The rioters in Portland, Oregon took over peaceful residential neighborhoods where they attacked an elderly woman and mercilessly harassed her.
Rioters Target Peaceful Areas
On Thursday night, Antifa and BLM rioters once again came back to the Portland Police Department’s East Precinct and terrorized the residents in the process, the Daily Wire reported.
The Portland Police Department had no choice but to label to protest an “unlawful assembly” after it became clear that the rioters intended “to vandalize or attempt to burn down the precinct.”
A photo tweeted out by the police department showed an elderly woman with a walker covered in paint because the rioters doused her.
This unknown woman using a walker was confronted by the group currently outside East Precinct and paint was strewn all over her. pic.twitter.com/k1cCVMbNht
— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) August 7, 2020
Journalists Share Heartbreaking Footage
A Portland Tribune reporter Zane Sparling posted videos he filmed of the rioters very aggressively getting up in two women’s faces and also captured the woman doused in paint.
Counter protesters in standoff with Portland protesters; she was doused in paint I believe pic.twitter.com/08ceieWh3t
— Zane Sparling (@PDXzane) August 7, 2020
Woman with BLM sign on walker is trying to stop Portland protester hitting wooden barricades on east precinct pic.twitter.com/qPjfeX9GVY
— Zane Sparling (@PDXzane) August 7, 2020
Conservative journalist Andy Ngo who has been reporting on the riots explained the incident, writing, “An older woman tried to stop #antifa rioters from continuing their attack on the Portland Police east precinct tonight. She stood in the front and they dumped some white liquid all over her & curse her out.”
Ngo added, “Antifa militant stops an elderly woman from putting out a fire they started at the Portland Police east precinct.”
The video also showed rioters getting physical with the elderly woman as she attempted to put a fire out with a fire extinguisher.
The night before this incident, on Wednesday, rioters attacked the same police precinct and tried to light it on fire. Police were able to force them out of the area before massive damage was done.
Police Department Tell of Violence
“Several people in the group began to ram a large 2 by 4 piece of wood into the front glass doors in an effort to shatter them,” the Portland Police Department said in a statement. “Other members of the group slammed different heavy large objects into the glass doors as well. The objects included large rocks.”
“By 9:50 p.m., those who had been destructing the East Precinct glass doors successfully cracked them, causing significant damage,” the department continued. “Since serious ongoing criminal behavior continued, a riot was declared at 9:56 p.m. At 10 p.m., the front doors of East Precinct were barricaded and a fire was started using plywood and an accelerant.”
When officers moved to disperse the rioters, they “were hit with projectiles and commercial-grade fireworks,” the department said. “Because of life safety issues created by members in the group, CS gas and crowd control munitions were used. While dispersing efforts continued, a truck associated with the group attempted to run over several officers.”
For over two months now, violent rioters have taken over the Oregon city and it appears they aren’t going away anytime soon.