A Black person in black bloc saying that “You’re no different from the Police if you police other people’s protest. I’ve been whitewashed cause I wear black [clothes].”
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I’m at Laurelhurst park in Portland, where there is a march planned for this evening. #blacklivesmatter
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It appears people are preparing to march soon, the specific destination has not been determined yet.
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The March has began, the destination was voted on.
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The march has arrived at the east Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office.
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Only a few officers out at the moment.
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A few more cops up front now. Also one petting a dog statue.
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I count 12 officers on the ground and 2 on the roof. The crowd size is about at 200 people.
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Two undercover cops cars a block east, one drove away eastbound and the other headed north (in the very beginning of the clip).pic.twitter.com/Dft6potUpU
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One cop is weirdly debating members of the crowd. Crowd- “What’s your name?” Cop- “None of your business.” Crowd- “I cant see your name tag.” Cop- “You’ll find it eventually, keep looking.”pic.twitter.com/zdG2IV3eZ8
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Police announcing on a newly arrived LRAD to not enter the precinct.
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A whole lot of cops showed up, and they just declared an Unlawful Assembly. Orders to disperse south and west. I haven’t even seen a water bottle thrown from the protesters.
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The officers move into the street and begin to pressure westward.
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The police charge toward a bicycle with a headlight and beat up multiple people.
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The cops make their second charge and assault.
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The crowd makes a turn and the police rip a car’s tires.
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Police continue to push, it gets very dark once we enter purely residential streets.
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As I’m walking on the sidewalk, holding my press pass, an officer grabs my arm. I decide to run.
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Police not letting up.
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A third big charge and assault from the police.
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The police form a riot line, they tell press to leave the area, we were on the sidewalk.
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The group then moved away from the riot line and eventually started to march broadly back in the direction of the precinct.
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A few riot vans showed up multiple blocks away from the precinct.
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A cop walks up close to me and
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It’s pretty dark, but if you look closely you can see the police assault and thrown journalist
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Here we have the police filming the protest from a riot van, which is currently illegal per a new court order.
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Officers form another riot line and yell and make demands at mostly press.
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As a riot van drives away, a cop points a can of pepper spray at the press.
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As some press walk back to our cars, we find someone has put out water bottles for protesters to grab in front of their house.
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