Month: July 2020

So we’d heard that there were some potential police escalations at Thea Portland North Precinct. Showed up and met these folks: the family of Patrick Kimmons has been organizing protests here every Thursday from 10-2 https://t.co/w8ZX8spnbl

— 45th Parallel Absurdist Brigade (@45thabsurdist) July 2, 2020

So many more fireworks, most have gone off up in the air. Probably about 250 people here. And the PPB has a new camera in front of the Justice Center. #justicecenter #Portlandprotest #portland #blacklivesmatter   #PDXprotests #pdx #oregon #blm #acab pic.twitter.com/WtFHTKMPTG

— Gare (transsexual john dee) (@hungrybowtie) July 3, 2020

That colonizer family statue, The Promised Land (1993), is tonight the site of a witchy food pantry + medic station. pic.twitter.com/zjxmzO86Jm

— 🏳️‍🌈 Andrew D. Jankowski 🏳️‍🌈 (@AndrewJank) July 3, 2020

Police are shooting at the crowd in front of the federal courthouse. Gonna go live. #justicecenter #Portlandprotest #portland #blacklivesmatter    #PDXprotests #pdx #oregon #blm #acab pic.twitter.com/XmBuEJ407r

— Gare (transsexual john dee) (@hungrybowtie) July 3, 2020

It's been a tense couple of minutes. Couple of fireworks have gone off in front of the courthouse. "Ballsy shit," someone says in passing. Chants of A-C-A-B and a few GAS ME TEDDY's.

— 🏳️‍🌈 Andrew D. Jankowski 🏳️‍🌈 (@AndrewJank) July 3, 2020

Holy shit, the military emerges and tackles a guy, then takes him away pic.twitter.com/0Fy6YKtZag

— Kevin Parks (@kevin_parks) July 3, 2020

2 police in front of courthouse. Definitely they're saying they may use tear gas if protestors don't move southwest (to where, PSU? southwest of WHAT???). pic.twitter.com/J0xlnfoZLa

— 🏳️‍🌈 Andrew D. Jankowski 🏳️‍🌈 (@AndrewJank) July 3, 2020

This is not a riot! Obviously! pic.twitter.com/MYETRARYa2

— Cozca (@KohzKah) July 3, 2020

Dozens of PPB, SW 3rd + Salmon, advancing along 3rd. pic.twitter.com/5KLxkouzY5

— 🏳️‍🌈 Andrew D. Jankowski 🏳️‍🌈 (@AndrewJank) July 3, 2020

The scene at SW 6th & Main. pic.twitter.com/PshL4qN0me

— 🏳️‍🌈 Andrew D. Jankowski 🏳️‍🌈 (@AndrewJank) July 3, 2020

Made it back to the parks. There's ~6 PPB officers near the JC's Main St corner. I hear them firing something now into Lownsdale.

— 🏳️‍🌈 Andrew D. Jankowski 🏳️‍🌈 (@AndrewJank) July 3, 2020

PPB firing on Lownsdale, exact same noises. I'm watching them do it. Heard someone get hit. Spicy air now, so pepper balls apparently.

— 🏳️‍🌈 Andrew D. Jankowski 🏳️‍🌈 (@AndrewJank) July 3, 2020

There's like…. barely enough people to pack a small venue, and this is a "riot."

— 🏳️‍🌈 Andrew D. Jankowski 🏳️‍🌈 (@AndrewJank) July 3, 2020

Fire works going off as PPB loads up.

— 🏳️‍🌈 Andrew D. Jankowski 🏳️‍🌈 (@AndrewJank) July 3, 2020

PPB firing pepper balls again, thrice, as a protestor shows me the pellet he got shot with. It's a thick rubber, almost solid, while the plastic shell is lightweight but hard/sturdy. I'm nowhere near the courthouse but hear signs near me getting hit. pic.twitter.com/JLxDBTboYb

— 🏳️‍🌈 Andrew D. Jankowski 🏳️‍🌈 (@AndrewJank) July 3, 2020

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

— alissa azar (@AlissaAzar) 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

— Gare (transsexual john dee) (@hungrybowtie) 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

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 Parallel Absurdist Brigade (@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 Parallel Absurdist Brigade (@45thabsurdist) 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

Police out, standing guard in front of federal building. Weapons drawn. pic.twitter.com/B0di2PRk0l

— Alex Zielinski (@alex_zee) 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 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 Parallel Absurdist Brigade (@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

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— 45th Parallel Absurdist Brigade (@45thabsurdist) July 2, 2020