Spotlight moving over the crowd Ok, I just saw an egg thrown It splatters maybe 50 feet from the police cars Your reminder that eggs are 100% biodegradable and wash away in the rain Projectile warning repeated
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Oh cool, DJ LRAD declares an unlawful assembly due to projectiles (a few eggs) and "blocking the street" If these motherfuckers could exceed my expectations even once it would be so nice. This is seriously the most mellow crowd I've seen in weeks
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Anyone want to take bets on how quick they declare a riot for no reason? Reply with your predictions and win a fabulous prize!! (The prize probably won't be fabulous)
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The police charge and arrest so many people: people on the sidewalk, anyone not press. Footage incoming
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The police have just retreated back into the MSCO while firing pepper balls Pepper balls? It smells like baby powder Weird
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Police arrest someone and punch him in the face Multiple timespic.twitter.com/pFcuBAk657
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Another arrest of a protester standing on the sidewalk with a shield. Signaled out from across the street "You! You're going to jail. Not press"pic.twitter.com/7lwBPbLW94
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Just snatching people up left and right
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My other footage of arrests has a ton of faces so it's gonna have to wait until tomorrow but holy shit. Just grabbing unresisting protesters and pulling them to the vans I'm sure the arrest numbers will look very impressive in tomorrow's papers
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Currently the protest is standing in the intersection of 17th and Burnside. Cops circling. Trying to figure out which way they're coming Someone is playing Les Miz and I don't hate it
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Something occurred to me as the cops kept yelling "You! Not press! Going to jail!" Sure seems like a good way to get people who aren't press to dress up as press Seems like a great way to advance the fake press narrative. But what do I know?
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You really shouldn't trust my takes though. After all, this is Twitter And as
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A riot van loaded with cops departs the MSCO and drives East, away from the protesters That's all I know. I assume they're forming a riot line somewhere
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"Make a hole!" Protesters move out of the way and a bus easily navigates the "blocked" streetpic.twitter.com/oHaiiyqQQk
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DJ LRAD makes an abrupt return. Reminds everyone that this is an unlawful assembly due to "criminal activity" like blocking the street. The usual threat of tear gas Sigh We're probably about to get pushed
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The LRAD orders the medical truck that's been handing out water and other provisions to get our of the crosswalk As a journalist I can neither confirm nor deny that Brent Taylor #12 is standing in the shadows clutching his tire popper, fully erect
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Riot cops push and conduct multiple arrests again. I don't have any good footage. Same shit as last time. Grabbing everyone they can They push to 45th, pause, then retreat Protesters advance back up the street "Stay together, stay right! We do this every night!"
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Back at 47th and Burnside Loud chant: "No Justice, No Peace!" I don't know how many people have been arrested tonight but it is a LOT
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Riot cops charge protesters
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Police start kettling and arresting protesters in the Wajan parking lot while a protester next to me asks some very good questions about what the fuck is going onpic.twitter.com/GYQf792TeL
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Seems like things are dying down here. Most of the people left are press and medics I'm calling it. Gonna pack it in Solidarity to everyone still out here!
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