Oh boy, I'm paying a price for my chronic lateness. Coming at you as I sprint towards Interstate and Ainsworth, where riot cops have decided to intercept tonight's march
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Unlawful assembly declared. Claims of paintballs and other objects thrown at police
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Reports of 3 K9s behind the line I love dogs but I don't love this development
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Standoff. Shield wall on Mississippi just North of Killingsworth A few protesters are sitting in the intersection, facing the cops Riot cops coming down Mississippi from the South
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Police once again order everyone to disperse. Safe to say no one's gonna do that "Everyone who ever loved you was wrong!" " No good cops in a racist system!"
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Cops drive the protest to Peninsula Park. Lot of violence, not seeing a lot of arrests. They shoved
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Cops vs Shield Wall
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Cops go out of their way to shove someone on the sidewalk
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Back in the present: Damn that is a DUMPSTER FIRE. Everyone pauses to pay respectspic.twitter.com/0oZ9OXBNRG
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They wait for the dark residential streets to ready go off
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In the present: another bullrush to Bryant and Albina. I got caught behind the line for most of it. They're so good at losing us in these dark streets The group has split slightly. Calls to regroup
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From the first bullrush: Cops throw smoke. Protester throws firework
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Cops approaching from Lombard down Mississippi
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Y'all there are LOT of them. Several riot vans, backed up half a block
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One riot van dismounts. Cops order us to...go the way they're going? Extremely confusing Currently on the corner of Mississippi and Lombardpic.twitter.com/y9ecnuTGdN
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Protest attempts to cross Lombard on Albina but stop for reasons that remain unclear for me I witness the birth of a dumpster fire. The miracle of life. The efficiency at which protesters light garbage on fire is beyond my understandingpic.twitter.com/fXsnK09NtZ
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Police lights approach the baby dumpster fire and the crowd begins to melt down Lombard
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The LRAD sings its old song. Play it again, Sam Did you know they never actually say that line in Casablanca? Anyway, I think we're about to get bullrushes again
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Riot line forming up by the dumpster fire a few blocks up. Protest wavers between standing its ground and continuing to move
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The thing is, even though "Play it again, Sam" isn't even in Casablanca it's still the most famous quote A lot like how the Bill of Rights is one of the most famous things about America Our brains play tricks on us
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Protest on the move. Scouts look for cops as the crowd attempts to avoid them. They flow like water through the residential streets
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Cops find us and push us for a really long time. I got separated from the group but I did get told by the Boys in Blue that filming from my mom's basement isn't a real job Thanks boys, very professional Anyway my update is that I'm lost
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I once was lost but now I'm found. Can't say where, I don't think the cops know Honestly impressed with how many people still here. Powerful group tonight
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A friendly exchange There is a lie in here. My wrist was not broken. "Severe contusion" got lost between my dumb brain and my out-of-breath lungs. I'm sorry Also, to be clear, I'm not the one throwing shit in this videopic.twitter.com/zdAMQwZT26
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(I did not get any decent footage in the last rush, I'm sorry)
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While we're walking, let's talk about tonight's new tactic They met the march in the road and said nothing. A couple times They waited for something to be thrown, then declared an unlawful assembly But if no one had thrown anything they would, presumably, have kept blocking
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Tonight, blatantly, cops preemptively violated freedom of assembly
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I confess I feel a sort of exhaustion set in as I see the lights on the bridge beyond Lombard and Mississippi
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Please don't call the female cop a whore thanks, whores have real jobs
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A semi in the cop line? Probably just caught in the crosfire...right?pic.twitter.com/CmbGGFIEi9
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A weird loose line of cops extends down Mississippi for some reasonpic.twitter.com/LIdhrx3l3z
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