#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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