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A pepper ball just hit me in the foot. Probably ten feet away. It hurts like a bitch. A few centimeters over and j think it would be broken. As it is, I can feel it swelling up As always I am wearing a yellow press vest, a press helmet and a press badge
I can't get a good picture of these fuckers because they have killed the lights and are shining lights at us when we try to film
There was a time when I worried I'd get hurt at these and now I just wonder how badly I'm gonna get hurt. Not a single night had gone by when I haven't been hit by something: usually small, occasionally large
The moms are still here. All the lights are out. There's something so sinister about that. If we can't capture it, did it happen? Will America believe us, or them? A protester plays "what a wonderful world" on the trombone. It doesn't seem incongruous. It seems mournful
First gassing at the intersection of 3rd and Main. Two fireworks retort. Another canister. The sound of leaf blowers
Unlawful assembly declared. More gas, obviously
There's a strong wind tonight and the gas is everywhere Retreating up the street
Ok. I have adjusted my goggles so they're uncomfortably tight and rigged a bottom strap for my mask. I feel claustrophobic so that means I've probably done it right A lot of the crowd seems to be making themselves comfortable between 4th and 5th street, but many head back
If the feds wanted the protesters to not fuck with their fence, they're doing it wrong. This crowd, which--and I cannot state this enough--was almost docile before they started their aggression, is pounding on the fence
I love that "Turn Down for What?" by Lil Jon has become a protest staple at this point
The fed line has retreated for now. I'm sure they'll be back soon. Randomly. Whenever they decide to
Mom bloc--and i say this with love--has left. That's ok. Them showing up at the beginning is enough. We'll see them tomorrow The people who are left? All the "punks" the Portland Protest Bureau accuses of antagonizing the police and running The ones willing to eat gas all night
O say does that start spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? Nopic.twitter.com/sQrF2cJnFH
I'm sorry my mistake: MOM BLOC IS STILL HERE God I love you Portlandhttps://twitter.com/shitnataliesays/status/1287280238540361728?s=19 …
Someone throws a road flare, illuminating the courthouse with a highly-appropriate hellish glow Pepper balls fired immediatelypic.twitter.com/PHrvrP2Ga8
God, I regret to inform you that your boy is back and he still hasn't read your book. Please come collect your lost sheeppic.twitter.com/rhWyw9U237
Another warning. Unlawful assembly. Yawn A firework interrupts the speech. Cheers
I can hear the automatic bursts of pepper ball fire but I can't see or feel it. That's how good this shield wall ispic.twitter.com/luBW3pDF6Z
I make my way to the intersection of 3rd and Salmon, where the crowd is enormous and cameras bristle. This is the only well-lit area of the entire street The desire to be seen: not for clout but because the eyes of the world are our only real defense against these ghouls
As if listening to my inner monologue, a single lamp lights in the middle of the street
The feds deliver another one of their arbitrary warnings. I guess it's nice of them to let us know they're thinking of paying us a visit
In the beginning we would have been chanting names. And I don't think it's that we've lost focus. It's that our focus has changed from conveying a message with our voices to asserting our rights with our bodies. Braced for the next fight. All our concentration there
A protester who must be at least half-spider manages to climb the fence. Hangs out at the top for a moment, and then an enormous boom echoes out A firework. Thank God. The protester drops back down
It's wild that this crowd has barely thinned, if at all. 1AM and still thousands of people here
And just like that: gas. Without hesitation leaf blowers move in from all directions, converge on the cloud, and get to work "Thank you leaf blowers!" someone shouts. The crowd applauds
More gas, obviously, why not, it's that time No sign of actual fed emergence yet
Nothing like a bonfire on a beautiful summer night. Turns out leaf blowers are a good way to fan flames as well as divert tear gas The feds are displeasedpic.twitter.com/Mvm7At6SCS
Protesters feed the fire with branches and empty pizza boxes. The crowd creates a wide birth around this gas magnet
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