"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?
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Belay that: looks like the marching group has stopped half a block up
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Long video with number callouts. Honestly not worth watching unless you're trying to compile numbers and facespic.twitter.com/Ru1pXpZOsQ
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This officer is covering his number with his mic. Will not uncover itpic.twitter.com/Jkp4VJGjcO
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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
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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
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Those who stayed are moving to join the group in Pioneer Square
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At Pioneer Square. People are sitting on the steps. The organizers is telling us that we should vote and write our reps. The POC caucus have advanced 5 bills for police refoem There's virtue in that. Doesn't seem like enough
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Here are the bills the activist was talking about:https://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/people-of-color-caucus-offers-legislative-package-for-police-accountability/article_0ce039ca-ac17-11ea-8754-b74b3c83c52b.html …
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We are now hearing from someone who was put in solitary confinement at ten years old after defending himself against a white boy TEN Gotta throw the whole system out
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We heard from a woman whose daughter was killed in Salem. We are going to go write her name on the memorial wall
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Speeches in front of the memorial wall
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Y'all it is late and I'm old--the crowd is beginning to shrink and I'm gonna tap out Solidarity to everyone still out here
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