Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile)

It's that time again--at the Justice Center, gonna live-tweet Very small crowd so far, just hanging out. Someone burned a flag in front of the stag. No cops in sight #DefendPDX #PortlandProtests #PortlandProtest #RoseCityJustice #blacklivesmatter #sacredfence #pdxprotests

A black femme gets on the megaphone by the fence. The crowd gathers. It begins. Everyone in the park, no one in the street so far

We chant the names in the street Monday they immediately told us to clear the street. Today, nothing. It is arbitrary, and it could change any moment Once you accept that your actions have no effect on the presence or absence of police violence, it all gets much easier

"I am sorry if I sound like an angry black woman on the mic, but that's what I am! I am so angry! 400 years of this shit!!" She is telling the story of each name before we chant them. There are so many names

I have seen camera evidence that the officer in the window above is a mannequin