Thread by @bethnakamura

Just remembered I have this very handy definitely made-as-a-joke t-shirt to wear tonight will def tape off the whole after dark thing but you saw it here first

Cops are a somewhat forbidding presence here at East Precinct. LRAD already warning anyone entering property will be subject to arrest, use of force, munitions. They're asking "peaceful protesters" to leave the area.
Abt 200 here, no one is leaving

Josh here is a social worker in WA, who lives in Portland. He's been out protesting since day one, he tells me as the flag before us burns

Front line rn👇

Vibe is a little different here downtown and crowd is in retreat but not backing down after being sprayed like hell by gas of some kind, flash bangs and what seemed like rubber bullets, which were also sprayed. Corner of newly erected fence is now coming down

Corner of Taylor/4th looks bloody & there's a relative calm now but screams of "Medic! Medic!" could be heard everywhere and Portland seems briefly unrecognizable to me

Just spoke with a tv journalist, we both agree this is next level here tonight. People are collecting themselves now, milling about. More fence coming down rn (photo from a bit ago)

I asked him what was going on in his head as he stood there in that moment.👇

"This is my life. It's not just a moment. It doesn't stop. I invite change. I'm a rapper. I sing about black oppression in America. I need a change. Otherwise, what are our kids gonna do?"

"I want people to know my name."

It's Remington @remibux333

Just added some more photography to our story from last night, including the use of this strange new-to-the-scene gadget used to gas everyone oregonlive.com/portland/2020/…