Correction: it's a wrench
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Protesters start after the cops and the cops decide not to retreat after all This crowd is smaller than I initially thought or there's been a lot of atrition. Maybe 100 people, that might be high
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Backup has arrived down Washington Impact weapons raised
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Officers move forward and brutally arrest at least two protesters They fire a great deal of tear gas into the road, then force protesters through it. Haven't smelled gas that strong since the feds went into the district courthouse
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Backup arrives from several directions. The line charges--mayve the fastest sprint I've seen yet--and just full-on tackles people. Not seeing arrests, just violence Officers order the protest off the street and onto the sidewalk
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This is interesting for press, which lately has been ordered to occupy the sidewalk to avoid arrest. Now everyone is on the sidewalk. Probably not great for us
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The cops start retreating backwards. Get on the riot vans and drive away "Let's go!!" a protester shouts. They begin to advance after the retreating cops, chanting "no good cops in a racist system!"
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So um, this just happened A woman is standing on her porch watching this shit in an honest-to-god Nazi armband "Take it off before we do!" "Why?! I haven't said anything racist!!"
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The protesters encourage her to go inside before something bad happens. She refuses They attempt to rip the armband off of her. She is in absolute shock. Finally she goes inside and just stands there, door open, yelling "I'm inside!" I swear she told us she had black friends
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It is astounding she did not get hurt She did, however, have something thrown at her windows Her neighbors applauded Yes, I have most of this on video. Apparently you can't see it because my phone is shitting itself. I promise I'll upload when I can
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Meanwhile, the actual protest has gathered a little ways up from the Nazi apartment and awaits further development Neighbors are very divided on what's happening. One of the neighbors allows a protester to pee in her yard. "Just do it downhill so it doesn't get on our porch"
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Another older white woman is very upset about the protest. She's speaking bad ebonics, it's quite something
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Protesters on the move now, away from this strange apartment complex "She broke my joint!!" A protester tells me despairingly. She's talking about Ebonics Karen "That's real fascism!!" Someone jokes
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And then we hear the LRAD and the dizzying hilarity wears off immediately Protest moves back slowly
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If that sprint in my respirator didn't kill me, masks will never kill anyone. Several blocks. They wheel right and effectively block 3/4ths of the press from entering the residential neighborhood. Currently trying to find a way through
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This thing where they force everyone into the sidewalk is another great way to stop press from doing their fucking jobs. It's nice to see them get creative I guess. Pair brutality with wily tactics: who needs arrests?
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I've found the group. Serious kettling concerns expressed. Portland hasn't seen a kettle yet in all this time. Will this be the night? I kinda doubt it. Still, good to be aware
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As we ran through residential streets to get here, someone yelled from inside their house: "Hey PPB! Last time I checked, this was a democracy!!" " No it isn't!" a protester yells back. "Not to them! Not anymore."
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The group is pretty scattered but seems to be making its way back down the street
@IwriteOK and@hungrybowtie tell me the police pushed a bit into the residential area, then left I can't believe it's only 11:00Show this thread -
The group has reconvened and paused. The Coup blasting. Protesters sitting, taking off masks. I do the same. The air is incredible on my skin A truck speeds through too fast, but no one is hurt
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Protesters on the move, organizing to let cars through. Chanting George Floyd's name
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Nazi clip finally uploaded!https://twitter.com/1misanthrophile/status/1291256467203297280?s=19 …
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The police round the corner. LRAD reminds us that "this event is still a riot" and tells us to disperse. Riot line incoming, see you on the other side
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The riot line drives us back. Same old shit, less brutality. The crowd did well at keeping their distance and the bullrush sprint was far more tired than last time Currently, the line has blocked the intersection of Stark and 113th. They've cut the group in two, I think
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Police chase us down 113th: a residential street without sidewalks. Press ordered to trample grass and plants to avoid the street and arrest. They keep screaming to get out of the street, but there's nowhere to go Police and protesters screaming at each other
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A medic begs to be let through the line. Report of a mom run over by the police car "What do you have in there, paint balloons?" One of the officers demands "It's medical supplies!" One of the police yells something about arson. Then: "OK, move, it's a riot. Party's over!"
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The police push no one down a residential road without sidewalks and demand protesters get on the sidewalk. They push to a gravel dead end A moment of confusion and a hasty police retreatpic.twitter.com/Vw81jeYiiQ
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I'm hearing that a group got hit really hard. It's unclear if anyone got footage, since they were making reporters run through lawns and between parked cars I'm with a group of maybe 20 protesters. We got scattered pretty good
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If protesters come back here they'll need to develop some tactics to deal with these neighborhoods Press will also have to develop some tactics if we want to hold our boys in blue accountable. They essentially made it impossible for us to work tonight
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Tiny groups gather on friendly lawns. Starting to move. Trying to find other groups. Drops of water trying to becoming a river again
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