Summary
Saturday afternoon, PDX Stripper Strike led a march across the Hawthorne Bridge, ending with dancing at Waterfront Park. Along the way, they stopped outside the Golden Dragon strip club to speak about their demands and the harm Black dancers have experienced.
Protesters gathered outside the Justice Center at dusk, building a barricade across SW 3rd and Main St. Around 10:30 PM, the police declared it an unlawful assembly and began shooting tear gas and impact munitions. People with ties to local White supremacist organizations spent much of the day sharing violent threats against BLM protestors on social media. When they attempted to attack protestors around 11:30, the agitators were pushed away from protestors and entered a 7-Eleven. These agitators were escorted away from the area by police.
Police continued to fire gas and other munitions at groups of protesters for the next few hours. At least one significant injury was reported.
Scheduled Events
Stripper Strike rally
Timeline
Starting off with PDX Stripper Strike:
Moving on to the nightly Justice Center protest:
10:28 PM – Unlawful assembly declared
Media
Present
- Donovan Farley – CashApp: $DonovanFarley1 / PayPal: DonovanFarley / Venmo: Donovan-Farley
- Garrison Davis – CashApp $hungrybowtie / paypal.me/garrisondavispdx
- Lindsey Smith – donate to https://upnow2020.org
- Nick Lee – CashApp: $economybreakfast / PayPal: economybreakfast@gmail.com
Articles
The Oregonian
Portland police use force to scatter protesters who barricaded street in 31st night of protests
Oregon ACLU files suit against Portland, police over treatment of journalists and legal observers
Police
Agencies present
- PPB
- Federal police (homeland security) https://twitter.com/kohzkah/status/1277099163998511104?s=21
- MSCO
Munitions used
- Smoke
- OC gas https://twitter.com/therealcoryelia/status/1277126108991741952?s=21
- Flash bang grenades
- Pepper spray
- Rubber bullets: BIP https://twitter.com/elisa_kate96/status/1277137808612712449?s=21 and rubber pellets https://twitter.com/matcha_chai/status/1277139726634369024?s=21
Number of arrests
Charges
- Interfering With a Police Officer
- Disorderly Conduct II
- Resisting Arrest
- Escape III
- Criminal Mischief II
- Unlawful Use of A Weapon
- Carry Concealed Weapon
- Riot
- Reckless Burning
- Assaulting a Public Safety Officer