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Portland Rioters Attempt Autonomous Zone, War Zone Ensues

Portland Rioters Attempt Autonomous Zone, War Zone Ensues

Thursday night, Portland rioters attempted to set up an autonomous zone in the city near the North Precinct of the Portland Police. Attempts to set a fence, block the police building trapping the occupants inside, a fire set on the north side of the police building,  fights, tear gas,  paintballs, broken windows, a looted business, and arson of others. Accounts described it as a war zone.

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With the recent announcement of the building of a new North Precinct Station, officers could breathe a sigh of relief, as their current building was built to house a staff of 154 and is badly overcrowded with a staff of 254. This new station is being designed to accommodate up to 370 officers and staff. 

Everything is relative though, a mere 33 years ago the 1981 Annual Report was all agog with the plans for the current precinct, which was built in 1984.  

The North Precinct officers of 1981 were right to be excited.  Until that time they had been housed in a small and very old Wallingford building that they shared with the Fire Department.  The building still has life today as the 45th Street Clinic.  (Photo Rob Ketcherside Flickr)