200 left-wing protesters are on the streets in Portland right now, with anti-Biden and anti-police messages.
"We are ungovernable," one sign says.
"We are ungovernable," one sign says.
The Portland crowd has now gone to the local headquarters of the Democratic Party, smashing windows and writing "Fuck Biden"
Seeing some criticism for calling the crowd "left wing," which was my shorthand to make clear that it isn't Trump supporters on the streets of Portland. The longer version is that the crowd is a mix of racial-justice, anti-fascist, anarchist, youth liberation, etc
I left this crowd to go up to another event. But police have shown up to make arrests. One officer shoves someone to the ground
https://twitter.com/LauraJedeed/status/1352048419628490752?s=19
A BLM car caravan is arriving at a separate Portland event where a couple hundred other people (mostly people not wearing black bloc) are gathering
"The fight has just begun," a speaker says.
This new Portland event is celebrating Trump's loss, but the group is calling for people to mobilize for more successes: Green New Deal, defunding police, Medicare For All, and more
This new Portland event is celebrating Trump's loss, but the group is calling for people to mobilize for more successes: Green New Deal, defunding police, Medicare For All, and more
A car crashed and flipped near the event. Part of the crowd rushed over, broke the windows to pull a family out, including a young child.
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