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After getting tear gassed last night in Portland, a member of the protest's new "Wall of Vets" said the gas was so strong it was leaving burns on his skin.

He said it felt worse than the tear gas he recalled from his time in the Army.

nytimes.com/2020/07/25/us/…
I also noticed a burning irritation on my exposed skin last night, in a way that I hadn't felt in prior days.

It seemed like last night was particularly potent because the feds sent out SO MUCH gas.
Here's video of Army vet Clint Hall standing in the protest crowd as the feds came rushing out shooting pepper balls and tear gas.

He kept standing there. I went running.
nytimes.com/2020/07/25/us/…
It also appears, in hindsight, that I hid behind him for a bit?
One FYI, since people seem to be questioning whether Cliff is really a military veteran:

He sent me a copy of his DD214 before we published our story.
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I have shifted up to Seattle today to follow a large demonstration that's in solidarity with Portland.

I'd estimate a crowd of 2,000 already. They just torched construction buildings at the site of a new youth detention center.

Meanwhile, feds are here nytimes.com/2020/07/23/us/…
Moving through the Capitol Hill, hitting a Starbucks. Smoke is coming out the window and people are now calling for the residents above to evacuate.
These workers at a bar/restaurant say some in the crowd attacked and punched them after accusing one of them of taking images of the crowd.
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Another huge crowd tonight in Portland, including a new "wall" on the front lines: a Wall of Vets.

Here's a look at the line of military veterans getting set up here in front of the federal courthouse. Behind them, the Wall of Moms and the Wall of Dads are arriving.
Here is Marine Corps veteran Duston Obermeyer talking about the Wall of Vets.

He mentions Chris David, a Navy veteran that went up to speak with federal officers last week and got brutally hit with a baton.

That backstory/video here: nytimes.com/2020/07/20/us/…
Army veteran Clint Hall says the federal presence here is wrong. He says it has only served to inflame tensions.
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There's another huge crowd out in Portland tonight. I'd estimate 2,000 right now.

To get things started, here's a sampling of some of the signs in the crowd.
A chant, but with serene voices: "Hands up please don't shoot me."
Someone looks ready to handle that fence surrounding the federal courthouse
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