Lot less black bloc, lot more regular street clothes. The people of Portland are here tonightpic.twitter.com/fmjryu7cjK
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Hi, it's @1misanthrophile coming at you from the JC, where a large, socially-distant crowd gathers on 3rd St to hear speeches from the JC steps
I'm sure they'd rather be in the park but someone fenced it off
#Portland #PortlandProtests #PortlandRiots #BlackLivesMatter
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The mood is somber, subdued. It's very weird to be here in daylight. An activist I've seen before gives a speech with a megaphone near the courthouse. The official stage is in front of the Justice Center. Seems to be a break in speeches there
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Some say there was an elk statue here once, in another age of the earthpic.twitter.com/m2BX5MbSWx
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Crowd completely blocks traffic. People sitting on the Justice Center sidewalk. Weird how this is fine when the sun is out and the bodies in the street wear jeans and t-shirts, but violent rioting when it's night and everyone wears black
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The speaker just told a Will Smith joke, which I will not subject you to This is a very wholesome gathering and I'm about to wander off
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The North Park blocks are currently deserted. This is not my most exciting live-tweet thread
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Back at the Justice Center, where some enterprising protesters have liberated Lownsdale Square from the fence A street preacher is currently being escorted away after, I am told, many warningspic.twitter.com/sTFeVJBbzT
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This preacher is refusing to leave. A fight breaks out. Activist on megaphone: "What are we supposed to do about this? Asking all you white people who like to take pictures. Can we let the white people handle it since it's their white person?"
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This incident unfortunately gets to an elephant that wanders amongst us every night: what do we replace the police with? How do we deal with malicious actors in our midst? This is not rhetorical. The police are unquestionably toxic, but we have to work on alternatives
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Protesters literally carry the preacher away. We'll see if it works "Give it up for everyone who just got Covid from grabbing that guy!" Obviously the guy is not wearing a mask
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A barricade goes up on 4th and Main. A barricade goes up on 3rd. The official event with the regularly-clad people continues, perhaps unaware of the transformation around them A protester goes from fence base to fence base and smashes every one on the pavement until they breakpic.twitter.com/cCfKc6e5P9
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Chapman Square liberated! You know what that means .. ...New colonizer makeover!pic.twitter.com/egKaZBDiav
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I'm switching over to
@DefendPDX! Join me and my news comrades over there for all-night coverage of whatever the fuck this night turns intohttps://twitter.com/defendpdx/status/1284343495981887488?s=19 …Show this thread
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