Police declared a riot on Wednesday for another night in the U.S. city of Portland after demanding the breakup of a protest near an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building, calling it an unlawful meeting.
Federal officials fired pepper balls to disperse a crowd of about 200 protesters in the town's southwest, and set off a few smoke devices, the Oregonian newspaper said, adding that a rock was thrown and a window of the construction broken.
The protest started in the Elizabeth Caruthers Park before demonstrators marched in the direction of the ICE building, media said.
"All men near SW Bancroft St and SW Bond Ave have to distribute," authorities had stated on Twitter, warning the marchers that they faced arrest and the use of tear gas, crowd control agents and impact weapons if they didn't comply.
Authorities had also declared a riot on Tuesday following protesters lit fires, threw stones and smashed windows at county government offices in another place, in violence that resulted in two arrests and a minor injury for an officer.
Protests against racism and police brutality have swept the United States since the death on May 25 of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American guy, after a white police officer urged on his throat for nearly nine minutes.
The Portland protests are among those that have erupted in arson and violence, even with federal officers sent into the northwestern city repeatedly clashing with audiences targeting its own national courthouse.
U.S. Attorney General William Barr drew fire from Democratic lawmakers this month for sending federal officers to disperse protesters in town.
Federal officials fired pepper balls to disperse a crowd of about 200 protesters in the town's southwest, and set off a few smoke devices, the Oregonian newspaper said, adding that a rock was thrown and a window of the construction broken.
The protest started in the Elizabeth Caruthers Park before demonstrators marched in the direction of the ICE building, media said.
"All men near SW Bancroft St and SW Bond Ave have to distribute," authorities had stated on Twitter, warning the marchers that they faced arrest and the use of tear gas, crowd control agents and impact weapons if they didn't comply.
Authorities had also declared a riot on Tuesday following protesters lit fires, threw stones and smashed windows at county government offices in another place, in violence that resulted in two arrests and a minor injury for an officer.
Protests against racism and police brutality have swept the United States since the death on May 25 of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American guy, after a white police officer urged on his throat for nearly nine minutes.
The Portland protests are among those that have erupted in arson and violence, even with federal officers sent into the northwestern city repeatedly clashing with audiences targeting its own national courthouse.
U.S. Attorney General William Barr drew fire from Democratic lawmakers this month for sending federal officers to disperse protesters in town.