Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile)

Editorial comment here The protest is doing what it's done for 99 days. It's standing in front of the police, waiting for them to do something For the last 1.5 weeks, "something" has been mass arrests It might be time to try something else

The Black activist on the megaphone says: "Unless we stand up, they're gonna keep killing us in the streets. That's why we're out here tonight! "If these cops think we're gonna give up, they have another thing coming! We're going to be here every day! Every day! Every day!"

DJ LRAD keeps repeating his warning, including the part about press and legal observers. Trumpet Guy and @SoundBlocPDX drown them out. Piggies squeek in hundreds of pockets Protesters very much in the street. Press and legal observers as well

Mac Smith gets on the mic "Shit's getting crazy out here. People have died. This is a budget issue, folks! This is a budget issue and y'all over there looking like storm troopers"

Smith is talking about last Saturday's car caravan. About how the cops allowed 600 pickup trucks to snarl traffic in Portland and threaten lives "We don't want destruction! We don't want this shit destroyed! We want your shit destroyed, we want you to go home!"

"I will go home when the police are defunded! Tell Ted Wheeler we will go home when you go home and don't come back!"

That's Mac Smiff, not Smith--sorry about that!

Everything about the same out here

I'm standing a ways back so I'm not 100% sure what happened but there are some VERY bright spotlights shining from the PPA guards suddenly, and chants of "shame!" I'm standing back here to try and get footage when they rush but that doesn't help for whatever's going on right now

DJ LRAD sounding off again. Claims of projectiles thrown I have seen some balloons bounced around the crowd, maybe that's what they're talking about

And we have an unlawful assembly declaration. We are to move West

"this is the second use of force warning! This is the second warning that tear gas may be used!" It is definitely mask time y'all

As I uploaded this, another push down Lombard. More arrests. Footage incoming They appear to be retreating, we'll see

No time to upload footage. Here's what just happened: -Another mini-rush, one arrest -a guy on a bicycle apparently started swinging a hammer at people. The police apparently helped him on his bike and let him go. I caught only the end of this incident

Please be aware: they are grabbing people seemingly at random. People on the sidewalk. Anyone slow If you are out here you are at risk

Hammer bike guy is back. He does not appear to be doing particularly well in life. I think he's having a bad time The officers allow him to walk away down the street, then immediately threaten a protester with jail for the exact same thing

As I uploaded that last, cops charged and arrested medics in a truck in the Chevron parking lot. Then they pushed press back so they couldn't video Then they arrested someone in the Heavenly Donuts parking lot and made a line all the way across the street so no one could film

Copa retreat, respond to a thrown water bottle with launched smoke canisters. All my footage has faces in it :/ Back to the PPA

Another massive rush and more mass arrests. I didn't get any good footage but I think @45thabsurdist did. Jesus they're fast. Vicious and determined I didn't want to be right about the high arrest numbers, I really didn't