“This is the worst march (expletive) I have ever participated in!” a protester shouted during a protest on the opening day in Portland, Oregon, which turned into a riot, according to a report.
Some of the dozens of black-clad Antifa activists and anarchists who faced the police and vandalized Oregon Democratic Party headquarters with anti-Biden graffiti in the southeast of the city on Wednesday seemed to wonder exactly what the group’s purpose was.
“Who set this up (expletive)?” another protester questioned by a megaphone while the rambling protest began, OregonLive.com reported.
“We have no leaders,” was the reported response.
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Many of the protesters expressed their contempt for the police and also for the new president.
A tweet on PNW Youth Liberation Front’s Twitter page announced the Inauguration Day rally as “F — THE STATE. F — BIDEN. LANDBACK. F — 12.” As of Friday, the tweet was still active, although Twitter had restricted the account. (“F — 12” refers to the police.)
Organizers have also discouraged the live broadcast or “peace police”.
The march was one of several that took place in Portland and Seattle when President Biden took the oath of office in Washington on Wednesday.
The group also carried a banner with a picture of a gun that said: “We don’t want Biden – we want revenge for the police murders, imperialist wars and fascist massacres”.
The protesters, who soon grew to about 200, shouted slogans like: “No good police, no good president!” and “Black lives are important!”
At the start of the march, protesters immediately clashed with the police and tried to take a policeman’s bicycle, which was quickly recovered.
The Portland Police Department said it made announcements for a loudspeaker, saying, “The officers watched people in the Revolution Hall area pick up an officer’s bike and throw objects at the retreating cops. Everyone at Revolution Hall must obey all of them. the laws.”
“Roads in the area remain open to vehicle traffic and no permission to use the area’s roads has been approved. Pedestrians and protesters must obey all traffic laws and use the sidewalks. Failure to follow this guidance may result in a quote or prison. “
Eventually, they ended up in another confrontation with the police in a parking lot near a high school, after they didn’t seem to know where they were going, OregonLive reported.
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“I don’t know where (expletive) I’m going, but I don’t (expletive),” shouted a 20-year-old protester as the group tried to avoid a police blockade.
She told OregonLive that she was marching to remind people that she didn’t want people to forget that “black lives are important” just because former President Trump stepped down.
Another protester said he was meeting because “black lives (bad words) are important. Injustice. It is time for this to be done.”
When the group reached a highway ramp, one person asked himself out loud where they were going, while another complained that it was the worst march they had ever attended.
Shortly after a woman said, “This is not about making a riot happen if it isn’t going to happen,” some members of the group reportedly started breaking windows indiscriminately in the Oregon Democratic Party building and labeling it with anti-Biden language.
Some in the group were frustrated by the destruction and left the protesters.
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Police said they caught up with protesters in the parking lot near the school and arrested at least eight for disorderly conduct, criminal perversity and reckless burning.
Marches like Wednesday’s have frustrated police reform activists and members of the Black Lives Matter, who say the senseless violence and destruction has put the movement against police brutality back and turned people against the movement.
Many of these activists distanced themselves from the protesters and condemned the violence, according to OregonLive.