Portland latest: Another march, but no arrests
The latest on protests in Portland, Oregon (all times local):
Protesters marched through Portland again Sunday night following a gathering of anti-Donald Trump demonstrators earlier in the evening.
Television footage showed dozens of chanting but peaceful marchers moving through downtown streets. Police said there were no arrests.
KOIN-TV says the march began following the peaceful gathering at Tom McCall Waterfront Park.
There, the protesters spoke to the crowd and had a moment of silence.
Sunday night’s protest comes after police say they arrested 71 people late Saturday and early Sunday during downtown protests.
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Noon:
Portland police said Sunday that “71 people were arrested during Saturday night’s protest in downtown Portland after failing to obey numerous lawful orders to vacate city streets.”
“Several times throughout the evening, projectiles such as road flares and bottles were thrown at police officers.,” the department said in its Sunday noon news release.
Of those, they said, “67 people were booked into the Multnomah County Jail, five people were given criminal citations. All of those arrested were additionally given a traffic citation for Failing to Obey a Police Officer (Oregon Revised Statute 811.535).””
Police said protesters repeatedly threw road flares and bottles at officers and that a police sport-utility vehicle was tagged with graffiti.
Read more here: http://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/news/read.cfm?id=7719&ec=1&ch=twitter
11:30 a.m.
The chairman of Oregon’s Republican Party is calling on Gov. Kate Brown to mobilize the National Guard and state troopers in response to anti-Donald Trump protests in Portland.
Demonstrators have conducted nightly protests in the city since Election Day. Police arrested dozens of people late Saturday and early Sunday. Officers said they found a stockpile of bricks and rocks, and that police and at least one film crew have been assaulted.
Two people were arrested in the nonfatal shooting of a protester early Saturday, and organizers said they would stage a vigil for the victim on Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m.
Currier says that instead of closing Interstate 5 to allow protesters to march on the highway, the governor should be using National Guard trucks and state troopers “to block these unlawful protests.”
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10:15 a.m.
Police in Portland, Oregon, say they have arrested two 18-year-old men in a shooting that wounded a man during a protest against President-elect Donald Trump.
Police say Shamar Xavier Hunter and Steffon Marquise Corothers were in a vehicle on the Morrison Bridge when they became involved in a confrontation with protesters. Hunter faces six counts of attempted murder and one count of unlawful use of a weapon. Steffon Marquise Corothers, 18, faces one count each of attempted murder and unlawful use of a weapon.
Both are set for court appearances Monday in Multnomah County Court. It wasn’t immediately clear whether they have lawyers.
Police initially detained four people they believe to be gang members.
The man who was shot is expected to recover.
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9:30 a.m.
Police in Portland, Oregon, say they arrested dozens of people late Saturday and early Sunday as rowdy anti-Donald Trump protesters marched through downtown again.
An exact number of arrests wasn’t immediately available, but police said they intended to release more information at noon Sunday.
The demonstrations Saturday night happened despite calls from the city’s mayor and police chief for calm.
Several hundred people took to the streets Saturday night and police arrested people after protesters threw bottles and blocked streets and light rail lines.
The gathering came after a news conference Saturday in which Mayor Charlie Hayes and Police Chief Mike Marshman urged people to restrain themselves after several days of violent marches that damaged property and left one person shot.
