Footage exclusively recorded shows the moment federal agents arrested demonstrators outside Portland's courthouse during the 60th nig...
Footage exclusively recorded shows the moment federal agents arrested demonstrators outside Portland's courthouse during the 60th night of protests in the city as police discovered a bag of loaded rifle magazines and Molotov cocktails at a park nearby.
A crowd of less than 500 gathered in downtown Portland outside the federal building late Sunday for another night of protests. What started out as a calm night after a very hot day where the temperature reached 100 degrees slowly turned into a night of violence for both sides.
Around 1.20am, recorded video that shows two federal police officers chasing down a female protester and throwing her to the ground in the middle of street.
At one point another protester with a baseball hit one of the officers over the back with it and another demonstrator tried to pry an officer off the woman.
The woman who was pinned to the ground with the officer's full body weight on her, screamed: 'Get off of me!' Several seconds later with her face being shoved to the ground she cried out: 'I can’t breathe!'
It appears in the video the officer had both of his fists balled up in the small of her back with the entire weight of his body.
Another protester came up to the woman and attempted to help her while she was being arrested. The young woman who was crying and bleeding from her lip said: 'I am Noelle Mandolfo from Denver, Colorado. I was just standing there and this giant f**king fed came at me for no reason with a baton. Can someone collect my belongings?'
A protester (on the ground right) is seen trying to help a woman who was being arrested (on the ground left). The young woman who was being arrested said: 'I am Noelle Mandolfo from Denver, Colorado. I was just standing there and this giant f**king fed came at me for no reason with a baton'
As the other woman (pictured) continued helping Mandolfo, the agents were seen trying to get her to back away. Moments later, the woman is seen kicking the agents, which resulted in two of them piling on top of her. She was also arrested
Mandolfo is seen being detained by two federal agents as other officers stand guard during Sunday night's protest in Portland
When federal agents lifted Mandolfo (pictured) to her feet, she was seen bleeding from her nose
Protesters walk away from crowd control munitions launched by federal officers during a Black Lives Matter protest at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse on Sunday
Camillo Massagli of Seattle plays a trumpet from the top of the perimeter barricade around the federal courthouse as fireworks are thrown inwards
Demonstrators sit and kneel as tear gas fills the air during the protest in Portland on Sunday
A demonstrator shouts slogans using a bullhorn next to a group of military veterans during the Black Lives Matter protest Sunday night
Massagli, who was initially seen playing his trumpet on the barricade around the courthouse, was later seen with a face injury
Federal police are seen deployed onto the street after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at the court building they were protecting
Federal police ready themselves as they face off against protesters Sunday night in Portland
Black Lives Matter protesters hold their fists in the air as they stand against racism and police brutality in downtown Portland
Wall of Moms protesters are seen wearing their signature yellow and holding up signs during the protest on Sunday
As the other woman continued helping Mandolfo, the agents were seen trying to get her to back away.
Moments later, the woman is seen kicking the agents, which resulted in two of them piling on top of her. She was also arrested.
Earlier in the evening, police responded to reports of gunshots near the park that is located across the street from the federal building. Two people were arrested and a third person was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound.
Portland Police tweeted that a bag of loaded rifle magazines and Molotov cocktails had been discovered near Lownsdale Square Park.
At 9pm the Wall of Moms didn’t have enough moms at the protest, approximately 50 showed up, to construct their wall so organizers asked for the public to be part of the wall.
Around 11pm protesters turned to the federal building to protest, where they started setting off fireworks toward the courthouse. Just after midnight federal police emerged from the building and fired off tear gas and rubber bullets at the protesters and quickly retreated.
At 1am federal police came out again, firing tear gas and rubber bullets at the protesters. Someone from the crowd threw a Molotov cocktail over the fence and it landed near several federal officers.
Ten minutes later at 1.10am, about 100 federal police officers emerged onto the street and stood in front of the federal building.
Federal police are seen deployed out onto the street after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at the courthouse Sunday night
Federal officers are seen preparing to face-off with protesters after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at the courthouse
Federal agents use tear gas and smoke grenades to disperse the crowd gathering at the Justice Center and Federal Courthouse early Monday morning
Protesters use leaf blowers to re-direct tear gas back towards federal police outside the Mark O. Hatfield federal courthouse
Meanwhile in Austin, Texas, thousands of people attended a vigil honoring 28-year-old Garret Foster, who was shot and killed by a person who drove through a crowd of marchers the night before.
In Alexandria, Virginia, protesters flocked to the home of Chad Wolf, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, to decry the deployment of federal officers in cities including Portland, Seattle and Oakland.
On Sunday, President Donald Trump continued his campaign to discredit anti-racism and Black Lives Matter demonstrations by once again shifting blame for continued clashes on 'anarchists'.
'The Lamestream Media, including Fox News, which has really checked out, is refusing to show what is REALLY going on in Portland, Seattle, and other places,' the president wrote.
'They want the American public to believe that these are just some wonderful protesters, not radical left ANARCHISTS!'
Trump's tendency to use 'anarchists' as blanket term for protesters has increased as his heavy-handed, militarized approach to quelling protests has amounted to increased tensions between civilians and authorities.
'In Portland we had to go in as they're anarchists,' Trump said about Portland protesters this week an interview with Sean Hannity Thursday night.
The president has so far deployed federal agents to Portland, Seattle and Chicago.
In a Monday morning tweet, Trump said: 'Homeland Security or Federal Forces are little involved in Seattle other than we have a large standby team in case of emergency. The media is calling that one wrong also. In Portland, we are protecting Federal property, including the Courthouse, which wouldn't last a day!'
PORTLAND, OREGON: Authorities are investigating a shooting at a protest in downtown Portland as demonstrations against police brutality continued for a 60th consecutive night in cities across the US on Sunday. Pictured: Police escort a man in a red shirt out of Lownsdale Square following reports of shots fired
PORTLAND, OREGON: A man suspected of being involved in Sunday night's shooting is taken into police custody
PORTLAND, OREGON: Police say one person was injured by gunfire and two were taken into custody after the shooting
Portland police tweet picture of rifle magazines and Molotov cocktails found in city park.
AUSTIN, TEXAS: Thousands of people attended a vigil on Sunday night honoring 28-year-old Garret Foster, who was shot and killed by a person who drove through a crowd of marchers the night before
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA: Protesters flocked to the home of Chad Wolf, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, in Alexandria on Sunday night to decry the deployment of federal officers in US cities
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: A large crowd of Los Angeles protesters marched in solidarity with Portland on Sunday
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON: In Seattle, another city with a large presence of federal agents, thousands of people took to the streets of the Capitol Hill neighborhood on Sunday afternoon for largely peaceful protest
Portland, Oregon
Sunday night's apparent shooting in Portland capped off a weekend of violent protests in the city where federal agents were deployed to quell unrest but ultimately only exacerbated the chaos.
Witnesses reported hearing at least two shots ring out before people were seen fleeing out of Lownsdale Square.
KPTV's Kandra Kent spoke to one witness who tried to break up the fight that led up to the shooting.
That witness claimed that there were three to four guns involved, and the first shot erupted during a struggle for control of a gun.
Officers were seen escorting one man out of the square before protesters began trying to pressure police to leave the area.
Police confirmed that two people had been taken into custody in connection with the incident.
They initially said that no one appeared to be injured but later revealed that one person had been hospitalized with a non-life threatening gunshot wound.
PORTLAND, OREGON: Officers were seen escorting one man (center in red) out of Lownsdale Square after the shooting
PORTLAND, OREGON: Police stand guard outside the Justice Center during clashes with Black Lives Matter demonstrators
None of the people involved in the incident have been identified and its unclear if the incident was connected to the demonstrations.
Elsewhere in Portland a group of middle-age largely suburban women dubbed the Wall of Moms formed a small march on Sunday - but their numbers appeared to have dwindled in recent days.
Over the past week hundreds of 'Moms' dressed in signature yellow shirts gathered to form a wall between federal police and the BLM protestors, but on Sunday night approximately 50 showed up.
One of the organizers told the crowd they don't have enough Moms to form a wall tonight but asked other members of the group if they could help them out to form their nightly wall.
During Saturday night's protest, demonstrators breached a fence surrounding the city's federal courthouse building where the agents have been stationed.
Police declared the situation to be a riot and at around 1.20am Sunday began ordering people to leave the area surrounding the courthouse or risk arrest, saying on Twitter that the violence had created 'a grave risk' to the public.
About 20 minutes later, federal officers and local police could be seen attempting to clear the area and deploying tear gas, however protesters remained – forming lines across intersections and holding makeshift shields as police patrolled and closed blocks abutting the area.
Multiple arrests were made, but it was not immediately clear how many.
PORTLAND, OREGON: A group of female protesters form a line as they prepare to march through Portland on Sunday night
PORTLAND, OREGON: A group of middle-age largely suburban women dubbed the Wall of Moms formed a small march on Sunday - but their numbers appeared to have dwindled in recent days
PORTLAND, OREGON: One of the organizers told the crowd they don't have enough Moms to form a wall tonight but asked other members of the group if they could help them out to form their nightly wall
PORTLAND, OREGON: Protesters are seen camping out in tents at Portland's Lownsdale Square on Sunday night
PORTLAND, OREGON: Protesters gather outside the Mark O. Hatfield federal courthouse in Portland on Sunday night
PORTLAND, OREGON: Portland City Council commissioner candidate Loretta Smith speaks to protestors outside the Mark O. Hatfield federal courthouse on Sunday night
Austin, Texas
Protesters held a vigil on Sunday evening at the site where Garrett Foster was killed in downtown Austin on Saturday night.
Garrett Foster (pictured with his fiancee), was shot dead during a protest in Austin on Saturday night
The crowd erupted in chants of 'Say his name ... Garrett Foster' and held a moment of silence honoring the slain 28-year-old.
Following the vigil, the sea of protesters made their way to the Texas State Capitol to finish the march that had been disrupted the night before.
It came hours after Austin Police Chief Brian Manley confirmed that Foster was carrying a rifle when he approached the vehicle that the person suspected of shooting him was in.
Manley said the suspect shot out of their car at Foster and then called 911 to report that they had shot someone who pointed a gun at their vehicle.
The suspect, who has not been named publicly, was arrested following the shooting and later released on Sunday as the incident remains under investigation.
Sheila Foster, Garrett's mother, said she was told her son was pushing his fiancee, who uses a wheelchair, through an intersection when the suspect was driving 'erratically' through the crowd.
She said she was told the driver shot her son three times.
Foster (pictured with his fiancee) was seen holding an AK-47 while speaking to media before he was killed Saturday night
AUSTIN, TEXAS: Protesters are seen during a demonstration that following Foster's vigil on Sunday night
AUSTIN, TEXAS: Whitney Mitchell (center), fiancee of Garrett Foster, and Chase Mayo (left) with his wife, Anna Mayo, who is the sister of Foster, join with hundreds of people for a vigil in memory of Foster on Sunday
AUSTIN, TEXAS: An attendee kneels at a memorial at a vigil for Foster in downtown Austin on Sunday evening
Alexandria, Virginia
Dozens of protesters flocked to the home of acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf on Sunday afternoon to condemn the deployment of federal officers who have forcefully detained and tear gassed demonstrators in Portland.
The protest was organized by ShutDownDC, a group which considers Wolf to be responsible for the actions of the federal agents and is demanding that they be removed from every city in the US.
Jonathan Krall, of Grassroots Alexandria, spoke to WTOP at the protest and decried the human rights abuses occurring in Portland.
'The behavior of the DHS is extremely worrying,' Krall said. 'There should be due process. There shouldn't be people picked up without paperwork. There shouldn't be people picked up without documentation of what's going on.'
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA: Dozens of protesters flocked to the home of acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf on Sunday afternoon to condemn the deployment of federal officers who have forcefully detained and tear gassed demonstrators in Portland
Seattle, Washington
In Seattle, another city with a large presence of federal agents, thousands of people took to the streets of the Capitol Hill neighborhood on Sunday afternoon for largely peaceful protest.
Tensions between protesters and police officers reached a boiling point hours earlier as the latter group retreated into a precinct station after midnight following large demonstrations in the area surrounding the Capitol.
Some demonstrators lingered after officers filed into the department's East Precinct at around 1am, but most cleared out a short time later, according to video posted online.
Rocks, bottles, fireworks and mortars were fired at police during the weekend unrest, and police said they arrested at least 45 people for assaults on officers, obstruction and failure to disperse.
Twenty-one officers were hurt, with most of their injuries considered minor, police said.
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON: Demonstrators use shields while blocking an intersection near the Seattle Police East Precinct during protests on Sunday
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON: Police officers dressed in riot gear block a road as protesters tried to pass on Sunday
Los Angeles, California
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in Los Angeles for a march in solidarity with the people of Portland on Sunday.
The marchers carried signs attacking the actions of federal protesters on the ground in US cities, as well as repeated pleas to defund LA's own police department.
Sunday's march shut down a major roadway in the heart of the city but remained peaceful as police kept a safe distance.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Protesters stepped out in Los Angeles on Sunday for a march in solidarity with Portland
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: The marchers carried signs attacking the actions of federal protesters on the ground in US cities, as well as repeated pleas to defund LA's own police department
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: A woman carries a massive Black Lives Matter banner in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon
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