Police: Crowd causes $500K in damage to downtown Portland during memorial for activist killed in 2019

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Police: Crowd causes $500K in damage to downtown Portland during memorial for activist killed in 2019

The vandalism happened at the end of a memorial marking the anniversary of the death of Sean Kealiher.

PORTLAND, Ore. — People broke windows and tagged buildings in downtown Portland Tuesday night at the end of a memorial gathering for Sean Kealiher, a self-proclaimed anarchist who was killed on Oct. 12, 2019. 

Portland police estimate the group caused more than $500,000 in damage. 

About 100 people gathered outside the Justice Center on Southwest Third Avenue and Southwest Main Street around 9 p.m. It was the second anniversary of Kealiher’s death. 

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