Summary
On Thursday, protesters gathered at Laurelhurst Park for a self-care event organized by The Witches, a mutual aid group, followed by a march to the Penumbra Kelly building, where both Portland police and Multnomah County Sheriffs are stationed. Protesters blocked off a section of E. Burnside to shield the group from vehicles. The protest remained uneventful until about midnight, when police rushed the crowd and made a targeted arrest. Police then withdrew back inside the building. At about 12:20 AM a car raced through the protest, narrowly avoiding hitting anyone. PPB then made an announcement over the LRAD that the street was to remain open to traffic. At 1 AM, police came out again and marched a block west, looking at some parked vehicles. PPB and Oregon State Police then returned by vehicle (including OSP motorcycles) to ticket cars and arrest someone. The night ended without further incident around 2 AM.
Scheduled Events
- Justice for Patrick Kimmons – 10 AM at North Precinct
- Happy Hour at Ted’s – 5 PM on NW Glisan
- Gear Up! – 7:30 PM at Laurelhurst Park
- Laurelhurst Park Direct Action March – 8 PM
Timeline
Before tonight’s march, mutual aid group The Witches are holding a self-care and gear resupply event:
I’m at Laurelhurst Park in SE Portland covering tonight’s Direct Action March.
— Cata Gaitán (@catalinagaitan_) September 4, 2020
About ~50 people are gathered in the park and there are free wellness packages with candles, bath salts (made with homegrown herbs), chocolate, tarot cards and handwritten notes that say “I love you.” pic.twitter.com/cRVS8od30H
Three booths are set up offering free abolitionist literature, medical and sanitation supplies, protective gear, and food and drinks. One volunteer scoops out mashed potatoes.
— Cata Gaitán (@catalinagaitan_) September 4, 2020
“I get a lot of donated cookable supplies so sometimes I like to cook instead of the usual pizzas.”
Tonight’s destination is the Penumbra Kelly Building, which houses both a Multnomah County Sheriffs Office and a Portland police precinct.
Bella Ciao is playing as I get to the park.
— Cascadianphotog Media (@Cascadianphotog) September 4, 2020
The people March!
Protesters have begun marching east chanting “All cops are bastards! A-C-A-B!” pic.twitter.com/MPcvSHUxEO
— Cata Gaitán (@catalinagaitan_) September 4, 2020
“Black Trans Lives Matter!”
Night 98. Protesters marching from Laurelhurst Park have just arrived at the Penumbra Kelly Building. Portland Police has just warned the crowd & members of the press to stay off the building property. #PortlandProtests #PDXprotests #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/PDxqFPyR8T
— Justin Yau (@PDocumentarians) September 4, 2020
Protesters are gathered on E. Burnside St. and on the sidewalk in front of the driveway. Multnomah County Sheriff and Portland police share offices here.
— Cata Gaitán (@catalinagaitan_) September 4, 2020
Police vehicles face protesters with their brights on. One protester steps into the driveway and holds up a middle finger. pic.twitter.com/ACx5c30CEO
MCSO deputies and traffic police officers arrived one block from the Penumbra Kelly building to move the obstacles set up in the streets. They departed shortly after. #PortlandProtests #PDXprotests #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/g3cGKNzYzm
— Justin Yau (@PDocumentarians) September 4, 2020
Protesters have blocked SE 50th Ave. with bicycles, a dumpster, recycling bins and yellow caution tape.
— Cata Gaitán (@catalinagaitan_) September 4, 2020
A #20 TriMet bus driving west down Burnside paused for a minute before rerouting and taking a right. pic.twitter.com/rQSNrjQAEm
Nice sign!
— Jasper Florence (They/Them) (@JFlorencePDX) September 4, 2020
Reminder that the officers that killed officers have not faces any consequences pic.twitter.com/5uFMuQUWA4
Crowd grows quiet again and again is reminded to be louder.
— Cascadianphotog Media (@Cascadianphotog) September 4, 2020
Chants continue, as Portland Protesters are seemingly taking it easy tonight.
Protesters are standing on the sidewalk holding reflective panels in response to the Portland Police search lights. It has been peaceful tonight aside from a few water bottles thrown. #PortlandProtests #PDXprotests #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/mkyZmOJ1qY
— Justin Yau (@PDocumentarians) September 4, 2020
Someone just briefly went onto the MSCO property, which LRAD earlier warned against (or risk arrest—including journalists)
— Beth Nakamura (@bethnakamura) September 4, 2020
Some chanting, maybe 150 or so people here #PortlandProtests pic.twitter.com/LUeMHMcXyc
More plastic water bottles are getting thrown into the driveway. Two streamers stand on the grass past the sidewalk, and a protester standing behind them on the sidewalk sketches their figures with pencil onto a notepad. Two purple-vested clergy witnesses stand nearby.
— Cata Gaitán (@catalinagaitan_) September 4, 2020
LRAD announcement:
Portland Police are threatening the use of impact munitions for protesters “throwing projectiles.” Those projectiles are empty plastic water bottles that were tossed into the parking lot. #PortlandProtests pic.twitter.com/iAM40N0Wuf
— Shane Burley (@shane_burley1) September 4, 2020
Spray painted outside the sheriffs office pic.twitter.com/GeKys4nlKJ
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) September 4, 2020
A couple more plastic water bottles have been thrown into the driveway.
— Cata Gaitán (@catalinagaitan_) September 4, 2020
Protesters are chanting “Black trans lives matter!”
A few protesters are yelling at police, calling them murderers for the killing of Michael Reinoehl and they’re lucky they’re only getting water bottles tonight #PortlandProtests pic.twitter.com/Ks1adaQLsI
— Beth Nakamura (@bethnakamura) September 4, 2020
“Just tonight they killed our brother Mike” pic.twitter.com/Ozv3GMnYFX
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) September 4, 2020
“We gotta come together as a community/because cops got qualified immunity” pic.twitter.com/ilNHucC837
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) September 4, 2020
First arrests of the night:
Police catch every body off guard and run out to make an arrest pic.twitter.com/khS5tSD5B7
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) September 4, 2020
Portland Police just bullrushed the crowd without warning. They made one targeted arrest. The arrestee was heard saying “I didn’t throw rocks at you”. They retreated after the arrest. #PortlandProtests #PDXprotests #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/eeyDG9JeWd
— Justin Yau (@PDocumentarians) September 4, 2020
A first: Portland police vehicles parked in the driveway have turned off their brights. pic.twitter.com/aCwrnlNA8R
— Cata Gaitán (@catalinagaitan_) September 4, 2020
Attempted car attack:
A car drives through the crowd aggressively pic.twitter.com/3OxE2Tqn6l
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) September 4, 2020
A small dark car just revved its engine and drove full speed east up Burnside at protesters standing in the street, who screamed and scattered. Some chased after the car trying to catch its license plate number.
— Cata Gaitán (@catalinagaitan_) September 4, 2020
“Are you going to do your fucking job?” a protester yells.
Portland police come on the LRAD: “This is the Portland Police Bureau. As a reminder, East Burnside remains open to vehicular traffic.”
— Cata Gaitán (@catalinagaitan_) September 4, 2020
Protesters immediately start yelling over the LRAD. pic.twitter.com/vnYdqb4axi
Police emerge again:
Portland Police exited the Penumbra Building. Officers could be heard discussing which persons within the crowd to apprehend. They pushed out one block West. #PortlandProtest #PDXprotests #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/EPiQGQbvNC
— Justin Yau (@PDocumentarians) September 4, 2020
PPB suddenly take to the streets and head westbound on Burnside, stopping less than a block away at some parked cars. Someone says to them, “it took you 90 days to figure out how to target people instead of bulldozing everyone around you, you dumb fucks?” #PortlandProtests pic.twitter.com/94zI7EYldE
— Shauna Sowersby (@Shauna_Sowersby) September 4, 2020
Analysis: the police chief says there aren’t enough officers to staff protests at night(BLM) and then again in the daytime(Trump rallies)
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) September 4, 2020
But how many officers to staff at night is a choice PBB makes
E.g. these 20 officers are trying to find illegally parked vehicles right now pic.twitter.com/5OJLi6u6R0
PPB officers return from what one protestor describes as “the shittiest parade ever.” Another officer swoops in next to me to confiscate a shield. #PortlandProtest pic.twitter.com/y0U8A1fF2S
— Shauna Sowersby (@Shauna_Sowersby) September 4, 2020
As the group of officers walked back toward the Kelly building, one officer walked into the grass and raised their weapon, pointing it at people standing on the sidewalk. pic.twitter.com/z4JPOwkY39
— Cata Gaitán (@catalinagaitan_) September 4, 2020
How many officers to assign to night time protest is a choice PBB makes:
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) September 4, 2020
The following is a traffic stop, but ostensibly the idea is to ticket the mutual aid vehicles to dissuade them from attending protest pic.twitter.com/Y6w6xPrHw9
Portland Police vehicles drove out and intercepted 2 ‘protest mutual-aid’
— Justin Yau (@PDocumentarians) September 4, 2020
vehicles. So far, one arrest has been made. #PortlandProtest #PDXprotests #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/ijvtj165KO
Several motorcycle traffic officers arrived on scene to support Rapid Response Team officers on ground. Those observing disparaged officers for not pursuing the vehicle that drove through the crowd earlier tonight. #PortlandProtest #PDXprotests #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/hyAZEUHSbb
— Justin Yau (@PDocumentarians) September 4, 2020
And here 44 says that because no one was injured by the car earlier there were no victims thus no crime was committed.
— Cascadianphotog Media (@Cascadianphotog) September 4, 2020
Yet a riot squad and several officers were needed to give these 2 support vehicles traffic tickets for illegally parking. pic.twitter.com/rcoU7bQgPE
A pair of officers walk up to inspect a protester carrying a plastic sword.
— Cata Gaitán (@catalinagaitan_) September 4, 2020
“If I were to pull it out and let you feel it, will you gun me down? Will I be arrested for that shit?”
“Absolutely not,” an officer responds. An officer feels the sword and hands it back. pic.twitter.com/ortJTBcmhH
Media
Present
- Beth Nakamura (The Oregonian)
- Cata Gaitán – CashApp: $catalinagaitan / Venmo: @catalina-gaitan
- Jasper Florence – Venmo: JFlorencePDX
- Justin Yau @PDocumentarians – CashApp: $portlandindepend / PayPal: https://paypal.me/portlandindepend
- Sergio Olmos
Articles
Associated Press
- AP source: Suspect in Portland death killed by investigators
- Portland protests set up clash between journalists, police
Culture Study
living in someone else’s Portland narrative
The New Republic
The New York Times
- Suspect in Fatal Portland Shooting Is Killed by Officers During Arrest
- What a 16-Year-Old Learned in Three Months of Portland Protests
OPB
- Racial justice protester suspected in Portland shooting death killed by law enforcement
- Activist’s worry: Trump, Wheeler rhetoric distracts from purpose of Portland protests
- Portland businesses host clean-up event downtown to encourage visiting the area
- ‘Failed system … failed leadership’: 3 resign from Portland’s police oversight board in 24 hours
The Olympian
Portland shooting suspect fatally shot by US Marshals task force near Lacey
The Oregonian
- Police respond without broad force to Portland protests Thursday: Key takeaways
- Michael Reinoehl, man sought in the fatal Portland shooting after Trump rally, killed by officers in WA, published report says
- Hundreds gather for downtown cleanup Thursday amid growing frustrations over city conditions
- Pointing lasers at officers during Portland protests now leads to federal civil disorder felony allegations
- Gov. Kate Brown, other top Oregon Democrats condemn violence, white supremacy and vigilantism, pledge police reforms, improved racial justice
- Truck with Trump flag intentionally rammed into woman in downtown Portland, $45,000 lawsuit alleges
- Vancouver police, Clark County Sheriff’s Office not sending officers to Portland
- Proud Boys to return to Portland with rally planned Sept. 26 in downtown
Portland Mercury
Suspect in Aaron Danielson Shooting Reportedly Killed by Federal Officers in Washington
Portland Tribune
Suspect in deadly shooting at Portland protest has been killed
VICE
Man Linked to Killing at a Portland Protest Says He Acted in Self-Defense
Willamette Week
- Federal Officers Reportedly Kill Michael Reinoehl, Suspect in Fatal Shooting of Trump Supporter Aug. 29
- Vice Plans to Air Interview With Oregon Man Confessing to Killing at Portland Protest
- Wyden, Wheeler Pan President Donald Trump’s Threat to Defund “Anarchist Jurisdictions,” Including Portland
Police
Agencies present
- Portland Police Bureau
- Oregon State Police
Munitions used
N/A
Number of arrests
Charges
- Criminal Mischief II
- Disorderly Conduct II
- Interfering with a Peace Officer
- Failure to Display Drivers License