Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile)

Protest on the move. Scouts look for cops as the crowd attempts to avoid them. They flow like water through the residential streets

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

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

(I did not get any decent footage in the last rush, I'm sorry)

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

Tonight, blatantly, cops preemptively violated freedom of assembly

I confess I feel a sort of exhaustion set in as I see the lights on the bridge beyond Lombard and Mississippi

Please don't call the female cop a whore thanks, whores have real jobs

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

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

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

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

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

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

LRAD says the LRAD thing He sounds exhausted

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

I am left in the dust along with most of the press. Trying to catch up Can we get a GoFundMe for a press riot van?

A furious driver beside his car as the air leaks out of his tires He tells us the cops told him to pull over, so he did. Then they puncture two of his tires and ran off "Who the hell carries around to spare tires? No one. Fuck these guys" He had a BLM sign in his window

Cop cars scream by, sirens blazing. Protest trying its hardest to regroup

The riot van pauses, tells everyone to get off the street, than roars off Someone throws a bottle "Nice throw! One of the cops shout

The action continues but I could not. Tragically I have an article due by 10 and an event at 12, so my evening has ended Check out the list of people at the beginning of this long-ass thread for others still on the ground! Solidarity with everyone still out here