Police declare riot in downtown Portland after protesters topple statues...

Police declared a riot in downtown Portland on Sunday night after a large group of demonstrators marched through the South Park Blocks.
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Police declared a riot in downtown Portland on Sunday night after a large group of demonstrators marched through the South Park Blocks, toppling statues of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt and breaking windows.

Protesters met under the Burnside Bridge and marched to the South Park Blocks. A social media post called for an end of colonialism and the abolishment of police.

Around 8:40 p.m., police tweeted that a "mass gathering" had formed at Southwest Park Avenue and Southwest Madison Street where they were trying to pull down a statue with a chain. Police said anyone involved in "criminal behavior, including vandalism" was subject to arrest.