Trying to observe from outside the kettle. Looks like arrests are being made on the ground.
Confirmed that arrests are being made.
A look at the current mass detainment/arrest/identification on 14th and Marshall in the Pearl District.
Video of the current mass detainment situation. Vantage point courtesy from a nearby resident.
Police LRAD announcing they will now arrest people for remaining in the street. If the kettled protesters don’t subject themselves to the forced ID process in order to be released they will be arrested by Portland Police Bureau.
Some very brave people are sitting together in defiance of the forced identification by Portland Police, even under threat of arrest. I will update with some footage from a vantage point soon.
Meanwhile back on the street, cops just charged at and arrested a black bloc protester outside of the kettle. I get pushed around a bit on the sidewalk, but nothing compared to what other folks are facing.
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Downtown Portland at the federal courthouse, anti DHS/ICE and #StopLine3 protesters gather. A few of the remaining uncovered windows have been broken. An American flag burns in front of the door.
The glass door gets smashed and DHS agents unload pepper balls into the crowd.
After trying to extinguish the fire DHS agents headed back into the building. The fire grows once again.
Unacceptable harassment and intimidation from the city and Police out of the fear of accountability. Portland Police still operates as a secret police force, and they are attempting to punish those who seek to have it not be.
Here's some of my work identifying some of the most violent members of the Portland Police Bureau as they operated without nametags or actual badge numbers.
The far right is already attempted to turn the woman killed inside the Capitol today into a fallen hero, martyr, and meme. "The Conservative George Floyd."
On 4chan there's a meme of "Are you willing to die for Trump."
Replies read- "Its for the GOD EMPEROR" and other statements, jokes, and memes about the situation.
Meanwhile the Proud Boys are celebrating on Parler.
Posted is a clip of Tucker Carlson in a skull mask saying "Force is more effective than voting, elections change nothing, rioting makes you rich and powerful. Politicians will knee down before you. It works, violence works."