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They are now talking about danger to the people inside the justice facility. I think I see where this is going. After all, if people are in danger, they can use their tear gas
Someone lit a road flare and placed it in the road. A cop is aiming his weapon in that direction In case you weren't aware, road flares are specifically designed to burn safely in roads. It's literally their entire reason for existing
People shining spotlights at the cops. Now they know how we've felt for the last 2 weeks at the fence
"it is unlawful to point a laser at police officers. Please stop now. We want this to remain a peaceful event"
It's hard to tell where the police are other than the justice center. I heard someone say they're circling and I believe it: the L-RAD announcements seem to be coming from different angles each time. Not a lot of announcements in the last few minutes. Settling into chanting
Police ask us not to touch the fence. Apparently this new, smaller fence is also sacred
Aggressively shining searchlights into the crowd, as though looking for something. Or just being dicks. Or both
There is a fire. That's all I know. 3rd and Yamhill
Portland police instructing people to move West. No one is doing this. People running towards justice center
Some discussion as to whether to march or stay. Police have moved people away from the fire. Crowd restless and uncertain
Police fire point blank into the crowd. Unclear why. Unlawful assembly has not been declared
Crowd loves away, then returns, furious
Someone has been shot in the hand with something. They are bleeding. Medics running to help
Civil disturbance declared. Very unclear why
#defendpdx #PortlandProtests
They are instructing us to leave to the North. No one is moving It should go without saying, but absolutely fuck the police
They're lining up. We're moving slowly away. Time to get our cardio for the day
Smoke fired. Crowd staying together
On the move. Warms my fuckin heart the way we use hand signals, stay tight, control fear. Reminds me of military training
The one thing we still struggle with is pacing. The front moves too fast. "We are only as fast as the slowest member!!" someone yells over a megaphone.
Someone drags and upends a a picnic table in the street and is immediately taken to task. "This is a small, minority-owned business. That's not why we're here!!" Protesters return the table to it's rightful spot
The chants also remind me of the military. Cadence keeps people on rhythm and broadcasts important information. Reminds people to be calm, slow down. Why they're here. Who they are
Stopped at an intersection, waiting for a rumored group to catch up. A line of cars protects the rear New chant: "you're ugly, you're sick. Racist cops can suck my dick!"
The other group arrives!! We are many. Cheers erupt
An argument: where to next? This happens too often during these protests. We've come so far tactically; we have so much farther to go. Group in danger of splitting
After some drama the group is more or less back together. Chants of "slow in the front, protect the back!" It's hard to imagine how the front could go any slower
Through residential areas. "March with us!"
Mission top secret, destination unknown. I'll tweet again when we get there. Crowd moving at a slow steady pace, chanting, waking everyone up. No sleep until we fix this broken system
Footage of person I talked about getting shot in the hand. No fucking reason for it Thank you @sillybloc for tagging me on this https://twitter.com/JDMedia8/status/1272778861827088384?s=19 …
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