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I am still participating in the @JFlorencePDX workout program where I wear their intensely heavy and life-preserving body armor while marching all over this fair city
I am gonna be SO ripped
Portland is amazing. Even after today's madness there are probably 150 people here. Chanting: Black Lives Matter Chanting: Out Of Your Houses, Into The Streets
An activist announces that the cops have decided to intercept the march. They're waiting just down the street While the march holds tight and figures out next steps, the activist encourages everyone to get loud and they do. Chant: Black Lives Matter
"hey, people in your houses, your neighbors are getting beaten out here every night! What are you doing about it?" "We are all very tired. We are asking for one night from you. One hour!"
On the move again. A couple stands on their deck and applauds the march as it goes past Sure enough, cops await across the I-84 overpass on 53rdpic.twitter.com/VDdjTUkwLt
The Black activist on the megaphone, who redirected the protest away from the waiting cops, takes a moment to remind the crowd to stay tight and take care of each other. Leave no one behind I really like the energy tonight
I especially like the acknowledgement of exhaustion So often people say, we aren't tired, try to get the crowd to say it too, get mad if they don't say it loud enough The truth is the protesters are all so tired. Bone-weary They carry on anyway, and that should be celebrated
A call for shields to the front. The march takes its time, gets ready, gets tight before advancing further
A cop line awaits on the 47th street overpass "Can we get a DJ LRAD to tell us why we aren't allowed to pass? We have a right to pass!"pic.twitter.com/E3AfHY9RUi
DJ LRAD claims they've seen criminal activity, specifically throwing projectiles This simply has not happened. There has been nothing but marching tonight. There have been no confrontations They announce that the overpass is closed and encourage protesters to leave
Sometimes when the police act like this it's a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you're gonna be accused of criminal activity might as well do it, right? Not tonight. Solid shield wall. Unyielding. Unreactive Tunes from that brave protester who got beaten to fuck a couple nights agopic.twitter.com/9EUsoVNnp6
DJ LRAD repeats that the overpass is closed, as if the protesters weren't just standing here not trying to pass Doesn't matter. They'll say whatever they want in their press release tomorrow, just like they always do
Hey does anyone remember when Proud Boys literally threw explosives and maced and shot people with paintballs and pointed loaded weapons at people and that was OK? Meanwhile, standing on an overpass is unacceptable This isn't bias this is an observation of fact
I regret to inform you that I saw a very weak green laser briefly shine over the police line A moment of silence for our boys in blue
The protest has become water again Another police line waits a few blocks behind them. This is definitely not a first amendment violation at all They turn back into the neighborhoodspic.twitter.com/BWP2HWizv2
"All right, are we together? Are we tight? Anyone in these houses want to come out and see what the PPB does to us every fucking night?" "No takers?" "That's all right. We'll fight for you anyway" This activist is incredible
There will be a brief pause in this thread while Things Happen. Can't go into details yet but stay tuned
As soon as I get out of my car I hear DJ LRAD announcing that Kelly Penumbra MSCO building is closed That's right. The protest fucking drove here. Block the bridges all you want, life finds a way
The protest is almost exactly as large as it was in the park DJ LRAD calling out people by outfit and telling them to stop trespassing I see a lot of cop lights but no cops. My guess is they don't have a lot of cops here. My guess is they're still blocking bridges
This is a video of nothing No one is throwing anything No one is trespassing any longer Just cops blinding us all with lights They could just, you know...let people chant outside their building It's an option they havepic.twitter.com/OSpwZpfaaN
Sorry, a protester has walked ten feet onto the property to flip them off Pretty sure that's a riot
WE'VE GOT THE GUILLOTINE, YOU'D BETTER RUN
#blacklivesmatter
#protest #pdx #Oregon #BLM #acab #PortlandProtests #PDXprotests #PortlandStrong #WallofMoms #WallOfDads #WallofVets #PortlandKidnappings #PortlandMoms #Teargas #DefendPDXpic.twitter.com/MCNOPwoWKi
I did in fact walk on MSCO property to get this shot DJ LRAD specifically says press not allowed on MSCO property Pretty sure that's taxpayer property, also I was not interfering with police activity by taking a picture for 30 seconds. I think the TRO has me covered here
A couple officers seen. Can't get a shot or a clear idea because of these lights Call for shields to the front
Crowd chants Breonna Taylor while it waits for the cops to do whatever they're gonna do
The guillotine creators have retrieved it from the front, which is good because this is way too cool to get trashed by the copspic.twitter.com/p5A2TvXEvW
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