#portlandprotests day 56
“No justice, no peace”
56 days later
+10 days after the president “very much quelled” protests in Portland
Speaker says don’t focus on getting angry at the president who “speaks out of his butt”, but about getting people from the community into local office
Two thousand people chanting “march with us”
Chanting the names of victims of police brutality
Moms sing a lullaby “Hands up, please don’t shoot me”
“Hands up please don’t shoot me”
Moms and dads “hands up please don’t shoot me”
The parents on day 56 “fuck the police”
“Feds go home”
“Fuck Trump”
“Black Lives Matter’
“I can’t breathe”
Coalition of protestors: some in black block, most not
A coalition of protesters
Peter Buck, his first night out, grandad with leaf blower
Moms moving to stand in front of the courthouse
Moms link arms
Moms standing at the fence
Woman in beret spreads incense, drummers drum, federal officers in fatigues await inside
10:52pm. Thursday. Day 56
Snack van on station
First warning: federal protective service want not to climb fence, subject to arrest
Moms “leave our kids alone”
Shields and umbrellas are up at the fence
Noah brand, standing at the fence for another night
Federal protective services issues warning not to mess with the fence, protestors remain
FPS issues warning on messing with the fence, use of force: impact munitions and/or arrest
Fireworks near justice center
It’s 11:45pm. Thursday. Day 56
Banging on the fence
“Feds go home”
Infighting at the fence
Protestors resume their focus on the feds
The crowd is re-energized each time the Federal protective service gives a warning. It was getting quiet before this
Fire work inside the DMZ
Roman candles shot into the courthouse building
A fire has started
The fire rises
Leaf blowers blow smoke from fire
Feds fire Pepper balls through fence
The leaf blowers move to the front to clear pepper from the air
Protestors in homemade shields and leaf blowers are holding against pepper balls
Roman candles make it inside the doors of the courthouse
Protestors has headphones, says he listens to soul music, Joe Knight and other stuff
Before taking videos and posting them on twitter I was an investigative reporter
Meanwhile, protestors are defending against pepper balls and impact munitions with homemade shields and even a laminated flyer
Protestor throws trash on fire
Feds issue warning
Feds throw canister of tear gas
Protestors have bolt cutters and even a saw. To note: the fence is metal
Federal officers shoot pepper balls at protestor, throw tear gas, man with guitar keeps playing through it all
Federal officer calmly reloads and shoots impact munitions at protesters
Day 57, new protest class unlocked: fire extinguisher man
One minute after the first round of tear gassing, this is the mood
Leaf blowers clear the air after round 1 of tear gassing
Some kind of flash bang goes off on my legs, it hurt enough that I had to walk off for a bit, but didn’t burn through my sambas. I’m good
Federal officers tell protestors to clear area
This is less lethal impact munitions on a car
Feds declare unlawful assembly, I don’t think we’ve never seen the Feds do that. This is something local police have declared, but not Feds
Federal officers declare unlawful assmebly, tell protestors to disperse north
Federal officers dispersed protestors after declaring an unlawful assmebly, using tear gas and impact munitions
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