VIDEO THREAD: 8-8-20 Another night of bullrushes and brutality Here's an ACLU Legal Observer getting violently arrested, and the OSP trying to prevent me from filming:https://youtu.be/ROnbvlRoZDU
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That thing where they pick her up by her bound wrists at the 20-second mark and she screams? Dislocated shoulder A LEGAL OBSERVER This is the country we fucking live in
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Here's a moment where I had to dash across the street in front of a moving vehicle in order to get to where the violence was happening. The police like to corral the press behind them, then rush ahead so they can brutalize protesters without consequencepic.twitter.com/4fQt5Ntjm6
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A protester who prefers to remain anonymous sent me this clip tonight Notice how the cop repeatedly lunges for the protester's respirator and goggles with his mace at the ready Notice how the protester never presents any danger to the cop's physical safetypic.twitter.com/VC1lgtLuls
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The police shove someone to the ground, realize the press is filming, and order press out of the area Notice how a lot of tonight's videos don't involve arrest. Arrest, bad as it is, involves a paper trail and accountability. This is intimidation: plain and simplepic.twitter.com/OgsUqmzLOQ
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Another example of violence without arrest. "Move! I told you twice already!" the officer screams at a person clearly moving at a fairly rapid pace in the direction demanded of thempic.twitter.com/IDf89kgDdt
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Our Boys in Blue are making the mistake all authoritarians make eventually: they assume everyone has the same relationship with fear that they do They really think they can beat the protest out of people, because it would work on them I don't think it's going to work here
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What IS working, unfortunately, is the way police prevent journalists from getting close enough to film. We need to figure out how to deal with these new tactics I think it's going to involve more recklessness and increased risk. What doesn't, these days?
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Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile) Retweeted Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile)
If you want a more comprehensive account of how things went down, check out this thread from the march to the end of the night:https://twitter.com/1misanthrophile/status/1292322268807217154?s=20 …
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Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile) @1misanthrophileStarting a new thread for tonight's march! If you want to read coverage of the fantastic speeches from earlier, check out this thread: https://twitter.com/1misanthrophile/status/1292289507555815424?s=19 …#PortlandProtests#PortlandOregon#PortlandStrong#BlackLivesMatter
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Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile) Retweeted Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile)
If you'd like to take a moment to focus on Black lives rather than the police brutality the focus inspires on a nightly basis, this thread talks about some of the amazing speeches given before the march got underway:https://twitter.com/1misanthrophile/status/1292289507555815424?s=20 …
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Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile) @1misanthrophileHello! I'm covering the action at at Peninsular Park tonight. The schedule calls for music, speakers at 8, and then a march at 9. Let's see what happens!#PortlandProtests#PortlandOregon#PortlandStrong#BlackLivesMatter
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Clip of ACLU legal observer being hauled by her cuffed wrists The only reason you'd pick someone up this way is if you deliberately wanted to mess up their shoulder jointspic.twitter.com/xeAUFED1U6
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