PORTLAND MAY DAY PROTEST ERUPTS INTO RIOT
Smoke bombs, Molotov cocktails and other items were thrown at police Monday afternoon in Portland, Oregon, during May Day protests.
A May Day march in Portland, Ore., "devolved into a full-scale riot with random acts of vandalism" by anarchists late Monday, police say. Attacks on police and emergency personnel resulted in 25 arrests.
Molotov cocktails, smoke bombs and other items were thrown at police, according to member station Oregon Public Broadcasting.
"Various fires were set in the street and in garbage cans, a police car was spray-painted and vandalized, and there were attempts to set at least one business on fire," according to Portland Police. "Numerous projectiles were thrown at or launched at police and firefighters including rocks, bottles, ball bearings, fireworks, smoke bombs, and road flares."
