{"id":28938,"date":"2020-09-20T13:00:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-20T17:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=28938"},"modified":"2020-09-20T13:02:15","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T17:02:15","slug":"portland-sees-riots-rage-again-as-attacks-on-businesses-explode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=28938","title":{"rendered":"Portland Sees Riots Rage Again as Attacks on Businesses Explode"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Riots return to Portland as protesters attack businesses, burn flags and force motorists to pledge loyalty to BLM (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><div id=\"attachment_28941\" style=\"width: 990px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28941\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5f67586e85f540417b478d52.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5f67586e85f540417b478d52.jpg 980w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5f67586e85f540417b478d52-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5f67586e85f540417b478d52-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-28941\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9  Portland Police Bureau<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>RT.com<\/p>\n<p>Several hundred people smashed up storefronts, torched American flags and harassed motorists in Portland, Oregon, following a brief lull in nearly nightly riots due to wildfires tearing through the state.<\/p>\n<p>Around 200 demonstrators marched through the city on Saturday night, with some individuals smashing windows and applying graffiti on buildings. A bank, a restaurant and a Starbucks coffee shop were among the businesses targeted, the Portland Police said in a statement. No arrests were made, but the acts of vandalism are under investigation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__text text \">\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=RT_com&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1307630126029565952&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rt.com%2Fusa%2F501217-portland-looting-antifa-riots-blm%2F&amp;siteScreenName=RT_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=219d021%3A1598982042171&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1307630126029565952\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Protesters were also filmed burning an American flag as they chanted\u00a0<em>\u201cblack trans lives matter.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0In another incident, they torched a pro-police \u2018thin blue line\u2019 flag as they shouted\u00a0<em>\u201cblue lives splatter.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=RT_com&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=true&amp;id=1307605111032614914&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rt.com%2Fusa%2F501217-portland-looting-antifa-riots-blm%2F&amp;siteScreenName=RT_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=219d021%3A1598982042171&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1307605111032614914\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=RT_com&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=true&amp;id=1307542327242551297&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rt.com%2Fusa%2F501217-portland-looting-antifa-riots-blm%2F&amp;siteScreenName=RT_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=219d021%3A1598982042171&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1307542327242551297\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Elsewhere in the city, online footage shows demonstrators stopping a truck and then ordering one of its passengers to raise his fist and say\u00a0<em>\u201cblack lives matter.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0The vehicle\u2019s windows were reportedly later smashed by the protesters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=RT_com&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1307606013043003397&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rt.com%2Fusa%2F501217-portland-looting-antifa-riots-blm%2F&amp;siteScreenName=RT_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=219d021%3A1598982042171&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1307606013043003397\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-4\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=RT_com&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-4&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=true&amp;id=1307626194427211777&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rt.com%2Fusa%2F501217-portland-looting-antifa-riots-blm%2F&amp;siteScreenName=RT_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=219d021%3A1598982042171&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1307626194427211777\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Portland\u2019s chaotic streets had quietened down due to poor air quality resulting from nearby forest fires, but protests resumed earlier this week. On Friday, 11 people were arrested after demonstrators targeted an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Oregon\u2019s biggest city had previously seen more than 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests following the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis Police in May.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/501217-portland-looting-antifa-riots-blm\/\">https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/501217-portland-looting-antifa-riots-blm\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riots return to Portland as protesters attack businesses, burn flags and force motorists to pledge loyalty to BLM (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28938\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}