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It's worth noting that the police are still horribly outnumbered, which means this gas mask is going to become one with my face tonight Horribly outnumbered, everyone I cannot overstate how outnumbered they are
Dumpster fires just don't hit the same after bottles of flaming death explodes next to you Nonetheless, we have a dumpster fire and a barricadepic.twitter.com/pEpaY0aAbK
Another push and so much tear gas. I think the filter is saturated. Fuck The crowd splits 3 ways. Police pause at 119th and Starkpic.twitter.com/UORM3wfAsV
Cops rush and make arrests, then start firing the gas
#BlackLivesMatter
#PortlandProtesters #PDXprotests #PoliceViolence #PoliceBrutality #AbolishThePolice #DefendPDXpic.twitter.com/R1Ytb7L3VA
The police arrest someone seemingly at random at the intersection. We move out to try to find the crowd, which is very much water at this point (For everyone asking: I'm uninjured and fine)
We have rejoined the crowd. It's still huge 96 days ago, a crowd about this size got hopelessly scattered by maybe half that amount of tear gas But that was then. This is now
The cops find us in the maze of residential streets. They charge, tackle, arrest
#BlackLivesMatter #PortlandProtesters #PDXprotests #PoliceViolence #PoliceBrutality #AbolishThePolice #DefendPDXpic.twitter.com/NzPIqehMnY
The group I'm with pauses on a major street and tries to figure out what to do. I'd guess there's been at least one split at this point. Maybe 200 in this group
It's amazing how much more comfortable a gas mask seems after it saves you from massive clouds of tear gas multiple times. I could wear this all day. I may never take it off
Every time you hear the "this is what democracy looks like" chant on a livestream know that I'm quietly losing my fucking mind. Every time. Every time This is what a dystopian hellscape looks like
Marching down 122nd: a major road. Cops blocking some of the residential streets but not charging or LRADing currently
Some angels sent directly from heaven just handed out Otter Pops
That's Otter Pops: official sponsor of #BlackLivesMatter whether they like it or not
(my love affair with this gas mask does not allow me to partake, tragically)
Two groups unite!! The other group is about the size of ours, so we're probably 500 strong now? Maybe more Someone's playing Rage Against the Machine. It's good
Unless the cops have more reinforcements than we've seen so far, the cops are Once again Horribly outnumbered
DJ LRAD back, reminding everyone that this is still a riot and ordering the crowd to move back to the East The direction they want us to go changes often, I notice
Riot line forming. See you on the other side of the push
Cops push, then charge. Takedowns and arrests again
#BlackLivesMatter #PortlandProtesters #PDXprotests #PoliceViolence #PoliceBrutality #AbolishThePolice #DefendPDpic.twitter.com/fKFW09uMrt
A cop shoves press to the ground
#BlackLivesMatter #PortlandProtesters #PDXprotests #PoliceViolence #PoliceBrutality #AbolishThePolice #DefendPDpic.twitter.com/wU5oDhT05v
Pictured: yet more tear gas and, I think, the snack ban getting its tires popped again Not pictured: what democracy looks likepic.twitter.com/CCymGDnD68
My gas mask is doing its best and it's best is, increasingly, not good enough. My kingdom for a fresh filter Coughing and wondering why I never took up smoking.
Another charge. Anyone who falls is arrested
#BlackLivesMatter #PortlandProtesters #PDXprotests #PoliceViolence #PoliceBrutality #AbolishThePolice #DefendPDpic.twitter.com/QjP4MOIwwn
Police try to stop press from making an arrest. I've found that the best strategy for a reasonably buff 5'8" person is to just ignore these instructions and keep filming. They're like sharks. They can smell fear. Don't show any and they ignore you It's worked so far anywaypic.twitter.com/uG0ibyMxWZ
Police push protesters past Ventura Park Elementary School, more tear gas used. Then a retreat Seems not cool to use tear gas near an elementary school where kids play in the grass and shit but what do I know
Then, the police retreat back down the street. Form up by the elementary school Just standing here now, waiting to see what happens next I guess. Protest pretty well scattered againpic.twitter.com/i18CCF1CLY
Another double time push. Not a lot accomplished that I can see. Reports of them going after press, I didn't have a good view DJ LRAD sounds exhausted as he tells the crowd to disperse to the North Cops currently standing in a riot line and catching their breathpic.twitter.com/SKL2OjFy8n
This happened about 15 minutes ago and I didn't have time to upload it but sound on for somone absolutely letting the cops have it with both verbal barrelspic.twitter.com/BgL5KARxEw
The cops keep rushing forward without warning to try and arrest one of the dudes yelling at them He keeps running faster than them It must be very frustrating
@MildlyAutistic is in high form tonight
"None of you know how to cook meatloaf! You wash your cast-iron skillets with soap! Y'all look like the kind of n***** who ride a horse with both feet on one side! You look like you buy lift kits just to crawl over speed bumps at 1MPH!"
"All you motherfuckers look like you would have told Sigourney Weaver not to worry about the alien! You look like you have no idea what the Bechdel Test is" "All of you look just like the motherfucker who gave me a TBI"
Trying to rejoin the march. A riot van zooms past me on 117th and Taylor
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