A 22-year-old Portland protester with several facial tattoos did what anyone would do two hours after he was released from prison.
Darby Marshall Howard told police he was homeless and had arrived two weeks earlier in the city of Oregon besieged by protesters for much of last year.
On Thursday, Howard joined about 50 protesters at the Wells Fargo Center, the city’s tallest skyscraper, after they were pushed inside the building and refused to leave, the Oregonian reported.
While inside, Howard allegedly punched a TV in the building’s lobby and kicked an automatic sliding door, causing more than $ 1,000 in damages, prosecutors said. state in the newspaper.
When police found him outside, Howard allegedly hit an officer in the head and tried to push a line of cops to flee. He was arrested shortly after three in the afternoon and charged with felony charges, resisting arrest and attempted assault on an officer.
After making the reservation, Howard was released by his own reconnaissance around 8:30 p.m.
It took just over two hours to be handcuffed again.
Howard joined another protest, this one outside the federal court, which was a focal point of the protests for much of last year. Federal officials had torn down fences and concrete barriers surrounding the court since last summer, apparently a move activists took as an invitation to resume the destruction of government property.
Howard was accused of smashing a Lime electric scooter against a glass window in front of the building, which shattered the glass. According to the Oregonian, vandalism was caught on security cameras.
He was destined for the destruction of government property and a federal judge ordered his arrest.
When he was arrested a second time, Howard was still wearing the bright neon-colored sneakers that were issued to him at the city jail earlier in the day.