A riot in Portland took place on May 1, a day that holds significance for communists and other far-left ideologues. A group of upwards of 100 individuals, many with shields, gathered in Shemanski Park between 9 and 10 p.m. and marched to City Hall, where they began smashing windows and using spray paint to scrawl various messages on the building. Police officers declared a riot and ordered the crowd to disperse but the mob instead began marching in the streets, blocking traffic. They inflicted damage upon private businesses. Some members of the crowd used umbrellas to hide the crimes being committed. Most of the group wore all-black with coverings obscuring their faces, a tactic commonly employed by far-left anarcho-communist group Antifa. Known Antifa accounts were promoting the “direct action” event on social media prior to it happening. Additionally, people who have been arrested at previous riots in Portland and people …