About 200 protesters took to the streets of Portland on the 20th, holding anti-Biden and police signs with the slogan “We don’t want Biden, we want revenge”.
In the hours following the inauguration of new President Joe Biden, the far-left group Antifa took to the streets in various states, vandalizing the Democratic Party headquarters in Oregon and the founding Starbucks store in Seattle, Washington, as well as demonstrations in Columbus, Ohio, and Sacramento, California.
Police said about 200 protesters took to the streets of Portland, Oregon on the 20th, holding anti-Biden and police signs with the slogan “We don’t want Biden, we want revenge” and then vandalized the local Democratic Party headquarters, smashing the building’s windows and painting anarchist signs. Biden” graffiti was left behind.
Another crowd of about 150 people gathered in Northeast Portland around 5 p.m., where demonstrators denounced brutal police enforcement, chanted “Black lives matter” and urged authorities to adopt more progressive policies. A spokesman stressed that the 20th is very significant because “today is the day to abandon Trump, but there is still a need to embrace the struggle, the battle has just begun.
Black-clad protesters in Seattle marched through downtown, vandalizing local Amazon stores and courthouses along the way, smashing the windows of the founding Starbucks store in Pike Place Market, followed by police and civilian clashes that led to at least one arrest.
In Denver, about 100 far-left demonstrators and “Black Lives Matter” supporters also took to the streets to protest the new president at the Colorado State Capitol, while others carried communist and anti-fascist flags to denounce Biden and Trump, and they even set fire to the American flag, culminating in at least two arrests for possession of weapons.
In Sacramento, California, dozens of Antifa members dressed in black took to the streets, some wielding clubs and shields while denouncing immigration and customs enforcement, while others held signs reading “Abolish ICE” and chanting “No prisons, no walls, this is not America” and “All cops are assholes.
Since the killing of George Floyd by excessive police enforcement in Minneapolis last May, there have been frequent local protests in Portland, involving several violent clashes between police and civilians and demonstrations for more than 100 consecutive days.
The founding Starbucks store in Seattle’s Pike Place Market was also vandalized by protesters who smashed windows.
In the hours following the inauguration of new U.S. President Joe Biden, there were reports of multiple demonstrations in various states. The Democratic Party headquarters in Oregon was vandalized, with demonstrators smashing windows and painting anarchist signs on the building. Some left “Fuck you! Biden” graffiti.
Black-clad protesters also vandalized a local Amazon store and courthouse in Seattle.
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