Police declare a riot after Molotov cocktails thrown in Portland, 59 arrested

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) -- Portland Police declared a gathering that began in Ventura Park a riot just after 9 p.m. on Saturday night. Police later used tear gas for the first time in weeks to disperse the crowd.

Officers arrested 59 people overnight on charges ranging from disorderly conduct and riot to assaulting a public safety officer, police officials said.

Police said that people in the crowd were throwing Molotov cocktails and at least one community member was injured.

Witness video and our crews saw a man catching on fire from what appeared to a Molotov cocktail being thrown, but it is unclear whether that was the community member that Portland Police mentioned.

The crowd of protesters gathered in Ventura Park at around 7 p.m. with plans to march down to the Portland Police east precinct.

Authorities announced at around 9 p.m. that people who were planning to march to the east precinct building were not staying to the sidewalks and that the march was unpermitted.

A few minutes later, police declared the gathering a riot, saying that people on SE Stark Street were engaging in "tumultuous and violent conduct."

Our crew at the scene saw fireworks being set off and several people being taken into custody at the scene.

Police followed groups of protesters around the southeast section of the city, blocking them from getting to the east precinct, until they faced off near the park they first started at.

To break up the gathering, Portland police use tear gas for the first time in weeks.

Speakers who addressed the crowd before the riot was declared say while 100 nights is a milestone, they won’t be stopping anytime soon.

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"We been doing this for a long time. The faces change, the tactics change-- all different things change. The revolution has just been living and breathing since colonialism started," the speaker, who was not identified, said. "I say that we have to stop reacting to revolution as if it’s new."

Portland Police officials said several officers were hit by rocks during the protest. A commercial grade firework also reportedly burned though one officer's glove, injuring his hand.

Below is a list of those who were arrested alongside a list of their charges:

• Evan Burchfield, 34, of Portland -- Assaulting a Public Safety Officer, Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Peace Officer
• James Castle, 43, of Portland - Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot
• Tony Girard, 34, of Tigard, Oregon - Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot
• Sara Rider, 30, of Portland - Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot
• Sarah Martin, 32, of Portland - Interfering with a Peace Officer
• Victor Philips, 34, of Portland - Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree
• G. Evelyn Luhman, 27, of Portland - Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot
• Henry Loeb, 31, of Portland - Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot
• Jesse Joseph, 25, of Portland - Assaulting a Public Safety Officer, Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Resisting Arrest, Escape in the Third Degree
• Enzo Zimmerman, 18, unknown residence - Assaulting a Public Safety Officer, Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Peace Officer
• Sherry Motmedi, 45, unknown residence - Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Resisting Arrest
• Jaimie Crush, 26, of Portland - Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot
• Kiko Kurosawa-Grasa, 25, unknown residence - Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot
• Donovan Speed, 19, of Portland - Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree
• Eleanor Rose, 22, of Portland - Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree
• John Alger, 23, of Portland - Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Criminal Mischief in the Third Degree
• Jawad Fakhuri, 35, unknown residence -- Attempted Assaulting a Public Safety Officer, Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Unlawful Use of the Weapon
• Meganne English-Mills, 24, unknown residence - Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree
• Michael Skaggs, 23, of Portland - Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree
• Sarah Rascoe, 39, of Portland - Interfering with a Peace Officer, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree
• John Mulkern, 33, of Olympia, Washington - Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree
• Noel Ruiz, 27, of Portland - Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot
• Folajade Dgunfieitiani, 27, of Hillsboro, Oregon -- Riot, Interfering with a Peace Officer
• Kristina Narayan, 29, of Portland - Interfering with a Peace Officer
• Joel Beal, 32, of Skull Valley, Arizona - Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree
• Simona Arteaga, 39, of Portland - Riot, Interfering with a Peace Officer
• Leslie Branch, 26, of Lakewood, Colorado - Attempted Assaulting a Public Safety Officer, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree
• Elizabeth Elder, 27, of Portland - Attempted Assaulting a Public Safety Officer, Riot
• Jil Heimensen, 50, of Portland -- Riot, Harassment, Interfering with a Peace Officer
• Ty Fox, 23, of Astoria, Oregon -- Arson in the First Degree, Escape in the Third Degree, Riot
• Cassandra Tighe, 24, of New Mexico -- Riot, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Escape in the Third Degree
• Samantha Sartin, 22, unknown residence - Interfering with a Peace Officer
• Bandr Alzafiri, 22, of Portland - Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot
• Alaric Dinh, 21, of Beaverton, Oregon -- Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot
• Nicholas Foster, 19, of Portland - Interfering with a Peace Officer, Riot, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree

Six others were cited and released, police said:

• Clayton Adkerson, 32, of Portland -- Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Peace Officer
• Keisha Harrison, 30, of Independence, Oregon - Interfering with a Peace Officer
• Martha Zhang, 22, of Portland - Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Peace Officer
• Maya Jensen, 21, of Portland - Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Peace Officer
• Mary Thompson, 41, of Springfield, Oregon -- Interfering with a Peace Officer
• David Stevens, 45, of Tigard, Oregon - Interfering with a Peace Officer