I'm downtown, where the Sacred Fence has been substantially reinforced. 
Interestingly enough, the police appear to have pulled back from their outer courtyard, perhaps to avoid getting water bottles and empty cans of beans thrown at themselves. I suspect the mental strain of having thousands of people express their anger might be a factor too.
The infastructure out here continues to expand nightly.
The Police are holding up at the top of the building, and probably in a few other areas I cannot see. Since Ted Wheeler said 'no more tear gas' today, my guess is that the police plan to shoot people's faces with projectile munitions.
Here is a zoomed in look at the folks on the roof. Activists are intermittently trolling them with projectors.
One individual climbs on the fence. The police get angry at this. The crowd shouts down their loudspeaker and shakes the Sacred Fence. The police fire a trio of pepper balls into the crowd.
The crowd chants: "Stay together, stay tight. We do this every night." Every police announcement is shouted down by the thousands here.
Here is that video:
The Police tell people not to fuck with the fence. They are heckled relentlessly, and vape smoke plumes are blown into the empty courtyard beyond the sacred fence.
Goddammit I keep forgetting to attach.
Remember! Things are different now.
People chant "tear it down!" As you can see, the additions to the fence were not particularly well made. It already seems to be falling apart.
These are the papers some protesters have been throwing over the Sacred Fence.
Police have moved forces up near 3rd and Main. Things might be kicking off soon.
People are really vaping the shit out of this fence. A "fuck your fence" chant starts up.
The Portland Police Bureau have started livestreaming. Lmk if you want some tips.
The PPB begs the crowd not to toss animal feed over the fence, which is a thing that is happening. The crowd chants its response: "Shut the fuck up."
A large segment of the crowd has whipped out homemade mirrors to shine the police spotlights back at them.
Officers are occasionally visible on the roof, as activists illuminate them with reflected mirror light and, occasionally, lasers
Police are back in the courtyard over on the SW Madison side of things too.
We were hearing rumors in the crowd that Police had blocked off the Hawthorne Bridge. We went to check it out and this does not appear to be true. The bridge is open.
The Police threaten to declare an "unlawful assembly" due to the presence of projectiles in the crowd. Then they begin firing projectiles into the crowd.
