So this was the most intense (and asthma-inducing) part of the day. As things settled down, the cops noticed someone they wanted to arrested from earlier. When they charged him, it turned into an about three-block chase involving several other #Antifa trying to protect him.pic.twitter.com/TuxQQLxOru
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Sorry these tweets are really not in order. I'm putting out highlights as the footage imports. One big moment in the day happened when a woman in a Black Lives Matter cap was put onto her belly and arrested for walking on the street, a "disorderly conduct" the cops claim.pic.twitter.com/p1h3GTdxl0
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Today was an optics game, both sides trying to brand the other as violent and them as non-violent. When antifa started to attack a construction worker, they were confronted and stopped by their own guys. "He's just a construction worker guys, chill the fuck out" one said.pic.twitter.com/RFtblpBglW
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Same thing occurred later with pedestrian couple that opposed antifa but wasn't with a group. I arrived after initial confrontation, but after bloodying the man and egging the woman, antifa tried to escort them out peacefully to avoid further violence.pic.twitter.com/gPZKZjYWhW
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The Proud Boys came and left pretty quick, but this was the closest anything of theirs got to violence. When one guy tensely approached a counter-demonstrator, a different PB got in the way and said "What are you doing? Stop. Stop." Police removed the guy without a fight.pic.twitter.com/7mACuTz1a2
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"A Chinese Communist regime is running Portland," Joey Gibson told me. He was arrested this week on felony riot charges related to an incident from months ago and believes it was to discourage his participation today.pic.twitter.com/OjjdTlsP2M
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On the right wing side, Infowars branded tee-shirts said "Not today antifa" with a list of cities including Charlottesville on it. "We remember Charlottesville. You got Heather Heyer killed," believed activists on the left.pic.twitter.com/5qyaNOo6iP
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On the right, Joe Biggs got the attention of the FBI for his rhetoric ahead of today's event online. Today I spoke to him in person before everything began, here's what he described as his goals, including that "cooler heads prevail."pic.twitter.com/2St3SViVhO
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When they were actually in the park on the downtown Portland side of the bridge, Enrique Tarrio (pres of Proud Boys) said that "we're gonna waste his resources today. They came and promptly left, knowing how expensive Portland's reaction would be. Apparently they're having a BBQpic.twitter.com/PVuiolJJaN
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When the Proud Boys wanted to leave, police opened up an otherwise totally closed bridge to the group and allowed them to cross on the traffic lane. "Maybe I was wrong about
@tedwheeler" offered Enrique Tarrio. "We didn't expect that to happen" added Joe Biggs.pic.twitter.com/NHolmNWqSb11 replies 63 retweets 183 likesShow this thread
This was also after they left the planned meeting area & went to a second location
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