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“Who’s streets? Our streets!”pic.twitter.com/PZibqKNzMK
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Deep admiration for the people out here barbecuing every night.pic.twitter.com/oYB8WaWrKx
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Crowd is trickling away, despite a passionate, prolonged chant of “Black Trans Lives Matter!”pic.twitter.com/kC4B88o2z6
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A contingent by the cars blocking 3rd Ave on SW Main starts chanting “Black Lives Matter!” But the crowd stays true to “Black Trans Lives Matter!”
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I’ve heard chatter for most of the night that protesters are going to try to stay overnight in Chapman Square. Now there’s an organizer asking people to sign up for two-hour guard shifts, in case police appear at 2am.
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More green fireworks cause a chant of “We do this every night.Stay together! Stay tight!”
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The fireworks made people jumpy and then it immediately died down.pic.twitter.com/SoZHj3eYEM
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Walked over to where I saw the fireworks come from and the crowd confirmed they were just fireworks, shot by a dude on a skateboard.
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Crowd is in a chanting, holding pattern. They don’t seem to be losing numbers, but what’s going on is: chanting.
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Some people tried to pull down the inner fence. And now officers are on the Justice Center steps.pic.twitter.com/MSJsS8yamh
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Officers standing beneath the Justice Center overhang. It’s very tense.pic.twitter.com/vJD46BQ0CX
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Super quiet officer announcement: “Please just leave the fence alone.”
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I do not understand why these officers have a worse bullhorn than the protesters.
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I heard the words “sherrif’s office?” What is the deal with this ineffectual bullhorn?
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Here’s the PPB announcement. They don’t want people throwing things over the fence. They don’t intend to engage. “Please remain peaceful.”pic.twitter.com/yd8rHWGPJf
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The Multnomah County sheriff office’s lights from under protestor umbrellas.pic.twitter.com/wrR1FOELv4
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“There are children in this gathering. We want everyone to remain safe.”” Make sure you exercise your first amendment rights in a safe manner, realizing children are present,” says the PPB. “Tamir Rice was a child!” a woman shouts.
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I did see a baby in this crowd. It was pretty content and drinking from a bottle.
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But make no mistake there is a real legitimate baby in a stroller here in Chapman Park.
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I wish that just once the police would roll out a red carpet and line up along it with spotlights and top hats like “This WAY PLEASE!
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Your hostile actions While your lips are close to mine Will last forever Forever, till the end of timepic.twitter.com/22Wlx6uJws
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We aren’t at civil disturbance or unlawful assembly yet, but the situation remains tense and fluid.
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The stand-off feels eternal and we have to call it. If you want to see
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