Kevin Peterson Jr., a young black father, was murdered by law enforcement near Vancouver, WA on Thursday. He was talking to his girlfriend on the phone when he was killed. Witnesses say law enforcement immediately started shooting him after arriving on the scene. #KevinPetersonJr 
There was a vigil for him last night at the US Bank where he was murdered.
Right wingers attacked and berated vigil-goers and #BLM protesters throughout the night. Speeding cars, altercations, paint balls, long guns, mace, and gun shots into the air. These folks set up a homemade tank half a block from the vigil.
One member of the press thought it was appropriate to where the yellow “P” for Portland hat that the “Proud Boys” have tried to co-opt to the vigil.
After the vigil, protesters took to downtown Vancouver. Pictured: Federal Protective Services (defending an IRS building) and waving inmates.
Always follow @MacSmiff @MrOlmos @Cascadianphotog and the many others for on-the-ground protest coverage in and around Portland.
Local law enforcement arrested ~7 including
@MacSmiff who spoke at the vigil as a friend of the fam: “We should not be dying and they should not be covering it up…we have the momentum…we are not illegal here…they do not have authority to take our family’s [lives],” he said.
@MacSmiff who spoke at the vigil as a friend of the fam: “We should not be dying and they should not be covering it up…we have the momentum…we are not illegal here…they do not have authority to take our family’s [lives],” he said.
I'm not able to sign into Twitter on my phone so I can only tweet from home for now. Also, there’s a massive Thin Blue Line crane in Vancouver.
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