Video captured the moment protesters in Portland cornered police in a garage during riots over the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict.
The footage shows a crowd of angry protesters aggressively yelling at the police dressed in full riot gear. The group of nearly a dozen officers are seen backing up into a garage.
The door of the garage slowly closes as the protesters continue to confront the police, with one demonstrator even trying to push open the garage door.
Many of the protesters shouted profanities at the officers, with one repeatedly screaming: 'What's up?'
Around 150 protesters on Friday started small fires that were quickly extinguished, according to an eyewitness, who said no tear gas or rubber bullets were fired.
Protesters in Portland cornered police into a garage during riots over the Kyle Rittenhouse's not-guilty verdict
Nearly a dozen officers dressed in riot gear were cornered by angry protestors in Portland on Friday
Portland Police are equipped in riot gear as they square off with protestors who police said smashed windows and threw objects at police on Friday
The police officers were met by a crowd of angry protestors in the streets of Portland
Hours after the verdict, police in Portland were forced to declare a riot after about 200 protesters turned destructive, damaging the front gate of the Multnomah County Justice Center and clashing with officers.
'Due to violent, destructive behavior by a significant part of the crowd, the gathering in downtown Portland is a RIOT. All participants are instructed to proceed away to the WEST,' the Portland Police Bureau wrote on Twitter.
Portland Police Bureau Chief Chuck Lovell said during a Friday press conference that it was 'reasonable' to expect protests in that city as well.
'Here in Portland especially, it's reasonable to expect there will be some type of reaction to the verdict,' Lovell told reporters. 'Like we've said many, many times, we're supportive of peaceful protest, people exercising their First Amendment rights.'
Masses of people gathered coast-to-coast Friday night to decry Rittenhouse's acquittal in protests that reflected the divisiveness and anger stoked by the high-profile case.
Rittenhouse, 18, was acquitted by jurors on all charges - two counts of homicide, one count of attempted homicide for wounding a third man, and two counts of recklessly endangering safety - after killing two people during protests marred by arson, rioting and looting on August 25, 2020, in Kenosha, Wisconsin following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man.
According to Portland police, rioters threw objects at officers, smashed the rear window of a police car as well as windows from the city print shop and spray-painted the justice center building with graffiti that read 'all cops are Kyles, no justice, no peace', FOX 12 reported.
Protesters were warned they would be arrested and were subject to force if they remained in the area.
A small trash fire was started near the Justice Center by protestors who were declared rioters by police after police said they became destructive and were told to clear the area
A protestor blocks a Portland Police vehicle as officers clashed with protestors who took to the streets to decry Rittenhouse's acquittal on Friday
The Justice Center in Portland, Oregon, was painted with graffiti calling for it to be burned down after Rittenhouse was acquitted on all charges in court in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Friday
The Justice Center in Portland, Oregon, was also egged overnight on Friday as angry protesters took to the streets following the reading of Rittenhouse's verdict
In Chicago, looters broke into a Neiman Marcus and a Game Stop on the South Side as protests went on in the downtown area.
FOX 32 reported that 15 males stormed into a Magnificent Mile Neiman Marcus store, stealing merchandise and escaping in three separate vehicles.
