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If you want GOOD pictures I think @bethnakamura is here now!
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By the way, I have learned that this person shot by PPB earlier is a homeless man who was at Riot Ribs.pic.twitter.com/G87NiCU31D
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This is another video of the swinging smoke thing. This was before I got gassed out of the area.pic.twitter.com/DSjSeJTTyu
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Another video of the smoke from the initial push north. Protesters were pushed from SW Madison a couple blocks north to Salmon. I saw individual people get hit a dozen times each with what I believe were pepper balls.pic.twitter.com/LoOjSKlslo
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More protesters are slowly congregating at SW Salmon where the federal officers have held the line. They’re standing under the Uncharted Realities sign which seems apt.pic.twitter.com/wUIzI6dPwy
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Line has moved back a little bit. More shots fired. More calls for medics. The air up here is extremely spicy.pic.twitter.com/zxk6V86cOd
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Just got gassed out of the area. The area outside the 7/11 is now filled with protesters coughing, choking, retching, yelling for eye washes, pouring water in each other’s eyes.pic.twitter.com/7imuu5bnDS
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I just had to flush my whole face and now my mask is soaked. People around me still spitting and coughing. Gotta love getting tear gassed repeatedly during a highly contagious pandemic!!!!
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Someone on the bullhorn outside 7/11: “is everyone ok?”
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Lindsey has definite proof of CS gas (tear gas) being used if the description of the symptoms didn’t cut it. Used without warning or a dispersal call, I’ll add. The feds agents don’t talk. They just shoot and smoke. https://twitter.com/lindseypsmith7/status/1284022291248996353?s=21 …https://twitter.com/LindseyPSmith7/status/1284022291248996353 …
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Crowd is slowly migrating back south to
@riotribs, which is still grilling.pic.twitter.com/MDykWhYHeE
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Protesters pulling the fence off of Lownsdale Square along SW 4th. This can only end well
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Fence update. A couple protesters have wandered into the park.pic.twitter.com/acbdSrScLe
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Someone on the bullhorn: “anyone have bolt cutters?” Me after multiple minutes of workshopping this joke: “is that Fiona apple on the mic?”
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Fence had been moved to block off SW 4th at Main. Protesters are all north of the fence. Federal courthouse is to the west across the no-longer-fenced-off Lownsdale Park.pic.twitter.com/EwPM4Dwoxr
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That was a picture of the park and the courthouse. Can’t take a photo of the fence because it is constantly being moved. Now blocking SW Main.
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“Tuck!” you say. “Are the rumors true? Does all the spicy air / tear gas affect your reproductive system and general junk region?” The answer is very much yes, thank you for asking!
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Sorry to make the last two tweets about me. This is not about me. It is just... extremely wild and surreal that this is our lives.
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While we are talking about me... my lungs feel VERY bad and I cannot be the only one
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Fire at the former elk statue. Basically a nightly tradition at this point. https://twitter.com/lindseypsmith7/status/1284030857196396545?s=21 …https://twitter.com/LindseyPSmith7/status/1284030857196396545 …
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Fences still being moved around. Protesters roaming freely in Lownsdale now.
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Fences are now moved off of Chapman as well. No sign of police presence yet. Remember like 2-3 hours ago when a bunch of PPB officers came out when a small section of the fence was moved?
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I have begrudgingly walked over to Main between the parks to show y’all what’s going on.pic.twitter.com/U2EXZROEyq
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Oops federal agents spotted over on Madison. Everyone’s backing out of the elk area preemptively. Back up on 4th now.
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By agents I mean officers, again. “Federal agents” is just the phrase stuck in my brain, sorry.
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A few people wander towards the federal officers on SW 3rd and Madison. I can hear a LOT of popping sounds from over there but can’t see what’s going on. There is still a fence around the SW corner of Chapman Square but protesters are now inside the park/fence.
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Ugh I meant SE but SW is also fenced. I’m sorry! Anyway, I am now at the SE corner, which is where that federal building is that everyone was gassed away from a few hours ago. I can’t see federal officers but it seems likely that they’re inside and/or outside of that building.
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