PORTLAND, Ore — On Tuesday, a small group gathered at Alberta Park in Northeast Portland for a demonstration. Because of the small crowd, the group decided not to march, according to social media posts.
Portland is now entering its 14th week of nightly protests since the killing of George Floyd.
Monday night, a crowd of a few hundred people gathered in the North Park Blocks for an “Unhappy Birthday” celebration for Mayor Ted Wheeler's birthday. The group then marched to Wheeler’s apartment complex on Northwest 10th Avenue and Glisan Street.
Police declared a riot after protesters broke windows, burglarized a business, shot off fireworks, lit a picnic table on fire and set a fire inside an occupied apartment building.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Gresham Police Department joined the sheriffs in Washington and Clackamas counties and said they will not send officers to Portland to help respond to the nightly protests.
This comes after Governor Kate Brown had requested that the agencies work together with Portland police to stop violence and protecting free speech rights.
