Portland Antifa sets up autonomous zone like Seattle, but flee when police swarm in and break it up!

by The Right Scoop

Portland’s Antifa terrorist tried to duplicate what was happening in Seattle, setting up their own autonomous zone overnight outside of the Mayor’s downtown home and blocking the street:

 
The police may have chosen not to respond last night as this was happening but they surely responded this morning, dispersing the protesters and taking down the barricades. It all started a few hours ago with warnings:

 
Below is video of the police removing the barricades:

 
You can tell by their uniforms and helmets they weren’t there to play nice.

By 11:30 our time, Police were already reporting one arrested, protesters dispersed and the autonomous zone shut down:

 
Here’s how the Portland PD described what happened:

Multiple demonstrations occurred in Portland during the evening hours of June 17 through the early morning hours of June 18, 2020.

One group of several hundred demonstrators assembled at Revolution Hall and marched across the Hawthorne Bridge to Waterfront Park. For over an hour, the group rallied, then dispersed around 9:30 p.m.

A second group gathered downtown near the Justice Center on Southwest 3rd Avenue between Southwest Main and Southwest Madison Street. This group blocked the street for nearly an hour, throwing projectiles such as oranges, at the Justice Center doors. Meanwhile, a third group started gathering in the Pearl District, setting up several tents near the 900 block of Northwest Glisan Street.

Around 10 p.m., the group that had gathered outside the Justice Center began marching in a northwesterly direction towards the group on Northwest Glisan Street. The two groups joined together on the 1000 block of NW Glisan Street.

Once both groups were together, the demonstrators on NW Glisan Street shined several lasers and lights at Pearl District buildings. The demonstrators set up several more tents and many people sat in the street. Around 11:50 p.m., demonstrators started moving dumpsters, pallets, and other items which could be used as barricades to surrounding city blocks.

Demonstrators caused extensive damage to buildings and businesses in the area. A man was observed carrying a rifle in the crowd(PHOTO). The demonstrators named this area an “autonomous zone.” Over the course of the evening, several hundred demonstrators left the area, but several hundred remained.

At approximately 5:30 a.m., there were still an estimated fifty people in the area. An unlawful assembly was declared in the area of Northwest 11th Avenue east to NW Park Avenue and NW Irving Street south to NW Everett Street. The sound truck made announcements for those in the area to leave and for residents in the area to shelter in place. At about 5:40 a.m., Officers began clearing the area.

One arrest was made and the rest of the people in the area dispersed. 27 year-old Hailley Nolan was charged with Interfering with a Police Officer and booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center.

Clean-up for the area was coordinated and crews immediately responded to the scene.

No CS gas was used by Portland Police Bureau members during this event. There was no force used to disperse the crowd.

The reason they didn’t have to use force to disperse the crowd is because the protesters ran away when the police showed up, according to one guy who was filming it.

In the video he reports that the protesters “ran away when 20 cops showed up – so much for their revolution!” He added “they folded quicker than Bernie Sanders.” Ha!

Lastly, here’s the Mayor out picking up trash in the former autonomous zone:


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