Umbrella-fortified barricadepic.twitter.com/iHjDSG5dhX
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Protesters banging on dumpsters and every other metal surface in sight, chanting "we can't hear you!" at the LRAD announcements
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Update: the cops have broken through the barricades. Fladhbang, now a tense standoff. A dumpster fire in the distance. A LOT of pointing crowd control weapons at the crowd: I will upload footage later
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On the move again. I like this group. A good mix of sensible and reckless. We melted away from that line and reformed a block away. Obviously there is a dumpster firepic.twitter.com/i9zQNHrgAe
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"You push us? We push back!" I love this chant
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The police back away! And we follow
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And then we realize it's a kettle, so we keep the intersection
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It is 2020 and I just realized how profoundly familiar the smell of a dumpster fire is to me nowpic.twitter.com/9XTiMw6v9i
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Standing with
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The crowd is retrieving the barricades and dragging them back to the intersection. The calm, leaderless action of this group makes my whole heart sing The unlawful assembly order goes out once more. Everyone braces for impact
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Reports from the scanner: cops moving in from the sides I'm sorry to keep talking about this dumpster fire but the flames are nearly to the traffic lights. We worship strange gods in these streets, our streetspic.twitter.com/ZpfzKRvpvh
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Not much has changed. A child is dancing on one of the few dumpsters not on fire. Tires burn in the intersection One of the dumpsters begins to burn a shop. Protesters run to put it out. It's not clear whether they'll be able to do so
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The llidw have chosen this moment to advance. Definitely tear gas
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Police, sorry for the typo. It has been a while since I have tasted the spiciness of the gas Pretty sure that's illegal They full on chased us. We ran. They retreated. We follow. Dumpsters wheeled to the front to hold the line
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As we ran I definitely saw someone get pulled out of a moving car by cops
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As the LRAD recites his warnings, NWA blares. Everyone is singing along I like to think the fear I hear over the LRAD is a response to our fearlessness
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Look at this shithttps://twitter.com/hungrybowtie/status/1276446115831803906?s=19 …
0:28The police teargassing the streets of Portland and pulling people out of their vehicles into the gas.#Portlandprotest#blacklivesmatter
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"you! Lighting the fire! Stop! Thats--its a crime!" -the LRAD guy I swear to God (Dumpster fire in the middle of the road, as if I had to specify)
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Clear and serious indications of kettling. The group is maintaining cohesion so far
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Another push, more gas. We're making them fight for every inch. Video uploading
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And immediately another charge. Head-om running Maybe they thought it would scatter us. It did not
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They're getting on their riot vans and leaving. Moving forward after thempic.twitter.com/O00UUpVH0Q
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Damn it I fucked up my reply chain; I am a boomer in a millenial's bodyhttps://twitter.com/1misanthrophile/status/1276453956789493760?s=19 …
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Returning another wayward tweet to the threadhttps://twitter.com/1misanthrophile/status/1276456915048882176?s=19 …
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The cops are, for now, completely gone. Some are celebrating with five finger/brick discounts Not sure this looting is confined to corporations, which is, in my opinion, uncool. Also there are security cameras everywhere so it is definitely dumb
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A Popeyes dumpster is on fire. If this was a video game there would definitely be a "find all the dumpster fires" sidequest Seriously though, the worker is understandably put out. "What I'd like is for the fire dept to come, but I don't think we have one of those tonight"
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It's important to stay focused on the real enemy and avoid alienating friends
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Police staging on MLK and Killongsworth
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Aaand I'm home. What a night! Solidarity to everyone still out there
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