Portland antifa block roadway, pull weapons on and assault driver

A Twitter post by We Out Here magazine claims the people with rifles were "volunteer security" for a weekly march held in memory of Patrick Kimmons, a black man who was fatally shot by Portland police in 2018.

Officers were called to the scene just after noon on a report that a pedestrian had been struck by a vehicle. By then, the armed group had moved away from the immediate area – though still openly carrying weapons, police said.

Officers did not find any pedestrians who claimed to have been struck but remained in the area to search for possible injured people and to collect information and evidence from the scene, police said.

Later, police received calls from motorists who claimed they were delayed by the group blocking the street during the incident.