
WELL.
THIS IS A LIVE LOOK FROM NEWS
CHOPPER SIX.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU VIDEO FROM
ABOUT A HALF HOUR AGO.
THIS WAS PROTESTERS SETTING
BOXES ON FIRE IN THE MIDDLE OF
AN INTERSECTION.
THEN AS WE CONTINUE TO WATCH
THIS, YOU SEE POLICE STORM
THOSE
PROTESTERS IN THE INTERSECTION.
MOVING THOSE PROTESTERS BACK
REPEATEDLY, TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
THEY WOULD STORM, MOVE THE
PROTESTERS BACK, STORM, MOVE
THEM BACK, PUT OUT FIRES, AND
THAT IS HOW IT WENT EARLIER THIS
AFTERNOON AS THE VIOLENCE TOOK
OVER THIS PROTEST.
JENNIFER: THIS IS SOME OF THE
WORST PROTEST WE HAVE SEEN.
IT MAY HAVE STARTED AS EARLY AS
THIS MORNING WHEN AT LEAST TWO
BANKS IN SOUTHEAST PORTLAND WERE
VANDALIZED.
THEY APPLIED SUPERGLUE TO THE
DOORS.
IT IS NOT CLEAR IF THAT IS
LINKED TO THE MAYDAY PROTEST.
JEFF: THAT IS
AFTER POLICE.
HERE YOU SAW THE FIRE.
THIS WAS ABOUT 40 MINUTES AGO.
THIS WAS FAKE BLACK SMOKE
BECAUSE A LOT OF IT WAS PLASTIC,
THOSE ORANGE TRAFFIC CONES AND
BARRELS, NEWSPAPERS TO FUEL IT.
THEN THEY THREW SOME NEWSPAPER
BOXES ON TOP.
THAT IS TOXIC SMOKE THAT COMES
FROM THAT PLASTIC.
POLICE ARE STANDING BY AS THEY
LIFTED THIS -- LIT THIS ALL ON
FIRE.
POLICE STORMED THE PROTESTERS
AND THEY MOVED WEST DOWN THE
STREET.
THAT IS WHAT WE SAW ABOUT 40
MINUTES AGO.
JENNIFER: ABOUT 3:30,
THIS
STARTED AS A RALLY AND QUICKLY
TURNED INTO A PROTEST.
THEN POLICE DEEMED THIS A RIOT.
PORTLAND POLICE JUST TWEETED
"THE RIOT HAS SUBSIDED FOR THE
MOMENT.
OFFICERS WILL CONTINUE TO PATROL
DOWNTOWN PORTLAND AS EGGS
CONTINUE TO THE ESCALATES --
DEESCALATE."
HOPEFULLY WE ARE SAYING THINGS
COME TO AN END.
JEFF: LET'S HEADED BACK TO LISA
BALICK.
THIS WAS A FULL-BLOWN RIOTS THIS
AFTERNOON.
REPORTER: YEAH, HI, WE'RE ON
SOUTHWEST FIFTH.
THEY'RE DEFINITELY TRYING TO
PROTECT CITY HALL.
THERE ARE PROTESTERS ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE MR..
-- OF THE BANISTER.
THEY ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON THEM.
OFFICERS ON EVERY CORNER AROUND
HERE.
THERE HAS TO BE AT LEAST 100
OFFICERS HERE.
THEY ARE ALSO VIDEOTAPING AT THE
SAME TIME.
THEY ARE MAKING SURE WHAT IS
HAPPENING WITH THE CROWD, THEY
ARE REALLY KEEPING A CLOSE EYE.
THEY HAVE ASKED SOME OF US TO
MOVE OUT OF THE WAY JUST TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE NOT IN THEIR WAY OF
SEEING WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE
PROTESTERS.
THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU EXPECT TO
SEE AT THIS HOUR, 5:00.
THIS IS THE MAX TRACK AREA.
WE SEE SOME BUSES BUT THEY ARE
BEING DETOURED AROUND HERE.
KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS
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