July 1, 2020 – Re: Portland

Summary

Wednesday’s Palestinian Day of Rage rally drew a small crowd of 50-100 people to recognize the violence of illegal West Bank settlements and Israel’s annexation. Kent Ford, of Portland’s Black Panther movement, spoke.

Around 200 people gathered at the Multnomah County Justice Center (MCJC), enjoying a bonfire at the base of the Elk statue. Barricades were formed across SW 3rd Ave to protect protesters in the street from cars. Around 11:30 PM, PPB and federal police fired pepper balls and impact munitions at protesters outside the Federal Building, after plywood was removed from some of the windows to add to the bonfire. No arrests have been reported.

Timeline

Tonight, people in Portland return to the streets in the wake of last night’s arrests and police use of chemical weapons in North Portland. This is also a Palestinian Day of Rage, in response to Israel’s intended annexation of the West Bank.

Kent Ford, founding member of Portland's Black Panther chapter, speaks on Palestine and Black Lives Matter #PortlandProtests #PortlandProtest #DefendPDX #AbolishThePolice #PDXprotests #pdx #DefendPdx #PalestinianDayofRage #FreePalestine #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/WF5TF7FPLk
— Daddy M (@R3volutionDaddy) July 2, 2020

About 200 folks here in the street/park. If lots of action happens I’ll start streaming. #sacredfence #justicecenter #Portlandprotest #portland #blacklivesmatter #PDXprotests #pdx #oregon #blm #acab pic.twitter.com/6qcJxbSPEG
— Garrison Davis (Teargas Proof) (@hungrybowtie) July 2, 2020

JC group is loud tonight. I can hear them from 3 blocks away.
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 2, 2020

The OHSU medic team is here, and another Elk fire. There's speakers on the JC steps, and the entrance PPB came from last night is tarped over, with it and the boards covered in signs and spray paint messages (ACAB, "We Will Not Obey," and "Black Lives Matter" among them). pic.twitter.com/EFbb32SvoC
— ?️‍?Andrew D. Jankowski?️‍? (@AndrewJank) July 2, 2020

There’s a bonfire at the foot of the elk and about 200 people down here at the JC. pic.twitter.com/SEKv48AkOM
— Lindsey Smith (she/her) (@LindseyPSmith7) July 2, 2020

People have mostly moved to the Elk fires. A protestor says Ted Wheeler is now on the spot thanks to protestors and media. There's also a boom box nearby playing at nearly the same volume, protestors can hear each other by chanting "Whose parks? Our parks!"
— ?️‍?Andrew D. Jankowski?️‍? (@AndrewJank) July 2, 2020

Free posters at the Portland United against hate truck by @outletpdx pic.twitter.com/eBsK2cQUom
— 45th ןǝןןɐɹɐd ʇsıpɹnsqɐ ǝpɐbıɹq (@45thabsurdist) July 2, 2020

Back at it.

Sidebar: It’s officially been over one month since I began covering protests against racist policing in Portand. pic.twitter.com/4t4v0INcnK
— Alex Zielinski (@alex_zee) July 2, 2020

Front doors of the JC pic.twitter.com/dnInHCKFTZ
— 45th ןǝןןɐɹɐd ʇsıpɹnsqɐ ǝpɐbıɹq (@45thabsurdist) July 2, 2020

A couple protesters are grabbing plywood off the courthouse to feed the elk fire. pic.twitter.com/eGBxWu6YOB
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 2, 2020

Protesters are yelling warning about police. Tension in the air. Protestors who were taking down the wood paneling walked away pic.twitter.com/WRvpxtmiA6
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) July 2, 2020

Barricade moved to block main, half a block west of the elk. pic.twitter.com/dQG5VE7ZET
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 2, 2020

Police out, standing guard in front of federal building. Weapons drawn. pic.twitter.com/B0di2PRk0l
— Alex Zielinski (@alex_zee) July 2, 2020

Around 11:30 PM the police began firing pepper balls at protesters.

Many shots fired at a few protesters standing across the street from the courthouse. smells like pepper balls. People are coughing around me.

Please know that it looks like PPB are the ones shooting and there was zero dispersal order or any announcement of any kind.
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 2, 2020

I just watched someone throw like ten empty water bottles at the cops. They all missed by twenty feet. This is what the police are whining about. It’s deeply absurd if you’re here.
— Donovan “It was the blurst of times” Farley ?? (@DonovanFarley) July 2, 2020

And after a lot of pepper balls (from the smell) and maybe rubber bullets? The police withdraw behind the JC again
— 45th ןǝןןɐɹɐd ʇsıpɹnsqɐ ǝpɐbıɹq (@45thabsurdist) July 2, 2020

FWIW, I haven’t seen any white person with bullhorns. It seems black & brown people are lead organizers. Asking white folks to get to the front of the DIY barricade.
— Alex Zielinski (@alex_zee) July 2, 2020

“As long as we don’t fuck with the feds, they won’t fuck with us,” person on bullhorn continues. “Leave the feds alone for now.”

As usual, everyone on bullhorns is Black. Just for folks at home saying it’s all white kids running amok out here.
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 2, 2020

pic.twitter.com/AmKWGswWyL
— 45th ןǝןןɐɹɐd ʇsıpɹnsqɐ ǝpɐbıɹq (@45thabsurdist) July 2, 2020

The protest is gone but the barricade is still here! pic.twitter.com/5Kr68xJYnA
— Lindsey Smith (she/her) (@LindseyPSmith7) July 2, 2020

Good morning! Okay, this is the video that I *thought* I posted last night, in which I ask who the men with guns in camo are and a PPB officer says, "I don't have to answer your question." ? pic.twitter.com/fpP5NoJ09T
— Lindsey Smith (she/her) (@LindseyPSmith7) July 2, 2020

Scheduled Events

PDX Stripper Strike Picnic in the Park, 3:33 PM Laurelhurst Park

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bring your own snacks, location to the west of the bathrooms/pond. Community members are picnicking at Laurelhurst park to listen and have a discussion with folks involved in #pdxstripperstrike. hare their movement with community members

A post shared by #stripperstrike (@pdxstripperstrike) on Jul 1, 2020 at 1:24am PDT

Palestinian Day of Rage, 5pm at Terry Schrunk Plaza

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TODAY!!…..The illegitimate, settler colonial state of israel will begin attempting to officially annex the internationally condemned illegal settlements in the West Bank as early as today. In solidarity with ‘Palestinian Day of Rage’ events globally the CSPP in collaboration with @hurriyyahcollective will be holding a Day of Rage event at Terry Schrunk Plaza at 5pm. The aim of this event is to hold space for Palestinian voices to express their pain and outrage and speak to constructive rage and action. We will also be speaking on the history of occupation, the role of women in the ongoing resistance, Black and Palestinian liberation movement solidarity, settler colonialism and gentrification, and more. Please spread the word far and wide and join us in support of our demands for justice in Palestine and everywhere…

A post shared by CSPP (@cspp.pdx) on Jul 1, 2020 at 12:39pm PDT

Snack Bloc movie night, 8pm at 1223 SE Stark https://www.facebook.com/events/267615291351839/

Media

Present

Alex Zielinski (Portland Mercury)
Andrew D. Jankowski
Donovan Farley – CashApp: $DonovanFarley1 / PayPal: DonovanFarley / Venmo: Donovan-Farley
Garrison Davis – CashApp $hungrybowtie / paypal.me/garrisondavispdx
Lindsey Smith – donate to https://upnow2020.org
Sergio Olmos
Tuck Woodstock – CashApp $tuckwoodstock
45th Parallel Absurdist Brigade – CashApp: $45thabsurdist / Venmo: the45thabsurdist

Articles

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Agencies present

PPB
Oregon National Guard? Federal Police? https://twitter.com/tuckwoodstock/status/1278580610643054592

Day: July 1, 2020

Protests for July 1

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