Legislative director for Oregon House speaker arrested in Portland riot

“Kristina Narayan was arrested for Interfering with a Police Officer after the event became a riot and the crowd was given multiple orders to disperse, which she did not do,” said Officer Derek Carmon, a Portland Police Bureau spokesman, in a statement to the Hill.

Narayan is the legislative director for Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek, according to a report from the Washington Free Beacon. Narayan has worked for Kotek, a Democrat, since 2016. Her LinkedIn account states that she has been a legislative director in the office since May 2018. Narayan is also listed as a legislative director on Kotek’s official website.

The Washington Examiner has reached out to Kotek’s office for comment.

At least 58 other people were arrested during the riot on Saturday night and Sunday morning, according to a press release from the Portland Police Bureau. “Multiple fire bombs, mortars, rocks, and other items” were thrown at officers as they attempted to disperse the crowd, police said. Portland has been the scene of consecutive protests and riots for more than 100 days.

Kotek, who represents parts of northeastern Portland, said last week that the protests have persisted all summer because police officers are “not being held sufficiently accountable” for their “destructive, dangerous, and violent acts.”