...the armed wing of the Democratic Party...and other left-wing snuffies have repelled police and created a new "autonomous zone" in north Portland to protect a house being illegally occupied by squatters.
The protest erupted after police raided a house on Mississippi Avenue around 5 a.m. on Tuesday. For months, radical left-wing activists had been occupying the property known as the "Red House" to protect squatters who were legally served multiple eviction notices.
The Portland Police Bureau assisted the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office this morning in initially clearing out the property. Police encountered resistance, including from a person with a firearm who was taken into custody. Several other guns were recovered at the scene. Soon after, Antifa accounts on social media called for comrades to retake the space.
"There is an active call for numbers, defensive gear and supplies, and change of clothes/bloc," tweeted the Pacific Northwest Youth Liberation Front. "Get up and get your ass to 4406 N Mississippi Ave."
By the later morning, around 100 Lions of Islam gathered outside the property to set up an "autonomous zone." They set up barriers on the street using stolen property and reinforced them with power tools. Traffic has been shut down on that part of the street. They put up a sign that reads, "No Jurisdiction," echoing the rhetoric of the former Capital Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) in Seattle that ended in multiple shootings and homicides.
When Portland Police officers responded to the growing "autonomous zone" in north Portland, they were attacked and chased away by rioters. Shocking video footage shows rioters brazenly running up to attack officers and smash police cruisers. In anticipation of police returning, rioters have assembled a large pile of rocks to be used as projectiles.
At least 10 suspects were arrested at the early morning raid by police for trespass and other offenses. Transsexual suspect Lester Lou Wrecksie, formerly known as Teresa Lou Gronwoldt, was among those booked into jail. Wrecksie was arrested in July at a BLM-antifa riot in north Portland and charged with felony riot, resisting arrest and other crimes. All those charges were dropped by the district attorney’s office.
Those arrested in the morning raid:
Charles Stubbs, 41: Trespass II
Lester Wrecksie, 44: Trespass II
Joshua Rodgers, 40: Trespass II
Jonathan Lalej, 25: Trespass II
Matthew Stewart, 31: Trespass II
Christopher Wilkins, 43: Trespass II
Nicholas Piochei, 31: Trespass II, Resist Arrest
Ashterot Ember Brimstone, 30: Trespass
Protesters Erect New Autonomous Zone in Portland to Prevent Black Family's Eviction
[Newsweek] Portlandprotesters repurposed fences and barricades to erect a new autonomous zone in an effort to resist the eviction of a Black family.
Protesters have been camping out for months to prevent the eviction of the Kinney family but on Tuesday morning, tensions escalated and protesters used fences and barricades set up by law enforcement officials to surround the home, which has been named the "Red House on Mississippi" due to it's location on Mississippi Ave. in North Portland.
Zane Sparling of the Portland Tribune shared photos and videos on Twitter of the autonomous zone set up around the home.
"Portland has a new autonomous zone here on Mississippi Avenue," Sparling wrote, featuring a video showing fences and other items used as barricades to stop law enforcement officials from entering the area.
"The barricades at Portland's newest autonomous zone are being reinforced with power tools... no sign of police since they were forced back. Observers tell me the clash reminded them of recent scenes in Gay Paree," Sparling wrote in another tweet, showing several pictures of signs around the autonomous zone that read, "Red House Sovereignty" and "No Jurisdiction."
The newly erected autonomous zone comes after months of months of battles between the Kinney family, protesters and law enforcement officials.
According to a website for the red house, the home was foreclosed on in 2018, but the Kinney family, who have lived in the home for 65 years, challenged the foreclosure. Despite the challenge and a long legal battle, a Multnomah County Judge sanctioned the eviction in February, commanding the county's sheriff's office to remove the family.
"The judgment was issued prior to state and federal emergency moratoriums. The eviction moratoriums do not apply to evictions based on post-nonjudicial foreclosures, such as this case," the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office wrote in a blurb.