Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile)

An interesting side effect of cramming everyone on the sidewalk is that it's a lot harder to have anything even resembling social distance

Rooftop cops spotted

A cop drives by. Boos. Someone throws a water bottle which hits the side of the car. It remains to be seen whether this constitutes a threat to officer safety A lot of protesters are very gun-shy about throwing shit tonight

"please do not throw shit, they have not even started hurting us yet. Last night they beat us. We don't have a big enough group. Please" Is this how protesters in a free country have to talk?

Several police cars emerge and drive South

Since the dawn of time, there have been arguments about where to go and what to do. Rarely are these arguments this angry

We are, I think, seeing the most insidious effects of the fear that certain elements have been coopted/infiltrated Agreement has been reached: we march

Back at the justice center to round up stragglers. Arguments and tensions continue to boil

"what are you, Rose City Justice? Stay here if you're brave" It's a compelling argument. Massive uncertainty

Massive argument between organizers. Concerns that one of the people leading the march is an infiltrator and/or violent in disagreements Regardless of the truth, once again this uncertainty and anger are the awful result of infiltration. Bigger danger than the police

The group splits. I have chosen to stay at the justice center This is very bad

Belay that: looks like the marching group has stopped half a block up

We're staying at the JC. No split!! Hooray!

It's worth noting that given the violence and uncertainty and arrests and hit-and-runs and betrayals and infiltration and tear gas and beatings it would take some kind of superhuman robot to NOT be tense and suspicious as fuck right now

A man who has introduced himself as Marcus Evans and describes himself as "walking the line between the police and cops" asks us to stay peaceful and "not give them a reason" They don't need a reason

Portland Police announce that we must clear the road we've been standing in for the past three weeks or be subject to use of force Any car parked in the street willi be towed. They threaten the snack bus specifically Protesters move off the street

The snack bus has moved We need more people. They have us scared. I'm not blaming people for being scared, how could you not be? But the vibe is not good, not healthy

We go into the street again PPB tells us to get out of the street We get out of the street We go into the street again Lather, rinse, repeat We can do this all night

Riot cops have arrived

In order to prevent us from blocking the street, the Portland police have blocked the street The LRAD has announced that parks will close in 20 minutes and that we should plan to leave

A long line of officers. Counting down the time to 12, when I assume we willnbe arrested for standing on a sidewalk We have a legal right to stand on this sidewalk. This is a public place, sidewalks do not close LRAD unbearably loud tonight

The police made clear threats of arresting people on the sidewalk. Most people went to Pioneer Square After several post-midnight warnings, the cops retreated. They can't close the sidewalks without announcing it. Some police officer in my face can't close it arbitrarily

Those who stayed are moving to join the group in Pioneer Square