A beautiful banner hangs from the PPA roofpic.twitter.com/4N6WQW0gFy
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How many cops does it take to diamantle a fence? Answer: More than you'd thinkpic.twitter.com/PVtLRfSzmO
And then they retreat The cops are currently chilling in front of the PPA again Standoffpic.twitter.com/XwvgXaLbOC
The Police retreat from the PPA and vanish Protesters advance and start some creative redecorating
DJ LRAD reminds everyone it's still a riot
How many protestera does it take to set up a fence? By the time you finish asking the question, it's already uppic.twitter.com/J9xly4cQct
A car comes up to the fence. Revs its engine. Reverses quick, charges, turns down a side street at the last minutepic.twitter.com/Zvc91tzPED
Police charge and make multiple arrests. A small kettle in the Heavenly Donuts parking lot Multiple TRO violations holy shit Footage incomingpic.twitter.com/3stIafQhWB
So much tear gas the nearby apartment's smoke alarm is going offpic.twitter.com/PR7Sq0oETL
A brutal arrest, which I film until told to move by someone who doesn't understand what it means to interfere in police activitypic.twitter.com/XPUuBrcgkv
Protest back at the PPA for Round 3 Chant: "Cops and Klan go Hand in Hand!"pic.twitter.com/qQAUihooz8
That car I posted about earlier driving erratically kept doing it for a while. No sign of it now
@45thabsurdist points out that the car ran multiple red lights and drove recklessly in front of ridiculous amounts of cops, yet no action taken
It's hard to ignore the pattern
Protesters singing along to The Coup This is the sound of Summer 2020 for mepic.twitter.com/L9pq3iSEsT
Still standing off at the PPB. One of the officers took a couple shots at the crowd known only to him The graffiti on the PPA is very good tonight "Say her name! Kendra James! Who killed her? PPB!"pic.twitter.com/vjlqCyN86A
This officer has been posted like this for at least 2 minutes. Aiming but not firing while everyone heckles himpic.twitter.com/VL5zd9gnQj
"I want to be a storm trooper for Donald Trump! I want to be an authoritarian fuck!" "Which one of you organized the rally on Saturday? Who cut the shields for QAnon?" "Raise your hand if you're in the Klan!" Chant: "it's a revolution, not a riot!"
Abruptly a dozen cops charge across the street to the Heavenly Donuts and arrest some kid "They said they arrested me for what I said!" he shouts as they lead him away in cuffs (sound on) What first amendment?pic.twitter.com/BYKDVcSzCr
The erratic driver from earlier is back and he's...um...well, something with 2 beers and a tape measure I don't know what's going on herepic.twitter.com/sRjN4vclHk
Press swarms him. A protester yells that he almost ran them over and should be in jail DJ LRAD tells press and legal observers that they appreciate us but to stop interfering with their work and to leave the roadway I feel very appreciated
The police leave the area, but not before gassing the fuck out of everyone againpic.twitter.com/2yw4OiqA1e
Everyone just chilling in front of the PPA now Normally this is when I'd head out but the way last night went--20+ arrests after 1AM--I'm nervous to leave
DJ LRAD is back to remind us that Lombard is open to vehicular traffic. Tear gas threatened No word on whether this is still a riot
Struggling to put my gas mask back on as someone offers doughnuts to protesters It's a good mask. I can tell because I haven't been incapacitated by tear gas and also because it feels like it's slowly squeezing my brains out my ears
....and then they get back on their riot vans and leave Very chaotic energy tonight
Out of nowhere the cops arrive, disassemble the fence barricade on Lombard, and vanish again They're getting good at this sudden strike thing. Keeps one a bit off balancepic.twitter.com/NDzGh7Fx3G
The protest is winding down. Lots of people going home. I'm tempted to do the same...but I remember what happened last night. How all the arrests were after one, after lots of people had left, when the crowd was small and easy to subdue
Falling asleep leaned up on a post in my body armor and helmet, absolutely sure I'm gonna wake up 10 years ago at some field training exercise in Fort Polk or something and be baffled at this strange dream I just had
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