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A protest Wednesday night and early Thursday morning ended with the arrest of three people, after Portland Police said protesters smashed windows and sprayed graffiti at a New Seasons Market and several other businesses on Hawthorne Boulevard.
Police said several callers said they saw a group of people dressed in black moving west along Hawthorne, smashing windows as they went.
Officers said they found damage at at least 10 businesses on Hawthorne between 33rd Avenue Southeast and 41st Avenue Southeast. They estimated the damage to be several thousand dollars.
They arrested three people, each with 10 counts of first degree criminal mischief. Officers also found a person with a semi-automatic pistol and referred him to the district attorney’s office on possible weapons charges. A minor was also arrested for property damage.
There were also reports of statues being overturned and graffiti sprayed in two different city parks. Police did not immediately confirm these reports.
The Soldiers Monument statue, located in the center of Lone Fir Cemetery in Southeast Portland, was topped and graffiti either overnight or early in the morning of Thursday, November 26, 2020. The 1903 statue was created in honor of the soldiers of the civilian, Spanish -American, Mexican and Indian wars. According to the Friends of Lone Fir Cemetery, the statue has already been overturned once in the 1980s. It was recently rebronzed and restored in 2003.
A few independent journalists first reported that a statue of a war monument in Lone Fir cemetery has been overturned. This statue, known as the Soldiers’ Monument, was unveiled in 1903 to honor soldiers from the Civil, Spanish-American, Mexican and Indian Wars, according to the cemetery’s website. It is believed that around 345 soldiers from these wars were buried at Lone Fir.
Protesters have announced their intention to protest the colonization, capitalism and gentrification they said Thanksgiving represents.
– The Oregonian / OregonLive
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