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Jun 5, 2020, 134 tweets

#portland day 7

Thousands of demonstrators, @Dame_Lillard locking arms

“Say his name, Travon Martin”

#portland day 7

“Whose streets, our streets”

“We are not tired”

The youth, fist up

Day 7#portland

“No justice, no peace”

“Hey hey, ho ho, these racist cops have got to go”

“Say his name, Michael Brown” #portland

“Black lives Matter” #portland

On the waterfront#portland

Day 7 of demonstrations #portland

2pac

“Keep your head up” 2pac #portland

Day 7#portland

“We gonna be alright” Kendrick

The youth leading this movement

Song written after this presidents election

Speaker “Are y’all tired?”
Crowd “no!”

Explanation of why chant for “peacefull protest” will be swapped out for “non violence, resistance”

Chant “non-violent, resistance”

“Stop calling portland a white city, it might not be as diverse as other cities, but don’t erase us” @GregoryMcKelvey

‘You invite patriot prayer and proud boys but keep people like me out’ @GregoryMcKelvey

@GregoryMcKelvey, Campaign manager for @sarahforpdx, says she’s calling for ban on tear gas in the city

“Hands up”

Call out for @Dame_Lillard to come to the front

Speaker says media portrays black people as thugs and basketball, and if you didn’t know any black people, you might think all that’s all they do

“How many of you have sisters? How many have mothers?”

“Say his name”

#portland day 7

“Stand by me”

“stand by me”

‘To the non-black people in the crowd, this isn’t the season of protest. Meaning it’s gonna rain in two days, I expect to see you out here”

“Black lives matter”

Young White male tries to get near microphone, young woman of color walks him back and says “we need you to respect the black voices out here”

9:53pm

‘The angry black woman is a stereotype from slavery’

Mc on departing speaker ‘She’s too humble to let you know, she got first place at every debate tournament’

“If you can make a black woman smile, your stronger than Atlas”

A couple more speaker, ‘we’re almost out of here’ speaker says

“White people, Mexicans, Asians; we love y’all”

‘Your going to remember this for the rest of your lives, if you see somebody who was here after this, give me a wave, give them a high five, because they were for you”

Big vehicle didn’t slow for pedestrians nearby, honked, felt like aggression

A different tone at justice center

Police loudspeaker: Use of force warning for tampering with fence. At justice center

Police use of force warning for tampering with fence

crowd view, Justice center #portland

A big tree branch broke off, and for a moment, everybody’s fear turned to something other than tear gas.

One person standing next to me chucked a water bottle over the fence. Nothing happened.

Crowd at justice, no sign of leaving

South side of justice fence

Police warning, crowd reacts

There volunteers throughout out water and snacks

To note: #Portland police are not covering their badges

Drum circle “I don’t see no riot here”

“I don’t see no riot here” #portland

“George Floyd”

“Black lives matter”

“ACAB”

Zyaire, his thoughts being out here

Val and Tooeasy, their thoughts being out here

Part of the crowd is moving away from justice

Moving north on 3rd

Car and bicycle colision

A bystander explains what she say, regarding collision

Motorcycle* apologies

Apple store #portland

I’ll say

Justice center, 11:52pm

Justice center, 11:55pm. Day 7 #portland

11:59pm

#portland: At midnight demonstrators sing happy birthday to #BreonaTaylor

“Don’t talk to cops”

Protestors have entered into the 8th day of demonstrations #portland

A common disagreement at the fence is people who want to dialogue with police vs People who urge them not to talk to cops

A dialogue with police

Banda

Some did not agree with the music and dancing, arguing “this is a protest” Another yelled back “don’t tell me how to protest”

A dumpster fire has started

#portland 12:47am

“Hey! Who the fuck did this!”

“The cops!”

“Who got marshmallows?”

Police peeking over, watching the dumpster fire

Police flash lights towards crowd watching dumpster fire

The fire rises #portland

12:56am #portland

“Fuck Donald Trump”

Handing out water, outside dumpster fire

The fire rises

🔥

Overheard: “White people started this fire”

Climbing, and falling, on courthouse. Day 8. 1:12am #portland

Fence, into the fire

The year is 2020

1:18am #portland

1:20am

The fence, 1:23am

Portland warn cars blocking traffic on sw 3rd and salmon that they are subject to arrest and citation

Intersection on 3rd and salmon

Protestors have moved the barricade

1:31am #portland day 8

Another barricade moved. This street is now barricaded on both sides

Barricaded moved, now facing justice center

More barricade being repurposed

Barrricade on the move

Police have moved in

Tear gas 1:44am

Civil disturbance declared 1:45am

*correction: could have been smoke, not positive it was tear gas

Civil disturbance, unlawful assembly declared

This was used

Portland police officer “just because you have a press pass doesn’t mean you can’t get arrested, go”

1:53am

Keisha, on how she feels at this moment

Latoya coleman, on how she feels at this moment

2am

College journalists from @ClarkIndyNews out here, working hard

Officer Byrd says person being arrested is being arrested for auto related offensive

Correction: driving related offense

2:14am #portland

DJ illfame, his thoughts being on here

2:20am #portland

Portland police officer “just because you have a press pass doesn’t mean you can’t be arrested, go”

I am out of downtown.

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