Last night, after a large group of Antifa goons marched around the city smashing windows, police surrounded all 100 of them and would only release them one at a time after photographing their faces. Some in the group refused and 13 people were arrested.

“Those that were being detained were identified and photographed, as part of a criminal investigation, before being released,” PPB said in a release early Saturday. “Some refused to comply and locked arms together in an effort to interfere with the investigation. Officers escorted them away and they were arrested.”

PPB said officers found several items left behind by people inside the perimeter, including a crowbar, hammers, bear spray, slugging weapon with rocks, high impact slingshot, and knives.

“As the event unfolded, groups formed on the outside and physically challenged officers. Some threw rocks and full cans of beer at officers,” PPB said. “Officers deployed some OC spray and one impact munition.”

The tactic the police used last night is known as kettling and is very unpopular with the far left because it works. Today OPB has a story painting it as a violation of civil rights:

The controversial tactic, known as kettling, has been at the center of multiple lawsuits and is broadly criticized by civil rights advocates as dangerous and so indiscriminate as to violate civil rights…

Controversy over kettling won’t be new for Portland city leaders. In 2017, the Portland Police Bureau detained at least 389 people during protests between the far-right group Patriot Prayer and counterprotesters. That event led to two federal civil rights lawsuits alleging the officers made no attempt to distinguish between protesters, bystanders, and press.

Ultimately, the courts found that PPB had not violated the protesters’ civil rights.

Sad trombone. No one’s civil rights were violated last night because there isn’t a right to march around and break windows. This tactic works and should be used more often when Antifa goons start breaking things. Former NY Times editor Sarah Jeong was not happy about Antifa being stopped in their tracks:

Ex-NYT editor & #antifa booster Sarah Jeong is not happy the Portland Police responded to stop the rioters from breaking more property in a residential area of NW Portland. https://t.co/46GQUiO8wl pic.twitter.com/gnuPyZLwNq

— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) March 13, 2021

Anyway, there’s lots of video from last night. Let’s start by noting that this was the second night of vandalism in a row. As Ed pointed out yesterday, on Thursday night a group had smashed windows outside the federal courthouse on the same day the barriers were taken down. So Friday it was boarded back up:

Crews are out today boarding up the federal courthouse once again, with several windows smashed last night here in Portland #Portland #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/cyn8tZRev2

— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) March 12, 2021

With the windows at the courthouse either broken out or protected, Antifa moved on from that target and spent last night marching through the Pearl District.

Crowd of over a hundred out tonight in Portland’s Pearl District #Portland #PortlandProtests pic.twitter.com/qUgpTl1eaT

— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) March 13, 2021

Police followed them.

Portland Police follow the group closely on bikes tonight, as various objects are moved into the street #Portland #PortlandProtests pic.twitter.com/mRz2CAxZZQ

— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) March 13, 2021

Within a matter of minutes the smashing of windows began and police quickly moved in:

“You are being detained for the investigation of a crime” Portland Police have kettled a large crowd down a side street here in Portland’s Pearl District #Portland #PortlandProtests pic.twitter.com/ZOA9R7srHt

— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) March 13, 2021

“This is a temporary detention, we will be removing you one at a time” Portland Police make an announcement as they kettle a crowd of around a hundred after several windows were smashed #Portland #PortlandProtests pic.twitter.com/OmX7bKJotJ

— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) March 13, 2021

Meanwhile, the people on the inside of this kettle were stunned. Police haven’t used this tactic in years in Portland and Antifa didn’t know what to do when they suddenly couldn’t get their way.

https://twitter.com/LauraJedeed/status/1370606617314553857

Their courage failed:

https://twitter.com/LauraJedeed/status/1370607427276525568

And failed some more:

https://twitter.com/LauraJedeed/status/1370613888937385984

Demands to release them were not met:

“Let them go!” chants from some outside the police lines in Portland #Portland #PortlandProtests pic.twitter.com/4ZoB1gVW7u

— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) March 13, 2021

Police began removing people one by one:

https://twitter.com/LauraJedeed/status/1370624157537366017

Eventually the few remaining people settled on a tactic. They sat down and refused to leave.

https://twitter.com/LauraJedeed/status/1370635473413017601

https://twitter.com/LauraJedeed/status/1370638141980209153

Police are not arguing with people:

https://twitter.com/LauraJedeed/status/1370644259670401029

And that’s about it. As mentioned above, about 100 were detained and 13 were arrested. Portland police posted photos of the weapons the group quickly dropped in the street when they realized they were in danger of being arrested:

Officers discovered numerous items left behind by people inside the perimeter, including a crowbar, hammers, bear spray, slugging weapon with rocks, high impact slingshot, and knives (photos).

Here’s some of the damage that prompted the kettling:

Windows smashed at the Oro apartment building in Portland #Portland #PortlandRiots #PortlandProtests pic.twitter.com/ECXxbWLFsI

— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) March 13, 2021

This tactic worked and Portland police should do it more often the moment these goon squads start breaking things. Finally, here’s a local news report on the action last night.