City of Portland curfew: When is it? How does it work?

 Saturday morning scenes in Portland following rioting Friday night, when violence escalated after hours of largely peaceful demonstrations as hundreds of people gathered to protest the Minneapolis police killing of a black man. May 30, 2020 Beth Nakamura/Staff

Asked whether someone who ventured out past 8 p.m. to do grocery shopping would be cited for violating the curfew, the mayor’s office said:

“The City is not interested in citing people who are going about their business, causing no harm, and uninvolved in criminal conduct.”

Here’s the information Wheeler’s office posted online, edited for length and clarity -- and with some additional questions and answers of our own.

Does the curfew apply throughout the entire city? Yes. All parts of the city are important and valued, and the safety of the whole city should be protected to the same degree by the curfew.

 

Portland officials provided a series of questions and answers to clear up confusion around the curfew Mayor Ted Wheeler imposed, which begins tonight at 8 p.m.

Wheeler’s curfew is intended to prevent more mass gatherings that could devolve into rioting -- but apparently won’t be widely enforced in other circumstances.

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