Breonna Taylor Protests Turn Violent in Seattle, LA, and Portland

Protests marking the one-year anniversary of the officer-involved shooting death of Breonna Taylor turned violent in three West Coast cities Saturday night. The incidents evolved into riots in Los Angeles, Portland, and Seattle.

Marches in three West Coast cities became violent as protesters clashed with police and began destroying property, Fox News reported. Rioters threw rocks at police, vandalized police vehicles, and smashed windows of businesses.

Videos posted on Twitter show the escalation of violence in these cities and police attempts to contain the violence.

LOS ANGELES:

Many windows being broken out in LA and another person has been assaulted pic.twitter.com/zdX7XW2mGI

— FVCK ©️ommies (@fvckcommies) March 14, 2021

A man just got maced for telling Antifa to stop breaking windows pic.twitter.com/JQUE42JWZO

— FVCK ©️ommies (@fvckcommies) March 14, 2021

Here is some more footage of the damage from tonight’s riot in LApic.twitter.com/SFqOzL8IQm

— FVCK ©️ommies (@fvckcommies) March 14, 2021

SEATTLE:

Footage of SPD using pepperspray on Antifa
: @realblairnelson pic.twitter.com/TTiQLUg5lJ

— FVCK ©️ommies (@fvckcommies) March 14, 2021

Protestors move a dumpster into the street in order to block the police that are behind them. #Seattle #antifa #BLM #BreonnaTaylor pic.twitter.com/IpK0wdPT7r

— Blair Nelson (@realblairnelson) March 14, 2021

https://t.co/836ynbWtHJ

— FVCK ©️ommies (@fvckcommies) March 14, 2021

A local was attacked at the Riot in Seattle for filming the march pic.twitter.com/NCvouqZoWR

— FVCK ©️ommies (@fvckcommies) March 14, 2021

PORTLAND:

Late Saturday night in downtown #Portland #PDX #protests #BIden #Tedwheeler #Portlandpolice https://t.co/xQmGO93hMc … pic.twitter.com/SpedrgB1Qi

— Mark Kirchmeier (@MarkKirchmeier) March 14, 2021

Just prior to these comments, some people were kicking & punching the plywood boards on the federal courthouse building. #koin6news #pdx #pnw #Portland #Oregon pic.twitter.com/c2RMV4RkZ2

— Jennifer Dowling (@JenDowlingKoin6) March 14, 2021

There are around 300 gathered in & around Lownsdale Square & the federal courthouse building. Speakers are chanting in support of #BreonnaTaylor and also yelling, “today is not our day to die”. #koin6news #pdx #pnw #Oregon #Portland pic.twitter.com/qlEB1IXQx9

— Jennifer Dowling (@JenDowlingKoin6) March 14, 2021