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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
Cops charge and conduct mass arrests--I'd estimate around 10. Drive protesters back with what seemed to me to be smoke and not gas Cops retreat to the PPA. Look at all of them (Arrest footage incoming)pic.twitter.com/IN2pGWgQ2W
A brutal arrest. It's worse with sound on
#PortlandProtesters #Police #PoliceViolence #PoliceBrutality #BlackLivesMatter
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As I uploaded this, another push down Lombard. More arrests. Footage incoming They appear to be retreating, we'll see
Back at the PPA. I'll try to upload some footage real quickpic.twitter.com/FfG4eCXcPn
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
Two arrests from earlier
#PortlandProtesters #Police #PoliceViolence #PoliceBrutality #BlackLivesMatterpic.twitter.com/3ltVaxx164
Another arrest. notice how they went for the person who immediately complied, jerked him to his feet so they could throw him down again
#PortlandProtesters #Police #PoliceViolence #PoliceBrutality #BlackLivesMatterpic.twitter.com/HsK81mrVMs
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
Medic truck arrest
#PortlandProtesters #Police #PoliceViolence #PoliceBrutality #BlackLivesMatterpic.twitter.com/qxppyvyCuK
"back up, back up, we want freedom, freedom; all these racist-ass cops we don't need 'em, need 'em" As I type this, they begin to retreat back to the PPApic.twitter.com/YBlMDRX4XZ
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
They keep talking about "targeted arrests," which seems to mean "targeting whoever's easiest to catch." Getting reports that they're doing that thing again where they arrest everyone in an area who isn't press
Back at the PPA, where the cop line and the protest have both thinned considerablypic.twitter.com/Bxl7ewjbWd
There's an extremely small group of protesters and they're all heckling the cops "Cops don't know where Wyoming is!" "Cops use Netscape Navigator!" "Cops liked the Star Wars prequels!"
Cop line has retreated. I think the night is winding down
I'm back at my car and heading home. Wow that was a lot of arrests Solidarity with everyone still out here!
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