Chant: Who do you protect? Who do you serve?pic.twitter.com/1qJKauibeV
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Maybe 150 people here, scattered. People grooving to The Coup and looking around nervously. What a fascinating combination, dancing and fear. Music and movement reminding our brains that we're alive, we're ok Well, more or less. Protesters sit on the curb and compare injuries
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A couple protesters take it upon themselves to clean up the park by dumping the trash over the fence. "Feed, feed the piggies! It's feeding time!" The feds do not approve: a loud and voluminous retort of pepper balls At least I know what they're shooting at this time
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The guy throwing the trash is putting on a show. "Look at this!!" he exclaims, pointing at a white patch near his crotch. "They try to shoot me in the dick!" He makes a show of tasting the pepper residue. "I'm not liking that. A little spicier next time, boys"
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And they come out and gas everything obviously. This is a very small part of it. The park also fills with clouds of chemics Bella Ciao plays loudpic.twitter.com/PoaaV4jKhg
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Someone throws a large firecracker over the fence. Feds retort with pepper balls. The usual
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Not quite usual I guess. Usually with this few protesters it would be kinda quiet right now. They'd be resting and waiting for most of us to wander off. Which, for the record, I would love to do But the pepper barrages keep coming and I feel certain more gas is in our future
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Right on schedule: gassed to shit
#DefendPDX#blacklivesmatter
#portland#oregon#blm#acab#PortlandProtest#PDXprotest#Feds#MomsAreHere#police#FedsGoHomepic.twitter.com/FpTobnuXTQShow this thread -
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A protester tries to push a gas canister away from the group and gets hitpic.twitter.com/Sy0VVkSY3F
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While I've been uploading: periodic pepper balls volleys. Anyone who dares take off their respirator regrets it immediately A protester begins to shout obscenities: "I hope your toast always falls butter side down!" "I hope your flip flops break when you go to the beach!"
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I'm home! What a night. The feds left with a bang. To them I say only: bella ciao (We'll see if they're really gone tomorrow) Solidarity to everyone still out there
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