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Sergio Olmos

29 May, 5 tweets, 2 min read

In Portland, Oregon about 75 protestors in “black bloc” are marching in downtown

They are advocating for abolishing the police

A year ago today a crowd of about this size were in the streets in response to the murder of George Floyd

https://twitter.com/mrolmos/status/1266214405835911170

Here is the thread from a year ago today

https://twitter.com/mrolmos/status/1266214405835911170

Protestors in Black Bloc chased Andy Ngo and punched him repeatedly.

Police are the Nines hotel, protestors are outside heckling Andy Ngo who ran inside after being chased by Black Bloc

Ngo was at the protest dressed in black bloc, draped in a Black Lives Matter flag.

Some other people in bloc started following him, then they ran after him after they yelled that it was Andy.

One person in back bloc tackled Ngo and some punched him

Ngo was able to leave.

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