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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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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The cops inform the protest Lombard is open to traffic, as though they aren't the ones blocking the traffic Now they're marching down the road again I hope they're as tired as I am, I'm not sure I have another bull rush in me. Gotta do more cardio
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I'm definitely not the only tired person at the protest. Crowd is starting to thin. I get it. I'm drenched in sweat and dreading the running I'm probably about to do
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Protest spread out on the sidewalk for about a block. Cops still blocking traffic and telling the protest not to block traffic Billowing smoke from the dumpster at the corner
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A riot van moves in and many protesters move up Mississippi, spreading the protest out even further It makes it difficult for them to bull rush, I'll say that much
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A bus silently waits for the police to get out of the street After about 2 minutes, they get on their vans and leave Protest starts to regroup
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Cops meet protesters once again on the Lombard bridge Big old line Protest spread out on the bridge sidewalk Definitely a kettle opportunity for the cops. We'll see
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LRAD says the LRAD thing He sounds exhausted
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Three cops have walked to the middle of the bridge. Just standing there. Cut off from the line. I have no idea what's going on here. Are they trying to goad the crowd into attacking?pic.twitter.com/ymsQyejjug
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They return to their fellow cops, who form a line. Push, kettle, or retreat?pic.twitter.com/dFedts3buF
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A woman pulls up in an SUV. She's trying to get home Decides to try to talk to the cops. They tell her she can pass in "a few minutes" The cops told me that Lombard is open to traffic but I guess not
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The police decide to let cars pass while they tell press they'll respect the TRO Sometimes people tell you they'll do something as a means of reminding you it's a choice they're makingpic.twitter.com/C7R3lVKiRZ
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