Portland Rioters Barricade Door and Set Fire to ICE Building with Federal Agents Inside: ‘Burn the Precinct to the Ground!’ [VIDEO] INSURRECTION, ANYONE??
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Watch the moment federal officers rushed out to respond after #antifa set the @ICEgov facility on fire last night. Antifa barricaded the front of the facility to trap people inside while the building was on fire. #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/NaXYzSJoj6
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) April 11, 2021
(Content Warning: Graphic video):
I’m at the ICE facility in Portland OR, for a big planned protest. So far close to 100 black bloc have gathered and more are arriving every minute. This will be my thread for the night #PortlandProtests pic.twitter.com/cHJ67sdZBi
— Grace Morgan (@gravemorgan) April 11, 2021
The ICE building was vandalized with graffiti, including “DHS murders.” Agitators barricaded the front door of the building with a chain-link fence.
Someone put a traffic cone on the security camera to prevent the rioters from being identified. Fireworks were launched at the ICE building.
Portland Antifa plans on going "All the fuck out" on April 10th at the ICE building
— 🐺BOYCOTT MLB🐺 (@fvckcommies) April 2, 2021
The Direct Action starts at 9pm pic.twitter.com/tcp9DCzCUN
Antifa now shooting Roman Candles at the ICE Building pic.twitter.com/BRqiTMPJsB
— 🐺BOYCOTT MLB🐺 (@fvckcommies) April 11, 2021
Video shared by BlazeTV personality Elijah Schaffer showed rioters set the front of the ICE building on fire.
Far left Antifa extremists attempted to burn down a federal building in Portland, again
— ELIJAH SCHAFFER (@ElijahSchaffer) April 11, 2021
Waiting patiently for the outrage pic.twitter.com/mNIMy6c8NW
Footage posted by Post Millennial editor-at-large Andy Ngo showed federal agents attempting to get out of the building, but the barricade prevented them from exiting. Law enforcement was forced to exit out of the rear of the building.
Last night, #antifa in Portland barricaded the front of the @ICEgov building. They then set it on fire while federal officers were inside. Antifa also obscured the security cameras before launching the arson attack. #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/DCggRqUFmP
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) April 11, 2021
Watch the moment federal officers rushed out to respond after #antifa set the @ICEgov facility on fire last night. Antifa barricaded the front of the facility to trap people inside while the building was on fire. #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/NaXYzSJoj6
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) April 11, 2021
“An #antifa gives the #BLM fist salute while the crowd cheers on the burning of the @ICEgov Portland facility last night,” Ngo wrote on Twitter. “Officers were trapped inside when antifa set the building on fire.”
The mob chanted, “Every city, every town, burn the precinct to the ground!”
“Every city, every town, burn the precinct to the ground”
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) April 11, 2021
An #antifa gives the #BLM fist salute while the crowd cheers on the burning of the @ICEgov Portland facility last night. Officers were trapped inside when antifa set the building on fire. pic.twitter.com/VYgRlvMUTo
Federal agents fired crowd control munitions, including pepper balls, on the mob outside the ICE building.
ICE agents have come out to face off with protesters in order to put the fire out. #Portland #PDX #ICE pic.twitter.com/Vm8xOBlkha
— Independent Media PDX (@NDpendentPDX) April 11, 2021
One black bloc member challenged a Department of Homeland Security officer to a fistfight.
“Let’s go, bitch”
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) April 11, 2021
After officers rushed out from back of the @ICEgov facility to put out the fires on the building set by #antifa last night (antifa barricaded the front), some of the black bloc militants challenge the officers to a fight. #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/D6Ekkwl5FH
The Portland Police Bureau did not mention Saturday night’s unrest and did not announce any arrests regarding the riot.
Despite President Joe Biden succeeding Donald Trump as president, protests and riots have been occurring regularly in Portland. Last month, violence erupted at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in Portland, which was also set ablaze.
There has been a soaring crime rate in Portland, and city council members responded by planning to use unarmed park rangers to combat gun violence.