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The far right rally has set up a terrible speaker system. I cannot hear a word they're saying. Something about a 10-year-old child
A couple water bottles thrown at the far right. They have not hit anyone
Another small group of far right protesters by Terry Schrunk Plaza. @IwriteOK tells me Haley Adams might be over there
I wonder if they've been asked to keep their distance after what happened last week
We have an exceedingly large caravan of far right bikers and carspic.twitter.com/wWx99Y801c
Portland Police respectfully ask everyone to remain peacefulpic.twitter.com/zddUkD6hA1
The state of downtown is Not Great
Giant thank you to @SnackVanTM for letting me film from up herepic.twitter.com/bO9N0sMCmh
Police respectfully ask the two groups to remain on opposite side of the street. Super weird to hear the LRAD so friendly. Almost like they have more affection for the people in front of the JC today than other citizens who have historically protested here
Does anyone know what's up with these two shields in the middle?pic.twitter.com/dRBimzLjMf
An activist of color stands with her back to the far right and decries the aggression of the counteprotesters and demands they take several steps back It is my analysis that this is not where the aggression is coming from "You do not represent us!!" a megaphone shouts
"don't listen to Rhianna Coleman, she is a far-right agitator! You do not need to listen to her!"
Situation: extremely tense but controlled for now. Battle lines drawn. The far right has copied shield wall tactics, which is keeping a pretty clear boundary between the protest and counter-protest
Now that she's been called out, the black far-right protester is standing in the shield wall. She is talking about how the far right respects her for who she is, not her genetics These people are gonna be in for a rude awakening if the far right winspic.twitter.com/34fQFW0ZFm
The state of the protest remains Not Great. Clear lines towards the north end, less so to the southpic.twitter.com/f5nft4PiJH
An observation: the far right shield line is tense. Ready at all times for impact The BLM shield lines at night are loose. They know the importance of saving energy for the real fight This is because they have actual experiencepic.twitter.com/4WWsMDlZX9
A scuffle, then a far right protester maces someone right in the facepic.twitter.com/pXSx7KReRm
Someone is setting up paints and an easel in front of the shield line Usually I have some snappy comment ready but for this? I've got nothingpic.twitter.com/mdeFzH100n
Wow, I'm sorry for not tweeting but I have been taking just insane video for half an hour This is a riot, PPB They haven't declared a riot, but this? What the far right is doing? A riot Take notes More soon
Risking a video break to tweet Paintball shots exchanged, mostly from far right. Several attacks. A charge. Something that sure sounded like a gunshon They attacked the snack van tried to rock it so I'd fall off. One of my eyes closed because of mace
Happening now: protest consolidates to south side of block Also I'm getting hit with vegetables by the free speech activists. As always I am wearing my press vest and doing nothing but filmingpic.twitter.com/jWXFwEjKy8
Happening now: firework thrown into counter-protest crowd
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Happening now: protest retreating
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I missed the end of this little adventure. Some chud absolutely filled the air with mace and I got that spicy sensation The protest is currently walking back towards the JC from 6th and Columbia. No sign of the chuds, I assume they retreated
Ok now that shit has calmed down I'm gonna attempt a recap The far right formed a shield wall. Swinney and several others began firing paintballs into the crowd in response to some thrown water bottles At least one person in the counterprotest returned fire with a paintball gun
Skirmishes broke out almost continuously for about half an hour. You would not BELIEVE how much footage I have. It's gonna have to be a YouTube video. I'll post clips shortly
At one point something that sounded like an actual gunshot roared out. Someone in the park fell. I have footage but it isn't clear what happened. Hopefully there are updates elsewhere: I haven't had a chance to check anything
A couple times, chuds threw something explosive into the crowd. One was a firework. A couple others were more smoke and boom than spark and I think they may have been homemade explosives. I have no proof of this, just what it looked like to me
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