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Hi there, coming at you from Elizabeth Caruthers Park, where about 200 people stand in the rain-soaked grass and prepare for the first action in nearly a week
Let's see what happens
#PortlandProtests #BlackLivesMatter
#PoliceBrutality #PortlandRiots
Elizabeth Caruthers Park is very close to the ICE building In the past couple days, we have learned that ICE is conducting systemic mass hysterectomies on its prisoners At a certain point, words are no longer enough
An activist on the megaphone reminds us of the stakes That Trump had made it clear that, if re-elected, he will prosecute anyone arrested at these events for sedition We begin to march
The activist leads us in a chant: "I believe that we will win" Louder and louder. There is desperation and fear and courage here The words echo I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN
We have arrived. Immediate warning that attempts to damage the building will be met with force I don my gas mask Part of the crowd pushes to the gates immediatelypic.twitter.com/xpYd5C0rI4
A roof cop is visible, along with a handful of feds behind the gate Chant: "CHINGA LA MIGRA!"pic.twitter.com/dFysA9GpfK
Shout-out to @1StephenSwann for this magnificent gas mask: a military-issue beauty that wraps my face in the tenderest of embraces
Looking forward to seeing how it holds up
The activist on the megaphone calls for shields to the front. Not a ton of shields tonight, unfortunately
LIST OF CRIMES COMMITTED TONIGHT: someone has written "Fuck ICE" on some plywood in spray paint (which washes off) Someone has hit the side of the building with a soft drum mallet This concludes the list of violent crimes against property thus far
The crowd advances closer to the ICE building. One protester rattles the gates. Someone else bangs on the walls Chant: "what's outrageous? Kids in cages!" Feds warn people to stop. I assume: it's hard to hear over the chantingpic.twitter.com/6RF6yG5H4K
An aside: I feel sick looking at this building. I feel sick standing here The idea of an organization, now, today, forcibly removing internal organs from the helpless and nonconsenting, makes me physically ill It makes me wish all kinds of shit I can't say on Twitter
Back to coverage: The crowd has moved back perhaps 15 feet from the gate, chanting. People donning gas masks The list of crimes has not expanded
The car barricade moves and honks. Sounds like we've got incoming The crowd braces for impact
Crowd pushed to Lowell and Moody. A smoke bomb deployed by feds. A few half-empty water bottles thrownpic.twitter.com/W9RZc30uWC
The Portland Police come up from behind. Declare an unlawful assembly. Tell protesters to disperse to the North. They are standing to the North of the protest Feels kind of kettly around here
Meanwhile, many of the feds have taken a step back, leaving these charming boyspic.twitter.com/WOkPsVO8O6
Reports that riot vans are loading up at the JC. Cannot positively confirm this
Standoff at Lowell and Moody. Someone offers water and snacks. The cops move back half a block. The like remains, but they do not seem inclined to press forward at this time Gas masks very much onpic.twitter.com/XGIIfw7drP
Fun quiz: find the difference between these guys and deployed American soldiers: -American soldiers wear name tags -They don't wear gas masks to protect against their own munitions, since chemical weapons are banned in warfare -No one wears the fucking codpiece it's embarrassingpic.twitter.com/qC4Io0hHAe
Feds have pulled back to the intersection in front of the ICE buildingpic.twitter.com/APXoqmf3rQ
The feds push back farther, then regroup. Standoff continuespic.twitter.com/L1RS5ctclF
Without warning or provocation the feds let loose a barrage of just fucking everything I've got footage but let's start where we're at now: feds firing massive pepper balls into an empty fucking street:pic.twitter.com/FbZup9PPyQ
The beginning of the push. Nothing happened to provoke this. They just started shootingpic.twitter.com/Dw9EmnCKIn
I couldn't tell whether this was tear gas or not, my mask is that fucking good now It was tear gas though. Returned to senderpic.twitter.com/YqMvGuTKPF
Happening now: they open fire for no reason. Gas the fuck out of everyone Portland Police say some shit on the LRAD but we can't hear over the flash bang and shotspic.twitter.com/2VKjMA8suZ
Another push. The unbrella and and shield wall braces themselves, shrouded in smoke and gas Screaming "BLACK LIVES MATTER" Defiant. Determined. Committedpic.twitter.com/7iDaGRNDP3
Massive smoke, mass arrests. Footage to follow. Driven back to Moody and Abernathy
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