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Looks like we're gonna hold off on marching for a little bit:https://twitter.com/safePDXprotest/status/1303908456496152578?s=19 …
How do you forget your helmet on Day 104? My brain lately: not on top of things. All the more reason to protect what's left with a helmet
As I return helmeted I see the crowd has grown to maybe 120. @SoundBlocPDX is playing Les Chant de Partisans. People chat quietly
A speaker announces that this is the 49th anniversary of the Attica prison riot in response to subhuman conditions. They took over the prison for 4 days and issued a list of demands. They achieved all of them 33 people died for that change
The activist leads the crowd in a chant for Breonna Taylor "We're gonna effect change, right?" The crowd cheers
The activist introduces himself as BLM4EverG on Instagram. He says he's just returned from DC and that Portland was well-represented there. I believe he said he's been in Louisvie before that
The march arrives at ICE, where federal agents already await us, gas masks on They announce something about moving away from the facility but I can't hear it over shouts of "Chinga La Migra!" Definitely gas mask timepic.twitter.com/ux8osPfUkB
It's a small crowd, but it's a small line too. Not enough to do much on their own. They stand quietly while the crowd chants: "Your momma raised a fascist!" "No cops, no prisons! Total abolition!" "No one is illegal on stolen land!" someone shouts
The activist with the megaphone tells the federal agents they're part of an agency that tears apart families. They've pledged allegiance to a bad structure "There must be change. There WILL be a fucking change!"
New chant to me: "Look to your left! Look to your right! One of these cops beats their wives!" This refers to the statistic that 40% of cops beat their wives. It comes from a small mid-90s study. I'd prefer more research, but there hasn't been any Wonder why that is?
I'm right up at the front and I can confidently say nothing has been thrown tonight The activist states that there is no reason for the DHS to exist. "Y'all are just glorified security guards! That's it!"
"You're not wanted! You're not needed!"
Meanwhile, some protesters walk to the back of the ICE building to check out the reserve forces:pic.twitter.com/aPriU3SOew
"You are locking babies in cages! You are separating immigrant families, just as you separated my family in the days of slavery!"
An activist notices one of the DHS personnel in the back using a GoPro to record the crowd. This is, to my understanding, illegal When challenged, he holds it up so we can get a clear shot. Why not? What are we gonna do, call the cops?pic.twitter.com/Dr2Qquxa6U
Looks like they're wearing masks, which is a refreshing change of pace and also means I can take my gas mask off. Unexpected win!
The crowd parts to let's bus through. As the driver maneuvers drives past the crowd he honks his approval. Huge cheers
Standoff continues. No real change. 0 things thrown, 0 illegal activity of any sort For now, DHS seem content to listen to the various taunts and creative obscenities hurled their way
Current vibe: "Where is the love?" by the Black Eyed Peaspic.twitter.com/Qrm70Y3EJk
One of the dancers just playfully dangled a pair of handcuffs to the cops, it was amazing They're getting closer and closer. A game of chicken
Reinforcements arrive and the dancers melt back into the crowd "Mask up!" someone shouts Looks like it's sticks for now though. An ancient human traditionpic.twitter.com/LvI9Lijk6Y
Bafflingly, the Feds get on the loudspeaker to tell us not to light the ICE building on fire No one has attempted this to my knowledge. I mean, there were some fire dance moves I guess but that's as far as it's gone
Cops recording shit again. It's been on and off all nightpic.twitter.com/iFh9d9NNZI
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