Portland Protests: Police Chief Not Resigning as City Braces for More Protests

Portland Police Chief Mike Marshman says he is not going anywhere. Protesters, upset with the police response to a marchers who threw rocks and eggs and tried to shut down city bridges during an inauguration day march, had threatened to shut the city down if the chief didn't quit or was fired by Tuesday night.

In an open letter, protesters saying that police has turned "Pioneer Courthouse Square into a teargas saturated war zone" - an image at odds with accounts from many witnesses - and said "if Chief Marshman has not been relieved of his duties by midnight on Tuesday the 24th, these city wide protests will begin in earnest early Wednesday morning."

The protesters have not said where or when they are gathering or what their route will be.

All they have said is that they will take "simultaneous actions on all bridges crossing the Willamette and popping up throughout the day and days following."

As of Tuesday night, Mayor Ted Wheeler had not fired Chief Marshman - and was not expected to.

And Marshman said he will not be resigning.

The police bureau say they are ready for any number of scenarios to keep the city operating on Wednesday.

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