In downtown Portland Oregon on July 4th. Here we have the customary flag burning at the previous home of the elk statue in front of the Justice Center. #Portlandprotest #blacklivesmatter #PDXprotests #pdx #portlandoregon #blm #4thofJuly #portland
So many fireworks in just the 20 minutes I’ve been here. Some folks in the crowd definitely are against the fireworks, either due to safety or cause they freak people out into thinking it’s a flashbang or gunfire. #Portlandprotest #fireworks #blm #blacklivesmatter #4thofJuly #pdx
Right now it’s about 500-750 people here in front of the Justice Center just chilling with some folks lighting fireworks. #Portlandprotest #blacklivesmatter #PDXprotests #pdx #portlandoregon #blm #acab #4thofJuly #portland #Fireworks 
Someone in a car just drove over a lit firework and knocked it over, sending it launching into the crowd. No one is hurt. These are some of safety issues people were talking about.
It really seems like it may just be a few hundred people watching fireworks go off in front of the Justice Center for the next few hours. #Portlandprotest #blacklivesmatter #PDXprotests #pdx #portlandoregon #blm #acab #4thofJuly #portland #Fireworks
This one got stuck in the Federal Courthouse. #Portlandprotest #blacklivesmatter #PDXprotests #pdx #portlandoregon #blm #acab #4thofJuly #portland #Fireworks
It is fun that cause of the smoke we can now see the lasers targeting the cameras. #Portlandprotest #blacklivesmatter #PDXprotests #pdx #portlandoregon #blm #acab #4thofJuly #portland #Fireworks
At this point the crowd here may have more “explosives” than the police do. Which makes the prospect of the police engaging this crowd very funny. #Portlandprotest #blacklivesmatter #PDXprotests #pdx #portlandoregon #blm #acab #4thofJuly #portland #Fireworks
The police on the LRAD are saying to stop shooting fireworks at the Justice Center. #Portlandprotest #blacklivesmatter #PDXprotests #pdx #portlandoregon #blm #acab #4thofJuly #portland #Fireworks
And it seems the federal officers have deployed tear gas. #Portlandprotest #blacklivesmatter #PDXprotests #pdx #portlandoregon #blm #acab #4thofJuly #portland #Fireworks #teargas
The crowd moved back briefly, but are now back in front of the courthouse and Justice Center. The officers are no where to be seen. #Portlandprotest #blacklivesmatter #PDXprotests #pdx #portlandoregon #blm #acab #4thofJuly #portland #Fireworks
Portland Police on LRAD warning to not ingadge the federal courthouse and threatening arrest/crowd control agents. #Portlandprotest #blacklivesmatter #PDXprotests #pdx #portlandoregon #blm #acab #4thofJuly #portland #Fireworks
Tear gas filling the outside of the federal courthouse. #Portlandprotest #blacklivesmatter #PDXprotests #pdx #portlandoregon #blm #acab #4thofJuly #portland #Fireworks #teargas
A huge cloud of tear gas. #Portlandprotest #blacklivesmatter #PDXprotests #pdx #portlandoregon #blm #acab #4thofJuly #portland #Fireworks #teargas
A riot has been declared and the park is full of teargas. #Portlandprotest #blacklivesmatter #PDXprotests #pdx #portlandoregon #blm #acab #4thofJuly #portland #Fireworks #teargas
Police and federal officers pushing people west. #Portlandprotest #blacklivesmatter #PDXprotests #pdx #portlandoregon #blm #acab #4thofJuly #portland #Fireworks #teargas
A look at the camo clad federal officers. #Portlandprotest #blacklivesmatter #PDXprotests #pdx #portlandoregon #blm #acab #4thofJuly #portland #Fireworks #teargas
The crowd moved back to the park and in true Portland Police Bureau fashion they teargassed the park again. #Portlandprotest #blacklivesmatter #PDXprotests #pdx #portlandoregon #blm #acab #4thofJuly #portland #Fireworks #teargas
Police using a little bit of gas to push the crowd north. #Portlandprotest #blacklivesmatter #PDXprotests #pdx #portlandoregon #blm #acab #4thofJuly #portland #Fireworks #teargas
The police charge and make a series of arrests. #Portlandprotest #blacklivesmatter #PDXprotests #pdx #portlandoregon #blm #acab #4thofJuly #portland #Fireworks #teargas
A mixture of teargas and firework smoke. #Portlandprotest #blacklivesmatter #PDXprotests #pdx #portlandoregon #blm #acab #4thofJuly #portland #Fireworks #teargas
Police have slashed the tires of the snack van and began to throw teargas into the crowd. #Portlandprotest #blacklivesmatter #PDXprotests #pdx #portlandoregon #blm #acab #4thofJuly #portland #Fireworks #teargas
So many clouds of tear gas tonight, the police have literally dragged people into the middle of clouds to arrest them. #Portlandprotest #blacklivesmatter #PDXprotests #pdx #portlandoregon #blm #acab #4thofJuly #portland #Fireworks #teargas
There is still a very large group of people marching through downtown despite all the teargas and arrests. Easily 500 folks. #Portlandprotest #blacklivesmatter #PDXprotests #pdx #portlandoregon #blm #acab #4thofJuly #portland #Fireworks #teargas
And the crowd is now back at the Justice Center, I cannot see any riot police at the moment. #Portlandprotest #blacklivesmatter #PDXprotests #pdx #portlandoregon #blm #acab #4thofJuly #portland #Fireworks #teargas
PPB on LRAD are commanding everyone to leave. Threatening with arrest, riot control agents and tear gas. So the usual. #Portlandprotest #blacklivesmatter #PDXprotests #pdx #portlandoregon #blm #acab #4thofJuly #portland #Fireworks #teargas
Still no visible officers. However there is a statue on fire and random fireworks going off. #Portlandprotest #blacklivesmatter #PDXprotests #pdx #portlandoregon #blm #acab #4thofJuly #portland #Fireworks
I am out of downtown. There is @MrOlmos, @alex_zee, and @DonovanFarley still downtown doing excellent work. I hear that tear gas was just used again.
