Portland police precinct protesters, before police declared the crowd a riot

Portland police precinct protesters, before police declared the crowd a riot.

A demonstration Friday outside a Northeast Portland police precinct escalated to an overnight riot, but unlike many nights in recent weeks, more than 2 1/2 hours passed before protesters’ actions prompted police to make that declaration and advance on the crowd.

Protesters had damaged three police vehicles and pointed lasers toward officers, actions that oftentimes have drawn prompt police force. Instead, police issued repeated orders and requests to stop. At one point, an officer asked the crowd to “self-monitor” and told the group they did not want to declare the gathering unlawful.

Police set off smoke, shot impact munitions and detained at least two people in “targeted arrests” before moving in full force, finally pushing people away from the North Precinct at just after 1 a.m.

The friction began nearly three hours earlier after a crowd of about 300 protesters converged at the precinct. The building, on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard between Killingsworth and Emerson streets, has been a site of frequent protests, particularly among a splinter group of demonstrators who have provoked police action in recent weeks.

Here are four key turning points from Friday, the 86th straight night of protests against police violence and anti-Black racism:

Immediate actions by protesters:

Marchers arrived at the precinct around 10:15 p.m. Some people immediately walked past police tape and threw eggs and paint balloons onto three police vehicles parked in a blockade. Those vehicles became a main focus of the night.

The first warning from police -- telling people not to throw things -- was greeted by someone throwing a glass bottle. Officers mostly stayed out of sight or dozens of yards away. 

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