And we have an unlawful assembly declaration. We are to move West
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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
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Another arrest. notice how they went for the person who immediately complied, jerked him to his feet so they could throw him down again
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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
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Medic truck arrest
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"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
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Copa retreat, respond to a thrown water bottle with launched smoke canisters. All my footage has faces in it :/ Back to the PPA
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Another massive rush and more mass arrests. I didn't get any good footage but I think
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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
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Back at the PPA, where the cop line and the protest have both thinned considerablypic.twitter.com/Bxl7ewjbWd
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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!"
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Cop line has retreated. I think the night is winding down
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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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