Authorities said Demetria Hester won’t be charged following her pre-dawn Monday arrest after a protest that started Sunday night and turned violent outside the union headquarters for Portland’s police
Demetria Hester, second from left, leaves the Multnomah County Justice Center, in Portland, Ore., on Aug. 10, 2020.The arrest during a Portland, Oregon protest of a Black woman who became a leading activist in the racial justice movement after she was assaulted by a white supremacist three years ago has galvanized local and national Black Lives Matter groups.
Authorities said Demetria Hester, 46, won’t be charged following her pre-dawn Monday arrest after a protest that started Sunday night and turned violent outside the union headquarters for Portland’s police. “I was born and bred to do this. This is a dream come true,” Hester said. “This is a revolution and we’re getting reparations.”
Civil rights groups in Portland and members of the international Black Lives Matter organization, who travelled to Portland, decried Hester’s arrest and said the city was at the centre of the racial justice protest movement.
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