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#WallofVets arrives and stands in front of the @WallOfMomspic.twitter.com/si5XUkn9VW
A speaker discusses the racial history of Portland. It's the whitest city in the country. Part of this is because black people weren't allowed to move here until 1922 People think of Portland as a progressive city, but the truth is more complicated than that. History haunts us
The speaker talks about how voting isn't enough. How voting hasn't solved these problems. How deep these problems go
Abruptly, the fed LRAD blares. Threatens arrest, crowd control, etc. This is the crowd they feel so threatened by. Everyone is by the JC. They could shut the fuck up and have a peaceful evening But that's not what they wantpic.twitter.com/uyO1w3Xbcx
Feds emerge with a barrage of pepper balls Notice how there's no one fucking here? Notice how no one's assaulting their precious fence? Make no mistake. They want a fightpic.twitter.com/nGlHVBsPT9
Lots of shields tonight, which according to the PPB means they intend to fight. In this case, they may be right They advance to the fence, firing. Then they retreat. There is no provocation whatsoever
A terrifying mob of violent anarchists assembles. This is what these feds are afraid of tonightpic.twitter.com/V07ZGo6qNQ
Back inside for now. No one knows why they came out, no one knows why they went inside It's only 10:00 and already this shit
A fight breaks out around this sign. Immediate physical conflict. Huge screaming fight about whether this is for black lives, whether this is appropriate, while pepper balls echopic.twitter.com/tyACHVnIwi
People giving this sign a wide birth. Lot of unease about this sign, who these people are, what they're doing here "Go home, tankie!" someone shouts They are not going home I don't know enough to have an opinion but this is a bad place for this kind of fight
The indigenous drummers are standing before the fence, singingpic.twitter.com/yGiDUgG6Jx
The majority of the crowd remains by the Justice Center, chanting the names Many remain in front of the District Courthouse. I'm staying there as well, since it seems like the feds are hungry tonight
It's 2020 so obviously these balloons aren't here because they're pretty and fun. They're here to show everyone which way the wind is blowing for when the feds gas uspic.twitter.com/6B36V8l9X7
Activists trying to get people to go to the Justice Center and away from the District Courthouse. "Black lives matter protest is this way!" It doesn't matter what my opinion is, I guess. How I think it's all intertwined. Black Lives Matter, anti-fed, anti-cop
It's a system of white supremacy. It's a system of oppression. It's all connected. It all has to be resisted. If we don't stand up against all of it, it'll crush all of us But that's just, like, my opinion man
Right on schedule, the LRAD warns of violence from within the Courthouse A spotlight from above illuminates me. Me? Maybe I'm being paranoid Either way, the feds want us here and want to fight. I don't know if that means we should be moving towards the JC or not
I've wandered to the JC, where an activist is angry about people hiding in the back when they have PPE, angry because some of the moms didn't help when they were choking. Saying something about how they shouldn't need a gas mask I don't understand this side of the protest at all
Back to the District Courthouse. The quiet of people knowing what's about to happen, bracing themselves. I can still hear that other activist yelling about cowardice from their perch far from this locus of violence
Activists bang on the concrete barricades with traffic cones. An LRAD announcement from the feds An activist screams at people to stop. Accuses them of being alt-right and distracting people from the real protest in front of the Justice Center
A flag burns on the fence and press clusters to get a picturepic.twitter.com/DgNYPrUgLB
Revcoms lead a chant of "fuck that flag" So we have two out of town groups leading protest: RevCom at the courthouse, Black Unity at the Justice Center I'm tired y'all
"Moms coming through!" The Moms march down the street in front of the District Courthouse. Chants of "Feds Go Home!" The two protests have become one, at least for now
The majority of the protest remains in front of the District Courthouse. Activists lead chants RevCom tries to lead a chant about "revolution nothing less," leading to another fight. "Who are you here for? Stop talking over me! I'm not here to listen to you!" I hate it here
Praying for gas at this point honestly
#WallofMoms has taken position in front of the fence
Immediately, the feds make an announcement. Can't hear it over the boos
Night becomes day as the feds shine a spotlight down on us from their perchpic.twitter.com/uNxnSVDdOP
They keep doing the spotlight thing. Is it a way to make us look up so they can photograph us? A distraction? Or are they just bored? My money's on bored
An enormous bonfire draws protesters like moths to a flame. Where did these boards come from? A giant screaming fight by the fire. No idea what that's about, but this isn't where the real violence will happen so I'm headed back to the courthousepic.twitter.com/LN39k67TBB
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