Portland Police Clear PSU Library of Pro-Palestinian Protesters Amid Night of Violence

Published on May 3, 2024

Rioters dressed in black rampaged through downtown Portland on Wednesday night, smashing the windows of businesses and university buildings. Fifteen Portland police training vehicles were set ablaze and damaged or destroyed at a training facility in the early hours of May 2, authorities say. The chaos was part of a night of violence and destruction in the city of Portland and occurred just hours before Portland police began to clear pro-Palestinian protesters from the Portland State University (PSU) library. Approximately 50 to 75 activists barricaded themselves in the PSU library on April 29, causing the university to close its campus. University and city officials repeatedly told protesters that they must leave, or they could be arrested....