Summary
On Friday night, protesters marched to the ICE building in the South Waterfront neighborhood, in response to news about medical and reproductive abuse of ICE detainees in Georgia. At about 9:30 PM, federal agents guarding the building rushed the protesters and made arrests. They used smoke and impact munitions to push the group to the north. Portland police then announced an unlawful assembly over their LRAD speaker. Federal agents retreated a short distance, then began firing pepper balls and flash bang grenades, as well as tear gas. Portland police then made several arrests. Protesters regrouped at the ICE building, where they sang and danced in the street, interrupted by federal agents who again rushed the group, using more munitions. The protest wound down after 1 AM.
Scheduled Events
- Elizabeth Caruthers Park Direct Action March – 8 PM
Timeline
Protesters are gathering in the South Waterfront for a march to the ICE building.
I’m out this evening reporting from SW. (I’ve lost track of days but I know we are past day 110 now.) A few dozen have gathered so far at the park and plan to march around 8pm. pic.twitter.com/v7UACBctnR
— Cory Elia (@TheRealCoryElia) September 19, 2020
Stickers! pic.twitter.com/sJvbHyKBhe
— Cory Elia (@TheRealCoryElia) September 19, 2020
Hi there, coming at you from Elizabeth Caruthers Park, where about 200 people stand in the rain-soaked grass and prepare for the first action in nearly a week
— Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile) (@1misanthrophile) September 19, 2020
Let’s see what happens#PortlandProtests #BlackLivesMatter #PoliceBrutality #PortlandRiots
Elizabeth Caruthers Park is very close to the ICE building
— Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile) (@1misanthrophile) September 19, 2020
In the past couple days, we have learned that ICE is conducting systemic mass hysterectomies on its prisoners
At a certain point, words are no longer enough
Tonight we’re marching to ICE in the south waterfront pic.twitter.com/ujr1OnPK8a
— Jovanni (@jovannithe1st) September 19, 2020
This march is to ICE current chant: “no cops, no prisons, total abolition!”
— 45th ןǝןןɐɹɐd ʇsıpɹnsqɐ ǝpɐbıɹq (@45thabsurdist) September 19, 2020
The group has arrived at the ICE facility. There are federal officers already on the rooftop. pic.twitter.com/mWX7V2L8qH
— Cory Elia (@TheRealCoryElia) September 19, 2020
We have arrived. Immediate warning that attempts to damage the building will be met with force
— Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile) (@1misanthrophile) September 19, 2020
I don my gas mask
Part of the crowd pushes to the gates immediately pic.twitter.com/xpYd5C0rI4
A view of the officers from the other side, one tries to make it harder to film by flashing a light. #ICE #AbolishICE #BlackLivesMatter #BLM #ACAB #portland #oregon #Protests #PortlandProtests #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/PH3dAL4LXu
— Garrison Davis (@hungrybowtie) September 19, 2020
“No borders, no nations! Abolish deportations!”
— 45th ןǝןןɐɹɐd ʇsıpɹnsqɐ ǝpɐbıɹq (@45thabsurdist) September 19, 2020
I wonder if the Feds know that every time they make an announcement it is completely drowned out by chants and music
— 45th ןǝןןɐɹɐd ʇsıpɹnsqɐ ǝpɐbıɹq (@45thabsurdist) September 19, 2020
Outside Carathers Park, restaurant patrons enjoy outdoor dinners.
— The Editor ?? (@MacSmiff) September 19, 2020
A few blocks away, about a hundred people congregate outside a dimly lit ICE facility.
Gas masks are going on. pic.twitter.com/mdXgaeryN2
The crowd advances closer to the ICE building. One protester rattles the gates. Someone else bangs on the walls
— Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile) (@1misanthrophile) September 19, 2020
Chant: “what’s outrageous? Kids in cages!”
Feds warn people to stop. I assume: it’s hard to hear over the chanting pic.twitter.com/6RF6yG5H4K
DHS has 2 men on the roof, plus about a dozen men visible in the parking lot.
— The Editor ?? (@MacSmiff) September 19, 2020
Protesters are throwing plastic balls at the steel gate.
DHS gave a 2 minute warning about 5 minutes ago. pic.twitter.com/7gU8Jw5swX
DHS officers storm out and arrest two people, many more come to assist and point guns at the crowd. #ICE #AbolishICE #BlackLivesMatter #BLM #ACAB #portland #oregon #Protests #PortlandProtests #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/Vq2okBjoME
— Garrison Davis (@hungrybowtie) September 19, 2020
Smoke (I think?) deployed pic.twitter.com/f7eSHIW36O
— Peter (@gravemorgan) September 19, 2020
DHS march further into Portland Streets. Gas or smoke in the air. #ICE #AbolishICE #BlackLivesMatter #BLM #ACAB #portland #oregon #Protests #PortlandProtests #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/6xBXKE5phW
— Garrison Davis (@hungrybowtie) September 19, 2020
— 45th ןǝןןɐɹɐd ʇsıpɹnsqɐ ǝpɐbıɹq (@45thabsurdist) September 19, 2020
Feds withdraw south to ICE as the PPB announces that this is an unlawful assembly and we should disperse to the north ( where the LRAD is) pic.twitter.com/HAU3Izni6v
— 45th ןǝןןɐɹɐd ʇsıpɹnsqɐ ǝpɐbıɹq (@45thabsurdist) September 19, 2020
The second push, line is now at half a block North of the ICE facility pic.twitter.com/zcFkZuN5BR
— 45th ןǝןןɐɹɐd ʇsıpɹnsqɐ ǝpɐbıɹq (@45thabsurdist) September 19, 2020
Crowd pushed to Lowell and Moody. A smoke bomb deployed by feds. A few half-empty water bottles thrown pic.twitter.com/W9RZc30uWC
— Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile) (@1misanthrophile) September 19, 2020
Meanwhile, many of the feds have taken a step back, leaving these charming boys pic.twitter.com/WOkPsVO8O6
— Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile) (@1misanthrophile) September 19, 2020
Fun quiz: find the difference between these guys and deployed American soldiers:
— Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile) (@1misanthrophile) September 19, 2020
-American soldiers wear name tags
-They don’t wear gas masks to protect against their own munitions, since chemical weapons are banned in warfare
-No one wears the fucking codpiece it’s embarrassing pic.twitter.com/qC4Io0hHAe
So these guys do not have any insignia that I can ID and their markings that say “police” are reflective but otherwise invisible as shown by my no flash/ flash pictures pic.twitter.com/QhL2WYeVHy
— 45th ןǝןןɐɹɐd ʇsıpɹnsqɐ ǝpɐbıɹq (@45thabsurdist) September 19, 2020
The feds push back farther, then regroup. Standoff continues pic.twitter.com/L1RS5ctclF
— Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile) (@1misanthrophile) September 19, 2020
Without warning or provocation the feds let loose a barrage of just fucking everything
— Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile) (@1misanthrophile) September 19, 2020
I’ve got footage but let’s start where we’re at now: feds firing massive pepper balls into an empty fucking street: pic.twitter.com/FbZup9PPyQ
The beginning of the push. Nothing happened to provoke this. They just started shooting pic.twitter.com/Dw9EmnCKIn
— Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile) (@1misanthrophile) September 19, 2020
A small group with umbrellas holds the line for the back pic.twitter.com/MfWZTh3mZj
— 45th ןǝןןɐɹɐd ʇsıpɹnsqɐ ǝpɐbıɹq (@45thabsurdist) September 19, 2020
— 45th ןǝןןɐɹɐd ʇsıpɹnsqɐ ǝpɐbıɹq (@45thabsurdist) September 19, 2020
Happening now: they open fire for no reason. Gas the fuck out of everyone
— Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile) (@1misanthrophile) September 19, 2020
Portland Police say some shit on the LRAD but we can’t hear over the flash bang and shots pic.twitter.com/2VKjMA8suZ
More gas as the feds move up another block pic.twitter.com/qysUMYP8n3
— 45th ןǝןןɐɹɐd ʇsıpɹnsqɐ ǝpɐbıɹq (@45thabsurdist) September 19, 2020
Line still holding with at least a hundred people behind them as the gas clears pic.twitter.com/dvbBkV6aAx
— 45th ןǝןןɐɹɐd ʇsıpɹnsqɐ ǝpɐbıɹq (@45thabsurdist) September 19, 2020
Lots of teargas filling the streets of Portland. #ICE #AbolishICE #BlackLivesMatter #BLM #ACAB #portland #oregon #Protests #PortlandProtests #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/2qSKZ6AhUK
— Garrison Davis (@hungrybowtie) September 19, 2020
A bunch of smoke set off at the protesters pic.twitter.com/p5MBTWD5Rt
— 45th ןǝןןɐɹɐd ʇsıpɹnsqɐ ǝpɐbıɹq (@45thabsurdist) September 19, 2020
Massive smoke, mass arrests. Footage to follow. Driven back to Moody and Abernathy
— Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile) (@1misanthrophile) September 19, 2020
Seems like PPB makes the arrests (at least 4) while feds hold the line and lay down gas for them pic.twitter.com/zGPzmNdzGs
— 45th ןǝןןɐɹɐd ʇsıpɹnsqɐ ǝpɐbıɹq (@45thabsurdist) September 19, 2020
Really don’t understand how the situation need you to bring a paintball gun and a silenced rifle. Seem like pic.twitter.com/oqi6xJtNuV
— 45th ןǝןןɐɹɐd ʇsıpɹnsqɐ ǝpɐbıɹq (@45thabsurdist) September 19, 2020
Stun grenades thrown towards at the crowd of protesters, many blocks away from ICE. #ICE #AbolishICE #BlackLivesMatter #BLM #ACAB #portland #oregon #Protests #PortlandProtests #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/rmq8F8lAH9
— Garrison Davis (@hungrybowtie) September 19, 2020
The feds march protester after protester through the gas and take them to a line of waiting vans pic.twitter.com/FRfL3ZeN2a
— Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile) (@1misanthrophile) September 19, 2020
The Portland Police arrived shortly thereafter with still more vans pic.twitter.com/QPo65dhIsY
— Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile) (@1misanthrophile) September 19, 2020
Current status: not a lot of protesters left. Many are regrouping a short distance away but the attrition/arrest level is high. Cops and feds jointly holding the Moody/Abernathy intersection
— Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile) (@1misanthrophile) September 19, 2020
Can’t wait to hear how they spin this brutality tomorrow
Feds have completely retreated. PPB’s turn. pic.twitter.com/ZSoKLNBNjM
— The Editor ?? (@MacSmiff) September 19, 2020
The cops load up on riot vans and leave, going the wrong way down Moody. Must be nice to just break the law like that
— Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile) (@1misanthrophile) September 19, 2020
A tiny police line remains pic.twitter.com/L6z3kljwdx
The protest has regrouped. More people here than I thought. Scattered by the gas and now reunited
— Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile) (@1misanthrophile) September 19, 2020
They chant “Black Lives Matter!!” and prepare to move
After the mass arrest, protesters reassembled and marched upon the ICE building again. Crowds have just arrived. #PortlandProtests #PDXProtests #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/ds5n2gl0fR
— Justin Yau (@PDocumentarians) September 19, 2020
Protesters resume yelling insults at ICE. 2nd photo is roof feds. pic.twitter.com/0kHvu25QmP
— 45th ןǝןןɐɹɐd ʇsıpɹnsqɐ ǝpɐbıɹq (@45thabsurdist) September 19, 2020
Literally going to take a video of someone dancing when the Feds rush out of their video to put a stop to this tomfoolery. What is this, Footloose?
— Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile) (@1misanthrophile) September 19, 2020
Then they go back inside
Protecting and serving pic.twitter.com/IvT6DsccbO
Feds go back in their building and protesters go back to singing and dancing in the street
— 45th ןǝןןɐɹɐd ʇsıpɹnsqɐ ǝpɐbıɹq (@45thabsurdist) September 19, 2020
Back out again. DHS must REALLY hates music.
— 45th ןǝןןɐɹɐd ʇsıpɹnsqɐ ǝpɐbıɹq (@45thabsurdist) September 19, 2020
Feds and cops have mostly vanished. A couple visible behind the gate Everyone just hanging out
— Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile) (@1misanthrophile) September 19, 2020
I was literally typing “seems like the evening is winding down” when the cops burst out the doors and charged into the intersection pic.twitter.com/jdZmAtqcZS
CW for assault during an arrest:
This is why you don’t move when the cops tell you to move if you’re big enough to look them in the eye
— Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile) (@1misanthrophile) September 19, 2020
Because you’ll get yet more proof of cops punching restrained people pic.twitter.com/bsacmRI4kE
The feds just fucking LIT UP this car for….driving down the street pic.twitter.com/uoz6T2kuQ3
— Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile) (@1misanthrophile) September 19, 2020
Tear gas canisters shot under multiple vehicles. #ICE #AbolishICE #BlackLivesMatter #BLM #ACAB #portland #oregon #Protests #PortlandProtests #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/hiCeL0RTfH
— Garrison Davis (@hungrybowtie) September 19, 2020
While a line of feds is still holding up the street Portland police arrest another protester by the park
— 45th ןǝןןɐɹɐd ʇsıpɹnsqɐ ǝpɐbıɹq (@45thabsurdist) September 19, 2020
DHS just shooting everything at everything. Forcing people into corners and making arrests.
— The Editor ?? (@MacSmiff) September 19, 2020
A standoff on the corner here on Moody. As I tweet, DHS is defending a public street from live streamers.
Your tax dollars at work. pic.twitter.com/2yJCgPCSgy
Officers labeled DHS are heading back to the ICE building. Officers with ICE and California patches are staying in the street. #ICE #AbolishICE #BlackLivesMatter #BLM #ACAB #portland #oregon #Protests #PortlandProtests #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/hia6DQPoXk
— Garrison Davis (@hungrybowtie) September 19, 2020
Feds withdrawal in a overly dramatic cloud of colored smoke and tear gas like a militarized wicked witch of the west pic.twitter.com/lFPf8OE02M
— 45th ןǝןןɐɹɐd ʇsıpɹnsqɐ ǝpɐbıɹq (@45thabsurdist) September 19, 2020
The California Codpiece Boys do the predictable Fed trick of gassing as they leave pic.twitter.com/ZrnjwBqmcp
— Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile) (@1misanthrophile) September 19, 2020
A very surreal moment in which me and a couple other journalists follow the codpiece boys, who continue to fire gas and smoke at nothing
— Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile) (@1misanthrophile) September 19, 2020
Despite their armored balls they are terrified. Or maybe they just like the pretty colors. Who knows pic.twitter.com/SXL9PEdRTy
The protest is maybe 30 people plus press. I think the evening is finally winding down and I’m going to head out
— Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile) (@1misanthrophile) September 19, 2020
Solidarity with everyone still out here ✊
Media
Present
- Cory Elia (KBOO) – CashApp $CoryElia / paypal.me/CoryElia / Venmo @ Cory-Elia
- Garrison Davis – CashApp $hungrybowtie / paypal.me/garrisondavispdx
- Jake Johnson @FancyJenkins – CashApp: $bucksarecool / Venmo: jakefartstoo / http://Paypal.me/fancyjenkins
- Justin Yau @PDocumentarians – CashApp: $portlandindepend / PayPal: https://paypal.me/portlandindepend
- Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile) – CashApp/Venmo: misanthrophile
- Mac Smiff – CashApp: $MacSmiff
- Peter @gravemorgan
- 45th Parallel Absurdist Brigade – CashApp: $45thabsurdist / Venmo: the45thabsurdist
Articles
Autostraddle
Portland’s Black Lives Matter Protests Prove the Power of Mutual Aid
Courthouse News
Portland Defense Attorneys Doubtful of Sedition Charges for Protesters
OPB
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- Fire officials see progress against wildfires, get help from a change in weather
- As Portland protests resume, demonstrators remain resolute in push for racial justice
The Oregonian
- Heavy rain prompts sighs of relief, flooding concerns; Portland air quality no longer worst among major cities
- Federal, local police respond to overnight Portland protest Friday, 1st demonstration in days
- Intruder with knife, boy being held: No Portland police response for 1 hour, 36 minutes
Portland Mercury
We’re Postponing Our “Eyes On the Ground” Panel. Here’s Why!
Truthout
Mutual Aid Response During Fires Shows Black Lives Matter Is Building Community
Willamette Week
- Portland Protests Will Resume Friday Night After Brief Hiatus During Wildfires
- Portlanders Can Finally Go Outside Again—Air Quality Has Gotten Much Better and Will Continue to Improve
Police
Agencies present
- Department of Homeland Security / ICE
- Portland Police Bureau
Munitions used
- Smoke
- Impact munitions
- Pepper balls
- Tear gas
- Flash bangs
I’m out of the area for the night. Look at all the munitions I recovered tonight! #PortlandProtests pic.twitter.com/PGaCWwJYKc
— Peter (@gravemorgan) September 19, 2020
Number of arrests
Charges
- Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree
- Interfering with a Peace Officer
- Resisting Arrest
- Assaulting a Public Safety Officer
- Unlawful Use of a Weapon
- Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree
- Possession of Stolen Property