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Twenty-five people were arrested in Portland during a May Day protest that police say turned into a riot, May 1, 2017. — 1 of 19
Twenty-five people were arrested in Portland during a May Day protest that police say turned into a riot, May 1, 2017.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

What started as a peaceful May Day march through downtown Portland turned into a riot, May 1, 2017 — 2 of 19
What started as a peaceful May Day march through downtown Portland turned into a riot, May 1, 2017
Amelia Templeton / OPB

What started as a peaceful May Day march through downtown Portland turned into a riot, May 1, 2017 — 3 of 19
What started as a peaceful May Day march through downtown Portland turned into a riot, May 1, 2017
Amelia Templeton / OPB

What started as a peaceful May Day march through downtown Portland turned into a riot, May 1, 2017 — 4 of 19
What started as a peaceful May Day march through downtown Portland turned into a riot, May 1, 2017
Amelia Templeton / OPB

What started as a peaceful May Day march through downtown Portland turned into a riot, May 1, 2017 — 5 of 19
What started as a peaceful May Day march through downtown Portland turned into a riot, May 1, 2017
Amelia Templeton / OPB

A large group of anarchists at the back of Portland's May Day march tangled with the police, May 1, 2017. — 6 of 19
A large group of anarchists at the back of Portland's May Day march tangled with the police, May 1, 2017.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

Twenty-five people were arrested in Portland during a May Day protest that police say turned into a riot, May 1, 2017. — 7 of 19
Twenty-five people were arrested in Portland during a May Day protest that police say turned into a riot, May 1, 2017.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

Twenty-five people were arrested in Portland during a May Day protest that police say turned into a riot, May 1, 2017. — 8 of 19
Twenty-five people were arrested in Portland during a May Day protest that police say turned into a riot, May 1, 2017.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

Twenty-five people were arrested in Portland during a May Day protest that police say turned into a riot, May 1, 2017. — 9 of 19
Twenty-five people were arrested in Portland during a May Day protest that police say turned into a riot, May 1, 2017.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

Twenty-five people were arrested in Portland during a May Day protest that police say turned into a riot, May 1, 2017. — 10 of 19
Twenty-five people were arrested in Portland during a May Day protest that police say turned into a riot, May 1, 2017.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

Twenty-five people were arrested in Portland during a May Day protest that police say turned into a riot, May 1, 2017. — 11 of 19
Twenty-five people were arrested in Portland during a May Day protest that police say turned into a riot, May 1, 2017.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

Portland Police repeatedly used flash bang grenades and tear gas against the marchers, May 1, 2017. — 12 of 19
Portland Police repeatedly used flash bang grenades and tear gas against the marchers, May 1, 2017.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

Portland Police clashed with the "black bloc" outside the Pioneer courthouse mall where the anarchists lit a fire, May 1, 2017. — 13 of 19
Portland Police clashed with the "black bloc" outside the Pioneer courthouse mall where the anarchists lit a fire, May 1, 2017.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

Portland Police clashed with the "black bloc" outside the Pioneer courthouse mall where the anarchists lit a fire, May 1, 2017. — 14 of 19
Portland Police clashed with the "black bloc" outside the Pioneer courthouse mall where the anarchists lit a fire, May 1, 2017.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

Twenty-five people were arrested in Portland during a May Day protest that police say turned into a riot, May 1, 2017. — 15 of 19
Twenty-five people were arrested in Portland during a May Day protest that police say turned into a riot, May 1, 2017.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

Twenty-five people were arrested in Portland during a May Day protest that police say turned into a riot, May 1, 2017. — 16 of 19
Twenty-five people were arrested in Portland during a May Day protest that police say turned into a riot, May 1, 2017.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

Twenty-five people were arrested in Portland during a May Day protest that police say turned into a riot, May 1, 2017. — 17 of 19
Twenty-five people were arrested in Portland during a May Day protest that police say turned into a riot, May 1, 2017.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

Anarchists slashed tires and vandalized the BIKETOWN station at Pioneer Courthouse Square, May 1, 2017. — 18 of 19
Anarchists slashed tires and vandalized the BIKETOWN station at Pioneer Courthouse Square, May 1, 2017.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

Anarchists slashed tires and vandalized the BIKETOWN station at Pioneer Courthouse Square, May 1, 2017. — 19 of 19
Anarchists slashed tires and vandalized the BIKETOWN station at Pioneer Courthouse Square, May 1, 2017.
Amelia Templeton / OPB

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