According to police, a group of people gathered in Peninsula Park, at 700 North Rosa Parks Way, around 8pm on Saturday. Around 9 pm, members of the group started marching. Some people smashed windows and detonated explosives at a cafe on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, police said. Police said one bank broke its windows and another was sprayed with graffiti on 5700 block of Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. According to police, three bus shelters were also damaged and several road signs were painted with graffiti. Police said “one or more suspects” also set fire to a trash can in Portland’s North Police Precinct. The Portland Fire and Rescue Service was called in to put out the blaze, police said. Portland police say some people who gathered for a demonstration in Portinsula Park in Portland on Saturday night caused damage to businesses, including breaking windows in a cafe. (Photo: Courtesy of Portland Police) According to social media posts, the rally and march in Peninsula Park was intended as a demonstration demanding justice for Patrick Loya, who was shot and killed by a police officer in Grand Rapids, Michigan during a traffic jam on April 4. in the United States with his family from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2014, was shot in the back of the head by a police officer as he fell face down on the ground, shows a video released this week. Protesters in Grand Rapids have gathered to protest the shootings and demand that the name of the officer who shot Lyoya be made public. The officer, who is being held on paid leave while Michigan State police are investigating, has not yet been identified. More than 250 people have been fatally shot by police officers on duty across the country this year, according to a Washington Post database. – Kristi Turnquist [email protected] 503-221-8227 @Kristiturnquist
