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Karina Brown
@karinapdx
Managing editor at @Underscorenews. Covering Indigenous issues in the Pacific Northwest. She/her
Oct 22, 2020 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
Back in court for day two. Q: Does Portland's near-daily use of force against protesters violate court order to use munitions only in life-threatening circumstances? We're focused on June 30th: when police used tear gas to protect their union building, which isn't public property For context, here's my thread from yesterday:
Oct 21, 2020 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
Good morning from Portland, where the city is arguing that its near-daily use of force against protesters doesn't violate a court order to use less-lethal munitions only in life threatening circumstances. Hearing runs today and tomorrow. Follow this thread for highlights. Wheeee! Portland police pepper-sprayed one protester just after ordering the dispersal of a protest outside the police union building. The court order bars police from pepper-spraying people for passive resistance.

City attorney to protester: "You could have just walked away."
Sep 27, 2020 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
The difference between police treatment of a Proud Boys rally yesterday vs their response to a protest last night against police brutality could not be more stark This picture, where police trumpet their seizure of a couple of worn out weapons from antifacist protesters, is pretty ridiculous considering the advanced weaponry they ignored at the Proud Boys rally
Sep 26, 2020 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Good morning from Vancouver, Washington, where Proud Boys are already declaring victory ahead of today’s planned protests. The wins? @OregonGovBrown state of emergency and the decision to allow @ppb to use tear gas In the convoy, on the way to Delta Park. Just passed a Vancouver police cruiser— cop inside flashed a peace sign to the line of trucks as he drove by
Sep 17, 2020 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
Happening now: Listen in as government attorneys argue that the Ninth Circuit should lift a restraining order banning federal agents from assaulting and arresting journalists
ca9.uscourts.gov/media/view_vid… Govt lawyer says journalists are not facing harm from federal agents, but that the order harms the feds: "every time a federal officer leaves a federal building and encounters someone on the streets of Portland, this injunction is currently hanging over their head."
Aug 20, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
New: Injunction now bars fed agents from assaulting journalists in Portland

Judge says journalists aren’t asking for “extra” rights to stick around &cover action after agents disperse crowds for one simple reason: feds don’t have authority to declare a riot and clear PDX streets Image Here's the full ruling. Story on the way

documentcloud.org/documents/7041…
Aug 13, 2020 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
Hearing in case where @ThinkLawLab says @ICEgov snatched two men off the streets in Bend, Ore: Govt attny tells judge the men are either at or en route to Tacoma Detention Center. Deportation proceedings to begin immediately, but deportation is not "eminent," attorney says Background: courthousenews.com/attorneys-say-…
Aug 12, 2020 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
Portland district attorney @DAMikeSchmidt announced today he won't pursue most charges against protesters calling for an end to racist police brutality. Will @PortlandPolice stop the misdemeanor arrests the policy is intended to reduce? Follow along on night 75 to find out! Background: courthousenews.com/portland-da-wo…
Aug 11, 2020 • 19 tweets • 5 min read
Portland, Day 74: maybe 150 people are gathered at Alberta Park for a march in support of black lives. Waning moon means it’s too dark for a photo, but as usual people are handing out free food and hand sanitizer. Overheard chatter about “wind swords” (leaf blowers) “Say her name! Breonna Taylor!” Image
Aug 7, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
“There has been a small army in Portland,” said one law enforcement official. “There’s expected to be a higher presence of federal officers. The question is how many for how long?” opb.org/article/2020/0… “According to documents reviewed by OPB, approximately 170 U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel remained in Portland as of late last week...”

“Those documents don’t give totals for other agencies that have been part of the federal government’s response in Portland.”
Aug 4, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
.@ACLU_OR rejects judge's suggestion that it determine who is a legit journalist via distribution of its blue vests: "Nobody should have to obtain a license to speak."

Issue may be decided in a hearing on Thursday.

Background: courthousenews.com/whos-a-journal… This is all coming up because attorneys for the government claimed they couldn't tell who is a journalist, even with a court order requiring reporters to wear press badges. Govt said it couldn't see, in part bc the clouds of tear gas were so thick (yes, that's real life)
Aug 4, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
.@KenCuccinelli just now to Senate subcommittee: "use of unmarked vehicles is common across the country" to protect law enforcement from protesters who might set police cars on fire After some discussion about antifa uniforms, @LindseyGrahamSC says the Mark Hatfield Federal Courthouse would have been "burned to the ground" if not for federal agents
Aug 1, 2020 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
Caught the tail end of a Black Lives Matter car parade on my way to the courthouse to check out Portland’s 64th night of mass protests Victory flag on the steel fence where federal agents stood two nights ago, casually dousing protesters, journalists and legal observers with mace “like they were watering a row of plants,” in the words of one legal observer.

“Murder holes” agents shoot out of lower left Image
Jul 31, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Headed into a hearing where attorneys will argue @DHSgov and @USMarshalsHQ should face sanctions for continuing to assault journalists after a judge ordered them not to.

Meanwhile, at the White House: Image Judge Simon says he's considering an order that would "redefine 'journalist' as someone who is authorized by the ACLU." Says @ACLU_OR could issue identification similar to the blue vests they now give their legal observers.

"This may or may not be a good idea," Simon says.
Jul 28, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
About 300 people at tonight’s vigil for Tete Gulley, a Black transfeminine person whose death her family says Portland police quickly and unjustly labeled a suicide. Protest in Portland takes many forms. Image Tete’s sister addresses the crowd: “Black people don’t hang themselves,” Hinnessey Gulley says. “Y’all know goddamn well that’s true.”
Jul 25, 2020 • 25 tweets • 7 min read
Portland, day 58. Crowd includes organized groups of teachers, lawyers and doctors. Protesters hand out free masks and snacks. Others collect litter Thousands marching just reached the federal courthouse, where federal police watch from inside
Jul 24, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
New: Federal police in Portland now under court order not to arrest or assault journalists and legal observers for doing their jobs. Government attorney says it plans to appeal.

Story on the way. “When wrongdoing is underway, officials have great incentive to blindfold the watchful eyes of the 4th estate,” Judge Simon wrote, citing Ninth Circuit precedent.

He added: “This lawsuit tests whether those principles are merely hollow words.”
Jul 23, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Portland mayor @tedwheeler tear gassed by the federal police Wheeler confirms this is the first time he’s been teargassed
Jul 23, 2020 • 15 tweets • 4 min read
Portland protests, night 56. Lotsa people, lotsa tents. “Occupy” vibes Image Expecting an address from @tedwheeler any minute now
Jul 22, 2020 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Back downtown for night 54 of Portland’s protests against systemic racism and police brutality. Pretty epic drum corps tonight Residual pepper powder from previous nights floating around like federal fairy dust
Jul 21, 2020 • 25 tweets • 6 min read
It’s night 54 and I’m headed out to cover Portland protests against systemic racism and police brutality. How will the federal police Trump deployed handle facing down organized groups of PDX moms and dads? Follow to find out! Also please follow the many other rad local journalists out tonight, including @bethnakamura and @suzettesmith