Portland police officers have quit the force's crowd-control team after one of the cops was charged with assaulting a protester

• Portland police officers in the crowd-control unit resigned en masse from the unit on Wednesday.

• The resignations happened a day after an officer was charged with assaulting a protester.

• The officers will still continue to be a part of the Portland Police Bureau.

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Police officers in Portland, Oregon, with the force's crowd-control unit resigned en masse on Wednesday night, one day after a team member was charged with fourth-degree assault on a protester, according to Oregon Live.

Oregon Live reported that a police lieutenant informed Chief Chuck Lovell that the members quit over a perceived lack of support from city leaders and from the district attorney.

The officers and sergeants will remain on the police force,but are quitting the volunteer rapid-response team.

The mass resignation comes as officer Cody Budworth was indicted on a fourth-degree assault charge after he allegedly hit Teri Jacobs, an independent photographer, in the face with a baton last summer after she had already been knocked to the ground.