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Sep 24, 2020, 19 tweets

Energy at #PortlandProtests high tonight. 3X the amount of people out tonight compared to last night after finding #BreonnaTaylor killers were not indicted. Solidarity with #LouisvilleProtests #JusticeForBreonnaTaylor

Looks like some police murder holes were boarded up

A bunch of protesters came around back, car drove through crowd, some conflicts between protesters and then cops called protest unlawful

Riot cops rush in shooting smoke

Cops grab only the protesters back pack, fightimg to just get bag, not arrest. Then shove them and later dump all their belongings on the ground, leaving it and driving over it when leaving. Obvious that this was just because

Dumped backpack they stole on the wet ground

Ran over back pack and belonging and left

Molotov thrown

Cops let people through their line, then push the last (maybe press) gets shoved and cop tries to remove mask and pepper spray them, soaking the back of their neck.

Big cop shoves small person with speaker into the corner of curb #PortlandProtests solidarity with #LouisvilleProtests #JusticeForBreonnaTaylor

To Latino dudes came across protest, have the cops shit, one was pepper sprayed, then they came back and arrested them. After tackling the second guy, they pepper sprayed him

Feds tearing up houseless people's tents and flipping their tables

Feds doing their usual tear gas unprovoked and then shoot into the cloud. #PortlandProtests

Watch girl in brown being told to walk in the direction she is going and then when she crosses police line is thrown to the ground

Cop comes behind guy with his hands up and shoves from behind.

Here is the cop that shoved dude from behind with his hands up listening to orders given by officer 25. Number 1004013

Notable things about tonight
- high energy crowd chanting & drumming lead by two black femmes interrupted because we were told we "shouldn't be drumming and dancing"
-multiple livestreamers telling protesters that filming arguments among protesters is necessary...

--Group of mainly livestreamers telling native dude heckling cops to "shut the fuck up" because we need to hear what officer 44 has to say
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