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People dressed in black and with their faces covered broke
windows and the glass door at the Democratic Party of Oregon
business office in Portland, spray-painting an anarchist symbol
over the party sign, video posted on social media showed.
"We don't want Biden. We want revenge for police murders,
imperialist wars, and fascist massacres," read a banner they
marched under.
The new Democratic president was sworn in on Wednesday, urging
unity and restoration after Republican Donald Trump's divisive
tenure.
Portland has been the scene of unrest for months, with civil
rights, anarchist and anti-fascist protesters scuffling with
police and occasionally with right-wing militias and Trump
supporters.
The protests began in the summer as part of nationwide
demonstrations against racism and police brutality following the
death of George Floyd, a Black man who died in Minneapolis in
May after police pinned his neck to the ground for nearly nine
minutes.
Eight people were arrested in Portland on suspicion of offenses
including rioting and reckless burning, while two people were
arrested in Seattle, one for assault and another for property
damage, police said.
Before descending on the Democratic Party office, some
protesters from a group of about 150 scuffled with police on
bicycles, police said in a statement.
In Seattle, police said multiple sites had been vandalized and
posted pictures of the damage, including what appeared to be of
an Amazon Go store.
(Reporting by Daniel Trotta and Bhargav Acharya; Editing by
Lincoln Feast and Frances Kerry)
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