Demonstrators in Portland set fires, blocked traffic, and damaged property overnight but met no challenges from police.
Few law enforcement officers were visible downtown, days after the state agreed to help quell continued violence at and near a federal courthouse. No Portland police officers engaged with the crowd, the police bureau said in an incident summary. According to video footage from the scene, no federal officers engaged in crowd control. Multnomah County Sheriff’s deputies were stationed near the Justice Center, a few blocks from the Mark O. Hatfield Courthouse, but they didn’t appear to respond to any of the crimes being committed.
