Abolition protestors, advocating for a society without police or prisons, held a “direct action” in downtown Portland.
They smashed windows of businesses and banks
They believe prisons and police are tools of oppression to uphold capitalism and white supremacy, not justice
Police make a surprise arrest, an officer pretends to talk to the riot van and grabs a man standing in the street
Portland police are holding the intersection near justice center
Police are arresting some protestors, a crowd of about 70 protesters are around the police heckling them
Police are making announcements for protestors to get out of the roadway
Police move away from the intersection
Protestors graffitied some of downtown
Abolition protestors broke windows of the Oregon historical society
“No more history”
Police move in to allow fire to move to extinguish a flame
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