Rioters stormed through Portland’s East Precinct Thursday night, attacking police officers and dumping paint on an elderly woman.
For the 70th consecutive night, rioters and protesters gathered and hurled glass bottles and rocks at officers. They dumped paint on an elderly woman trying to persuade them to stop wreaking havoc, and another elderly woman was blocked from putting out a fire by a person dressed in all black, according to KOIN-TV.
The woman, who said she lives in the neighborhood, can be seen in a video attempting to stop people from vandalizing a building before someone approaches her shouting and pointing in her face as another person in the crowd dumps paint on her.
Someone in the crowd can be heard on video saying, “This isn’t your world anymore,” while another can be heard saying, “Put your mask on, bitch! Put your mask on!”
Antifa splashed paint at an elderly Portland woman and verbally abused her. “This isn’t your world anymore.” pic.twitter.com/lmkbR1fewb
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 7, 2020
Antifa punk bullies old woman. pic.twitter.com/O1gsJcSNt4
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 7, 2020
Portland police say that one officer was severely injured after being hit with a large rock on his shoulder.
“We believe the intention of the crowd outside East Precinct is to vandalize or attempt to burn down the precinct. If you attempt to break in to or burn East Precinct you will be subject to arrest and the use of force to include crowd control munitions,” Portland police tweeted at 9:40 p.m. Thursday. Moments later, the fire that the elderly woman attempted to stop was lit.
Police say several arrests were made and people with “press” badges interfered with officers by shining lasers in their eyes and throwing objects at them.
Protests and riots have continuously been occurring in Portland following the death of George Floyd on May 25, and agents from the Department of Homeland Security have been sent in to protect federal buildings in a move that caused much chagrin with elected officials, mostly Democrats.