Thread by @DonovanFarley

I am once more headed down to beautiful downtown Portland tonight (7/24) to the demonstration to cop my fair share of abuse. As always I implore you to reach out if I've missed something, you think the press needs to know something, or you need assistance. Stay righteous.

Again just an amazing, festive and wholly diverse crowd that is absolutely massive.

How sad the @pdxnaacp bought the Trump line about white anarchists being behind all this. It’s impossible to even consider that narrative if you’ve actually been down here.

The heat killed the lights to the park but @riotribs, @bitchwitch20 and co persevere, severing food, handing out clothes and supplies.

Tons of medical professionals out here tonight in scrubs and white coats showing support. I first found out this was going to happen from my doctor when I had to visit the other day after feds shot me, ha.

There’s also a lawyer’s bloc (wearing suits) and an Asian bloc here in support of the BLM protests.

Medical worker bloc even brought custom shields

I am blown away by the size and diversity of this crowd. Impossible to even try and do it justice with a mere phone video or photo.

There are 100+ each of the medical worker bloc and lawyer bloc alone. At least. There were some nights where we didn’t have 200 people out here total a few weeks back. Amazing job @DHS_Wolf.

I’m in between the Justice Center and the Fed Courthouse and until @DHSgov showed up either group would have been the biggest rally to date. Now this unbelievable crowd is commonplace.

Mr. Floyd appears to cheers and honks from traffic

This is the ambulance purchased with donations that protest medics work every night.

For people not in Portland: the light rail is running totally fine as are the buses minus the 2-3 block area where the courthouse and Justice Center are. The city is fine.

It’s weird there are so many white anarchists with black skin who are doctors and nurses and lawyers and protest leaders.

Deep cover I guess. Damn you Sorooooossss!!!!

Beautiful moment

FedRAD just mumbled something

Elk check: it’s a shark on a mom’s head in its latest permutation.

FedRAD squeaks again and it’s a real trip to see two doctors in their coats respond with “FUCK YOU LEAVE PIE CITY!”

Feds watching from above. This is particularly unnerving as snipers were seen on nearby roofs recently.

Huge cloud of gas. I’m right in front of Riot Ribs BB

Feds fire pepper balls, group regroups super quickly

Feds shooting everyone w pepper balls just got got gas everywhere

Crowd inches back on the cops

Cops fire indiscriminately and scare no one. Crowd is already back.

This rave hero just threaten to shoot someone point blank who is only hold up a shield

Leaf blowers, water bottles and fireworks just backed a federal occupying group of terrorists back into their hole

Enjoying another extended jam on “No Justice No Peace” and hoping someone is getting a sick SBD recording of this show.

Skin is on fire from pepper ball fragments. Def would have gone in my eyes if not for the googles.

More madness from the front when they starting shooting constantly.

No one left. How embarrassing, Acting @DHS_Wolf.

This is smart as it blocks at least some of the incessant pepper ball shooting when it come at your head. The LEOs will say they don’ta at the head but they shoot through these fences and the balls explode so that BS.

Line do Mimas with arms locked

Medical professionals with arms locked right next line of moms. Both groups on front line.

Feds are apparently afraid to confront the main crowd so they came to side where the moms and docs were and did this. @DHSgov 100% went for the peaceful side first.

After being embarrassed multiple times @DHSgov has apparently discovered the impressive weapon is being clown them and want to repurpose this complex weaponry their own use.

Another just massive cloud of gas. People driving by, the houseless, the moms, the medical professionals, people in the park are all getting hit. Just watched a random car get covered in gas, panic when it hit them and almost slam on the gas into the cars and people ahead of them

Domestic terrorists cleaning up tiny pieces of glass from a broken bottle in the road.

.@DHSgov, @PortlandPolice these people look scared to you? They look like violent anarchists? Domestic terrorists?

Yes. Yes! Hahahaha fresh af

LEOs try the tear gas again, the jam party doesn’t miss a beat. Literally.

Ladies and gentleman this is DJ Dono, your protest DJ coming to you to let you know it’s time for the couple’s portion of the evening. Couples to the middle of the dancefloor please, couples to the middle of the dancefloor.

Dang there’s also a chef bloc out here! This is a great idea that should catch on: people from all walks of life should attend protests in uniform to dispel the insulting notion it’s white anarchists out here.

LEOs has the block in response to fireworks. Hardly anyone moves.

Sounds of the LEOs constantly shooting at people on the other side of the crowd. Crowd is absolutely massive. It is HILARIOUS to watch the @DHSgov “tough guys” flinch and run when a firework or water bottle gets near them. Meanwhile some of these kids don’t even have gas masks.

Two ingenious protesters just combined their beer and leaf blower in an attempt to shower the LEOs with a light Tecate. lol

Jesus tap dancing christ! Extreme tragedy avoided when I slip and nearly topple over in the middle of the Pee Bushes. Sweet fancy Moses that was as closes.

Another effective use of tax payer money as @DHSgov tries to gas everyone and eats it all themselves. Millions of dollars of gear and weapons, hundreds of men with daddy issues and they can’t even properly terrorize unarmed citizens.

Tear gassed moms washing their eyes in the back. One looks utterly terrorized but just said through tears and snot “I don’t want to leave!”

While I’m watching a mom from the suburbs say she wants to go back despite being messed up the FedRAD whines about armored federal agents being hit with projectiles (water bottles, half empty beers, fruit). The juxtaposition between who is actually courageous is readily apparent.

My gas mask’s cord just broke in a cloud and as I regret I found myself next to a strange bedfellow indeed: a Catholic priest wearing his collar.

*retreat

Feds attempt a gassing and their canisters keep getting tossed back to cheers. They are spending tens of thousands of dollars and failing miserably. The ineffectual gluttonious violence of the worst parts of America are rarely put fully on display—on our own soil at least.

It’s honestly pathetic.

No wonder we got fucking clowned in Nam, Jesus. What an overly armed clown squad. Look at this photo from the other night, look at the fear in this coward’s eyes. @ICEgov it’s super scary when it’s a housewife and not a child I guess?

SO BRAVE

Pretty impossible for me to stay close to the front very long w a broken gas mask but here’s there tear gas/war crime machine working overtime.

Medical workers still here have told me they aren’t properly geared for the gas but they are staying in case people get hurt and need med attention. All said they’ll be back with better gear.

A taunting fire has been set just outside the welded gates of the courthouse

Back up front and there is much confident trash talk from the protesters and the same failed tactics and lost looks by the LEOs. It’s like they’re unthinking violence machines who glitched when presented w a situation that required independent thought.

White guy tries to put out fire and yells at everyone and was about to get stomped when a Black leader came in and cooles everyone out and spoke to white dude about policing others and walked him away.

Charge

Advance

Close to a hundred feds and @PortlandPolice emerging from the back of the Justice Center, obviously working in tandem. @tedwheeler I’m loookng forward to the political stunt you pull attempting to obfuscate the fact that you are obviously still lying about coordinating w feds.

I know what PPB uniforms looks like. I know what fed uniforms look like. This was a mixture of both obviously coordinating.

Unmarked gold Chevy SUV w blacked out windows filled with feds is circling.