UPDATE: 59 Arrested During Riot (Photo)

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September 06, 2020 11:50

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There were 59 people arrested during the riot that took place Saturday night and Sunday morning. Forty-three were processed by the Portland Police Bureau.

The following are those booked in the Multnomah County Detention Center:

Evan Burchfield, 34, of Portland -- Assaulting a Public Safety Officer, Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Peace Officer

James Castle, 43, of Portland - Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot

Tony Girard, 34, of Tigard, Oregon - Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot

Sara Rider, 30, of Portland - Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot

Sarah Martin, 32, of Portland - Interfering with a Peace Officer

Victor Philips, 34, of Portland - Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree

G. Evelyn Luhman, 27, of Portland - Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot

Henry Loeb, 31, of Portland - Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot

Jesse Joseph, 25, of Portland - Assaulting a Public Safety Officer, Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Resisting Arrest, Escape in the Third Degree

Enzo Zimmerman, 18, unknown residence - Assaulting a Public Safety Officer, Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Peace Officer

Sherry Motmedi, 45, unknown residence - Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Resisting Arrest

Jaimie Crush, 26, of Portland - Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot

Kiko Kurosawa-Grasa, 25, unknown residence - Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot

Donovan Speed, 19, of Portland - Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree

Eleanor Rose, 22, of Portland - Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree

John Alger, 23, of Portland - Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Criminal Mischief in the Third Degree

Jawad Fakhuri, 35, unknown residence -- Attempted Assaulting a Public Safety Officer, Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Unlawful Use of the Weapon

Meganne English-Mills, 24, unknown residence - Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree

Michael Skaggs, 23, of Portland - Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree

Sarah Rascoe, 39, of Portland - Interfering with a Peace Officer, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree

John Mulkern, 33, of Olympia, Washington - Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree

Noel Ruiz, 27, of Portland - Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot

Folajade Dgunfieitiani, 27, of Hillsboro, Oregon -- Riot, Interfering with a Peace Officer

Kristina Narayan, 29, of Portland - Interfering with a Peace Officer

Joel Beal, 32, of Skull Valley, Arizona - Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree

Simona Arteaga, 39, of Portland - Riot, Interfering with a Peace Officer

Leslie Branch, 26, of Lakewood, Colorado - Attempted Assaulting a Public Safety Officer, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree

Elizabeth Elder, 27, of Portland - Attempted Assaulting a Public Safety Officer, Riot

Jil Heimensen, 50, of Portland -- Riot, Harassment, Interfering with a Peace Officer

Ty Fox, 23, of Astoria, Oregon -- Arson in the First Degree, Escape in the Third Degree, Riot

Cassandra Tighe, 24, of New Mexico -- Riot, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Escape in the Third Degree

Samantha Sartin, 22, unknown residence - Interfering with a Peace Officer

Bandr Alzafiri, 22, of Portland - Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot

Alaric Dinh, 21, of Beaverton, Oregon -- Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot

Nicholas Foster, 19, of Portland - Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree

Cited and released:

Clayton Adkerson, 32, of Portland -- Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Peace Officer

Keisha Harrison, 30, of Independence, Oregon - Interfering with a Peace Officer

Martha Zhang, 22, of Portland - Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Peace Officer

Maya Jensen, 21, of Portland - Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Peace Officer

Mary Thompson, 41, of Springfield, Oregon -- Interfering with a Peace Officer

David Stevens, 45, of Tigard, Oregon - Interfering with a Peace Officer

Released to parent:
Juvenile, 17, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree

Booked at Juvenile Detention:
Juvenile, 15, Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, warrant

There were an additional 16 people processed by the Oregon State Police. Their information will be released at a later time.

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Multiple fire bombs, mortars, rocks, and other items were thrown at law enforcement during a riot Saturday night in Southeast Portland.

A crowd gathered at Ventura Park and, at about 9:00p.m., began a march in the street toward East Portland Community Policing Center. East Precinct is an active, working police station and has been the target of arsonists, vandals, and violence in past demonstrations. It is directly adjacent to occupied townhomes and across the street from a school and a community event center. Many in the crowd were carrying large shields (photo) and dressed in protective gear including helmets, gas masks, body armor, and all black clothing. It was clear that the intent of the crowd was not peaceful protest. Therefore officers were positioned in such a way that prevented the march from reaching East Precinct. A police vehicle outfitted with a loudspeaker advised the crowd that, for the safety of city employees and all community members, the march would not be allowed to proceed that direction.

At about 9:15p.m, as the crowd approached officers, individuals began throwing multiple fire bombs at officers. One of them caught a community member on fire. Officers later located the injured person and Portland Fire and Rescue medics offered treatment. The injured person was later taken to a hospital by private vehicle.

This criminal activity presented an extreme danger to life safety for all community members, and prompted a declaration of a riot. The crowd was advised over loudspeaker that it was a riot and they were to leave the area to the east immediately. They were warned that failure to adhere to this order may subject them to arrest, citation, or crowd control agents, including, but not limited to, tear gas and/or impact weapons. Individuals within the crowd began throwing illegal fireworks/mortars at officers. Others were seen throwing rocks. At least one had a "wrist-rocket" type of slingshot launching unknown objects. In order to defend themselves from these assaults, officers used crowd control munitions, including tear gas. Officers made numerous targeted arrests.

For the next four hours, the crowd appeared to meander through the Mill Park community, attempting to get to get around the police blockade and reach East Precinct. Officers moved ahead of the rioters to prevent them access. Rioters lit fires in the streets, including dumpsters, garbage cans, and wooden pallets. Officers moved in to push the crowd back in order to extinguish the fires.

During numerous confrontations with officers, individuals launched attacks on law enforcement, including throwing objects. A sergeant was directly struck by a commercial grade firework, which burned through his glove and injured his hand (photos). Several officers and troopers were struck by rocks in the head, arms, shoulders, and feet. Only their protective gear prevented serious injury. An Oregon State Police vehicle was damaged by rocks, including broken windows and dents (photos). An unexploded mortar was recovered by police (photo).

Over 50 people were arrested. At least two were wearing body armor. One had a dagger, another had a knife (photos). The names of those arrested and their charges will be released in a later update.

The response to this event included not only Portland Police Rapid Response Team and Oregon State Police, but PPB precincts had to pull officers out of patrol to assist. That limited the ability to respond to calls. At about 2:00a.m., there were almost 150 calls for service holding in the City of Portland.

All photos attached were taken by PPB or OSP, and they are intended for public use.

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