Singing “hands up, please don’t shoot me” with phone lights on. Kind of surreal:pic.twitter.com/NtNzeyQR4c
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Just after 9:30pm in Portland. There’s at least 2,000 in this crowd already. More continue to arrive:pic.twitter.com/qn4ERRUJbQ
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“Can we stop this before mothers are throwing grenades??” The speeches continue here in Portland:pic.twitter.com/Ll0GP97HXn
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Looks like trash bags are being tossed over the fence at the courthouse. One or two bottles have also been thrownpic.twitter.com/EGb86hjECN
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The first warning just came over the loudspeaker from officers. The crowd is not happypic.twitter.com/ZzB2xp3mRe
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Lots of fence banging. Officers have remained inside so far but are issuing warningspic.twitter.com/nt9HYRZzZU
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One man is walking around trying to de-escalate the crowd. He says officers won’t shoot if the crowd doesn’t give them a reason to. Urges them to stop banging on the fencepic.twitter.com/SzkWahtg30
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Fireworks have begun. Just after this one was thrown into the courthouse areapic.twitter.com/DDN3ftPDGz
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Another firework is thrown into the courthouse area. Officers are continuing to issue warningspic.twitter.com/LUUvPojsxL
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As people argue in the crowd, a small fire just started on the other side of the fencepic.twitter.com/eg1SVMH64I
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Every time the announcement comes over the speaker, the crowd in front of the courthouse gets louderpic.twitter.com/AbdZCMK946
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Officers are out... it’s a literal battle. The crowd is not backing downpic.twitter.com/qBFHHFUF8T
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Officers have retreated back into the building and protesters are regrouping at the fence. You can see just how smoky it is out here in Portlandpic.twitter.com/5FoL6vGRvO
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BREAKING: Officers have declared an unlawful assembly over the loudspeaker. Warning the crowd to leave ... but they’re standing strong
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Officers have come out and tried to push the crowd back after announcing an unlawful assembly. The crowd is still fighting backpic.twitter.com/Arbvso4eAe
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Officers have arrived from a side street and pushed back the protesterspic.twitter.com/Ioei7kXWEI
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Officers are pushing the crowd back further and further away from the courthouse. Almost got hit with a few of those flash bangs in the process
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The crowd just keeps trying to return
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Officers just turned around and sprinted away...protesters are already returning to the courthouse
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Rioters broken through the fence .... officers have come outside to repair the broken fence
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(Looks like officers never repaired it to begin with). There’s a a big garbage fire:pic.twitter.com/gns7G64V3E
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Federal officers try to push back the remaining rioters againpic.twitter.com/3B7Hk845Vo
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There’s still a surprising amount of rioters here. Officers put out the fire and eventually retreated. Fire is lit again. It’s 3am in Portlandpic.twitter.com/vaoh8EPnO3
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