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Downtown Portland is incredibly quiet right now.pic.twitter.com/D6jw0lV1Bo
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I’m at the #PortlandProtest where far right groups from around the country have gathered to hold a rally against anti-fascists. It is expected they will be met by large groups of counter-protesters. Follow along on this thread 
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Melvin Smith is a retired trucker from Mississippi who came here to protest against Trump. “It’s bad enough I had to grow up in Mississippi with racism. It’s worse now than it was then. I’m gonna do it any chance I got. We have no great leaders anymore.”
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An interfaith service is now taking place. Meanwhile, I’ve just received word that right wing protesters are gathering just north of here.pic.twitter.com/R0ZXCXHLK0
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A group of Proud Boys has started to assemble outside the Portland Fire Dept. Joining them are two members of a group called Portland’s Liberation, “a right-of-center” organization that wants a strict state of constitutionalism. Meet Alyssa Bang and Drakken Saer from that group.pic.twitter.com/FF6Pi84rb5
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A group of black bloc counter-protesters arrive across the street from Proud Boys.
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Patriot Prayer is now on the move walking past counter-protesters.pic.twitter.com/PnQtj987sK
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This local Portland “group” is here representing white flour and wife power. “We heard this was a white flour protest!”
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Rob is from Portland and came here to bear witness. “Sounded like this was going to be outrageous and this is the most outrageous thing I have. I didn’t have any red pants, so I took some red latex paint and painted my cutoffs.”
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The interfaith service is still going and has become the gathering spot for black-bloc and other counter-protesters.
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This is E.D. Mondainè , President of NAACP Portland, giving the final sermon of the interfaith ceremony.
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Black bloc now making their way to another pedestrian bridge to cross over where the Proud Boys and other right wing groups have gathered.
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Counter-protesters including those in black bloc are now crossing over the Burnside Bridge
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Black bloc counter-protesters have shut down Steel Bridge
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Police continue to advance and block movements of left wing counter-protesters on the east side of Portland
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This is the first arrest of the day that I’ve witnessed. From what I saw, a counter-protester tried crossing the street and an officer on a bike rode into him. Police then grabbed him and punched him in the stomach.
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Found Joey Gibson of Patriot Prayer making his way through downtown Portland. The woman at the end of this video was arrested for revving her motorcycle who was trying to drown Joey out.
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Here is the woman getting arrested for revving her motorcycle. I’m sorry I missed the moment, but four officers dragged her off her bike.
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And Joey Gibson is gone. The protest seems to be officially over.
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There are still black bloc counter-protesters in the streets. Heading that way now.
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I’ve been told police arrested this woman because she was in the street. She allegedly resisted when they cuffed her and they then pepper-sprayed her in the face.
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Trump supporters driving through Morrison and Broadway with American/Confederate flags on the back had their flags removed. Police quickly stepped in.
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Arrests likely to happen soon as counter-protesters have decided to hold a sit-out on Park and Yamhill
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