Portland Protests-What Officers Have Endured
These are not peaceful protests. Here is a list of what has occurred in Portland in the last 90 days against officers according to officer accounts.
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Green, blue, red dot lasers in officers eyes
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Raw dead unknown animal insides thrown
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Barricaded precinct doors with various materials
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Multiple attempts to light material on fire after barricaded
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Surrounded employee parking lots preventing them to leave
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Photographers set up at parking lots to capture personal vehicle license plates in attempt to gain personal info
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Officer hit in head by skateboard
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Officers sprayed with bear and pepper spray
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Commercial grade fire works thrown at officers
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Bleach, feces, urine filled balloons thrown at officers
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Rocks, bricks, golf balls, metal balls thrown at officers
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Sling shots with various dangerous material used
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Frozen cans, bottles thrown at officers
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Oil based paints thrown at officers to prevent being able to get off uniform or face shields
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Officers followed home in personal vehicles
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Verbal threats of death, rape, arson to their home
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Explosive mok cocktails with fire excelerant thrown at officers
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Public postings of where officers live, fliers given out to neighbors of officers saying slanderous things about officer
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Home made weapons like shields, metal rods, sticks, baseball bats, pvc pipes against officers
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Interfering on non protest related calls of service. Meaning they interject into reg calls of service to create a hostile scene for no reason making it less safe for the officer to do duties
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Use of umbrellas to shield criminal behaviors, chemical agents and projectiles put out by police
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Throwing of traffic cones at police
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Sticky, toxic smelling unknown substances thrown from water bottles at police
These are not peaceful protests. Here is a list of what has occurred in Portland in the last 90 days against officers according to media outlets.
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Blocked roads
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Burned buildings with people inside
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Stolen from small and large businesses
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Threatened and harassed police verbally
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Thrown hammers at police officers
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Thrown full soda cans at police officers
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Thrown toilet paper rolls at police officers
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Thrown eggs at police officers
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Thrown glass bottles at police officers
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Thrown rocks at police officers
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Thrown paint at police officers
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Thrown paint bombs at police officers
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Thrown paintballs at police officers
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Thrown pieces of ceramic at police officers
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Thrown balloons filled with feces at police officers
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Thrown heavy metal screws at police officers
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Thrown a railroad spike at police officers
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Thrown golf balls at police officers
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Thrown ball bearing at police officers
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Thrown plastic eggs filled with paint at police officers
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Thrown safety cones at police officers
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Thrown traffic cones at police officers
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Pepper-sprayed the officers
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Spray painted graffiti outside and inside buildings
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Smashed building windows
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Smashed building doors
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Shot security cameras with paintball guns
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Pounded on doors
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Tampered with control panels to buildings
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Ignited an aerosol can and sprayed it toward the City Hall building.
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Shined powerful lasers in officers’ eyes
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Shattered a bus stop shelter.
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Set a fire outside and behind the Portland Police Association building.
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Brandished concealed weapons including an electronic control weapon, baton, dagger, and multiple knives
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Pushed burning dumpsters toward the police
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Lit an awning on a building on fire
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Heavily damaged police cars
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Broke police car windows
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Deflated police car tires
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Broke a Boys and Girls Club van’s window
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Lit dumpsters on fire
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Lit off illegal fireworks
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Tossed restaurant benches
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Started a fire in the middle of an intersection
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Attempted to pull down street signs
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Pulled down street signs
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Brought in a water hose to cause water damage inside a building
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Kicked, punched and restrained a driver of a truck