Month: November 2020

Timeline

A vigil is happening downtown at Pioneer Square tonight.

Trail of Lights Memorial:
A march to remember those lost on the road to revolution. pic.twitter.com/JvikfJPhqo

— Alissa Azar (@R3volutionDaddy) December 1, 2020

People are lighting candles as Gary Floyd gives a speech celebrating Black love pic.twitter.com/8ENpxiuYrO

— Alissa Azar (@R3volutionDaddy) December 1, 2020

Protesters raise their fists during the speech, displaying a symbol of solidarity and black power. #PortlandProtests #PDXProtests #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/LyVOQhdj14

— Justin Yau (@PDocumentarians) December 1, 2020

There are about 100 people here but not a lot candles. The speaker comments that there’s probably a candle here for every ten lives lost. “If you’re out here, every life has to matter to you. Every candle has to matter to you.”

— Suzette Smith (@suzettesmith) December 1, 2020

“The fact that we spend 1/3 of the city budget on police is fucking ludicrous. We cannot have an equitable community here in portland without defunding and abolishing the police.” @Jahdi_ pic.twitter.com/1iDYS0eWht

— Alissa Azar (@R3volutionDaddy) December 1, 2020

Protesters have just departed from pioneer square, chanting & marching through downtown Portland. #PortlandProtests #PDXProtests #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/u8GhIMmiJs

— Justin Yau (@PDocumentarians) December 1, 2020

Marchers leave candles in front of the Justice Center’s SW 2nd entrance and call for a moment of silence. pic.twitter.com/o8C02EIeWG

— Suzette Smith (@suzettesmith) December 1, 2020

Say their names. pic.twitter.com/EVN6awCXyl

— Alissa Azar (@R3volutionDaddy) December 1, 2020

Protesters have just arrived in front of the mural in downtown Portland. There is a moment of silence to remember lives lost to police brutality. #PortlandProtests #PDXProtests #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/N6tbPo0Tub

— Justin Yau (@PDocumentarians) December 1, 2020

Police appear to have already destroyed the vigil. This is absolutely disgusting pic.twitter.com/dzdbDogwRA

— Alissa Azar (@R3volutionDaddy) December 1, 2020

I’m out of downtown. It was a beautiful event. Once word got out that the police had destroyed the vigil, everyone gathered again at pioneer square to light some more candles and spell out the word “love” on the ledge near the Christmas tree pic.twitter.com/6iFUGYBWZJ

— Alissa Azar (@R3volutionDaddy) December 1, 2020

Media

Present

• Alissa Azar @R3volutionDaddy – CashApp: $pdxalissa / Venmo: @R3volutionDaddy
• Justin Yau @PDocumentarians  – CashApp: $portlandindepend / PayPal: https://paypal.me/portlandindepend 
• Suzette Smith

Articles

The Oregonian

• Man charged in fatal shooting of Black man in Ashland claims self-defense; autopsy shows no injuries from alleged punch 
• Judge finds city of Portland in contempt of order restricting less-lethal impact munitions during protests

Police

Agencies present

• Portland Police Bureau

Munitions used

N/A

Number of arrests

N/A

Charges

N/A

Summary

Timeline

Down in Vancouver for a Justice and Accountability for Keven Peterson Jr. march. There were about 15 armed RW’ers when we left the park. They stopped being confrontational when they saw how many armed leftists there were. pic.twitter.com/VtQYPzLPuT

— Alissa Azar (@R3volutionDaddy) November 29, 2020

Current speaker- “If this government is Innocent until proven guilty, why do they execute first?!”

— Alissa Azar (@R3volutionDaddy) November 29, 2020

“There are bigger drug dealers at skyview that are white that’ll never get hit like Kevin Peterson did. They chose which people they want to execute”

— Alissa Azar (@R3volutionDaddy) November 29, 2020

Who are we?
Vancouver!
What do we want?
Justice!

— Alissa Azar (@R3volutionDaddy) November 29, 2020

Seems like they have called for backup. No one on the left has been confrontational or anything like that pic.twitter.com/qsR2eZtlGk

— Alissa Azar (@R3volutionDaddy) November 29, 2020

Chuds have been slashing tires and the car is still missing. The left started at the park with speeches, took off on a march to city hall with a few brief breaks, and marched back for another speech. There was no vandalism, no graffiti, there wasn’t even any heckling…

— Alissa Azar (@R3volutionDaddy) November 29, 2020

Media

Present

• Alissa Azar @R3volutionDaddy – CashApp: $pdxalissa / Venmo: @R3volutionDaddy

Articles

The Oregonian

• Talent man pleads not guilty in killing of Black teenager in Ashland hotel parking lot 
• War monument toppled in Portland’s Lone Fir Cemetery
• Portland police patrol SUV burns in suspected arson
• Opinion: Portland Police’s culture won’t change from the inside. My experience shows that.

Police

Agencies present

• Vancouver Police Department

Munitions used

N/A

Number of arrests

One

Charges

• Assault IV
• Felony Harassment

Timeline

A few clashes between right wing folks and anti-fascists occur in the evening at Pioneer Square downtown, but don’t appear to be related to any protest.

At Pioneer Square in downtown Portland right now. There’s a small group of right wing folks harrasing women. About 25 minutes ago there was a small fight and mace was used. A car is circling that’s backfiring quite loudly, not gunshots. pic.twitter.com/uXyhWLcBTE

— Garrison Davis (@hungrybowtie) November 29, 2020

The group that’s been harassing people seems to be a mix of just teenage boys and some young Trumpers. No real “chuds” here at the moment.

— Garrison Davis (@hungrybowtie) November 29, 2020

Stuff died down and the “antifa” folks left. But just a few minutes ago a group of Patriot Prayer/Cops NW people arrived at Pioneer. pic.twitter.com/gihxquMxat

— Garrison Davis (@hungrybowtie) November 29, 2020

Media

Present

• Garrison Davis – CashApp $hungrybowtie / paypal.me/garrisondavispdx

Articles

The Oregonian

• County investigators find no link between COVID-19 outbreaks and local protests
• Man charged with fatally shooting a 19-year-old Black man in Ashland over ‘loud music’
• Remaining Guantánamo Bay prisoners hope review process will resume under Biden administration
• Where should Oregon commit taxpayer money? Pressure for both prisons and preschools as governor forges her spending blueprint (Subscriber Exclusive)

Scheduled Events

• Buy Black Friday – 1pm at Irving Park

Timeline

Here at Irving Park, where the Black Friday market of Black-owned small businesses just opened. pic.twitter.com/oE5PVhHHKS

— Sean Bascom (@baaascom) November 27, 2020

@PDXEWOKS are here with essentials pic.twitter.com/Z2zivPlWsQ

— Sean Bascom (@baaascom) November 27, 2020

Buy Black Market is in full swing and is BEAUTIFUL. There will be speakers and performers soon, the food is 100% free, and the merchandise is probs better than any black friday sale you were planning on hitting anyways. ❤ pic.twitter.com/C2qfUOi0TG

— Leif- they/them? (@leifinpdx) November 27, 2020

the ever so wonderful @MariahMacaronio is here!! selling her stuff!! pic.twitter.com/omC1Sa3qZO

— Jasper Florence (They/Them) (@JFlorencePDX) November 27, 2020

Frontline Drumline is here getting ready for a drum circle pic.twitter.com/nM0VCE0bnM

— Sean Bascom (@baaascom) November 27, 2020

Media

Present

• Jasper Florence – Venmo: JFlorencePDX
• Sean Bascom – CashApp: $Baaascom / Venmo: @Sean-Bascom  

Articles

KOIN

Portland shoppers encouraged to ‘Buy Black’ on Friday

The Oregonian

Here are the drug limits under Oregon’s first-of-its-kind decriminalization law

Police

N/A

No scheduled protests today, on this Thanksgiving holiday that is also a day of mourning for indigenous communities.

Media

There’s a new podcast by Robert Evans called “Uprising”, about the protests here. We strongly recommend it for coverage of not just what’s happened out on our streets, but the history behind it and why the protests continue. Many media accounts leave out the voices of Black organizers, or the history of the Portland police, or the many kinds of community activism happening throughout – this podcast will give you the full picture. The first episode is out now.

Articles

The Oregonian

Man charged with fatally shooting a 19-year-old Black man in Ashland over ‘loud music’

Timeline

This announcement was made across social media in the last few days, urging the community to organize small scale direct actions rather than participating in a larger demonstration:

Black & Indigenous ppl are calling for a national decolonial day of action. They want ppl to participate by decolonizing their city with autonomous/anonymous DA. Fuck thxgiving & black friday! Decolonize by dismantling capitalism & white supremacy. No peace til our genocide ends! pic.twitter.com/SKXX6IqpAO

— safePDX (@safe_pdx) November 24, 2020

A small vigil for Indigenous people who were killed by white settlers in Oregon is held downtown.

There’s a small, vigil in Director Park tonight—tea lights surround small placards that describe massacres of Indigenous people by white settlers in 1850s Oregon. pic.twitter.com/YhI52swDhF

— Suzette Smith (@suzettesmith) November 26, 2020

“Each sign has one candle by it for each Indigenous life lost. Candles next this sign represent the countless slaughters that were not recorded in history, and to the many thousands lost to diseases that colonists brought with them.”

— Suzette Smith (@suzettesmith) November 26, 2020

“This was hardly the start of the massacres, but resulted in a series of organized attacks on Indigenous peoples. Often the US army was sent in to slaughter a group of Indigenous peoples. The Indigenous peoples fought back, but eventually most ended up surrendering.”

— Suzette Smith (@suzettesmith) November 26, 2020

“Most of those that did were sent by steamboat to Portland and from there to the Grande Ronde Reservation. Many were forced to make the journey on foot. By 1857, the Indigenous peoples of Oregon has been cut down to less than 2,000, now on reservations.”

— Suzette Smith (@suzettesmith) November 26, 2020

“Nasomah Massacre
Jan 28th, 1854

40 white settlers attacked the sleeping village of the Nasomah at the mouth of the Coquille River in Oregon, killing 15 men and one woman.” pic.twitter.com/g8SUFAhR2n

— Suzette Smith (@suzettesmith) November 26, 2020

” Two Chetco who tried to resist with bows and arrows were burned alive in their houses. Shortly before the attack, the Chetco had been induced to give their weapons away as ‘friendly relations were firmly established.’”

— Suzette Smith (@suzettesmith) November 26, 2020

“Lupton Massacre
October 8, 1955
A group of white settlers and miners launched a night attack on an Indeginous village near Upper Table Rock, Oregon, killing 23 Indigenous people (mostly elderly men, women, and children). The tribal name of these people has been lost.” pic.twitter.com/iUDgzhcW6Z

— Suzette Smith (@suzettesmith) November 26, 2020

“Little Butte Creek Massacre
December 23, 1855
An impromptu white militia launched a dawn attack on a Tututni and Takelma camp on the Rouge River. Between 19 and 26 Tutuni and Takelma were killed.” pic.twitter.com/ygE5o673Jf

— Suzette Smith (@suzettesmith) November 26, 2020

“Grande Ronde River Valley Massacre
June 1856
The Washington territorial militia under Colonel Benjamin Shaw attacked a group of peaceful Cayuse and Walla Walla peoples on the Grande Ronde River. 60 Cayuse and Walla Walla were killed, mostly women, children, and old men.” pic.twitter.com/0Z6NidoKOA

— Suzette Smith (@suzettesmith) November 26, 2020

The next morning, some results of the call for autonomous direct actions:

Good morning to everyone but colonizers. Especially this one who seems to be having a particularly rough morning down at the war monument in Lone Fir pic.twitter.com/gKIDuZJYtB

— Alissa Azar (@R3volutionDaddy) November 26, 2020

Multiple businesses vandalized along Hawthorne Blvd. No word on who did it, but have seen multiple Antifa logos graffitied on buildings. Seen here is Bagdad Theatre, Dosha Salon, Twill Boutique (women’s clothes/ accessories made local), Road To Tibet Imports gift shop. #Portland pic.twitter.com/5cjFfWIa2D

— Independent Media PDX (@NDpendentPDX) November 26, 2020

Media

Present

• Alissa Azar @R3volutionDaddy – CashApp: $pdxalissa / Venmo: @R3volutionDaddy
• Independent Media PDX @NDpendentPDX
• Suzette Smith

Articles

CNN

• Indigenous people across the US want their land back — and the movement is gaining momentum

OPB

• Investigators release footage, new details in Kevin Peterson Jr. shooting
• New fund for Black Oregonians faces mounting legal pressure

The Oregonian

• Portland spends $65k to remove protest graffiti from businesses, homes
• Deputies fired 34 times at Kevin Peterson Jr. as he ran from them with a gun, investigators say 
• Police arrest 3 after protest-related vandalism in SE Portland

Portland Mercury

• Activists Fundraise for Oregon Inmates Who Fought Fires this Summer
• Good Afternoon, News: New “Post-Freeze” Restrictions, Police Oversight a Bureaucratic Mess, and Trump Pardons Known Asshole
• Good Morning, News: Frontline Workers Pushed to Limit, Senate Ignores Biden, and Mayor’s Holiday Homeless Sweep
• Portland’s New Police Oversight System Faces Limitations Within City Hall

Searchlight New Mexico

• A Black life ends in a New Mexico police shooting

Willamette Week

• Black Portlanders Are Killed Crossing the Street at Three Times the Rate of White Pedestrians
• Leftists Want to Recall Mayor Ted Wheeler and Commissioner Dan Ryan
• Portland Lawyers Allege Oregon Sen. Rob Wagner and Lake Oswego School Officials Failed to Investigate a Student’s Claims of Racial Discrimination

Summary

Despite the rainy night, a small group of protesters gathered at Elizabeth Caruthers Park in South Portland before making their way to the ICE facility nearby. There, Homeland Security (DHS) officers emerged from the building multiple times to conduct targeted arrests and an unlawful assembly was declared at 10:30 pm. The night ended by around midnight after hours of demonstrating outside the facility, multiple arrests, and mace and pepper balls deployed against protesters.

Scheduled Events

• Direct Action – 8 pm

Timeline

Protests gather in front of the ICE facility in South Portland.

We are at ICE. Should be renamed PUDDLES as it is not that cold but it is very very wet. Giant lakes have formed outside the building. If DHS rushes they’ll be set up to their knees. I’ll be soaked to the waist.

— Melissa “Claudio” Lewis (@Claudio_Report) November 25, 2020

First FedRAD warning. New guy, got too close to the mic.

— Melissa “Claudio” Lewis (@Claudio_Report) November 25, 2020

A small group of protesters have gathered on front of the ICE detention facility in SW Portland. Homeland Security has just given the first warning for crowds to stay off building property. #PortlandProtest #PDXProtest #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/O7pSLLBzz1

— Justin Yau (@PDocumentarians) November 25, 2020

Around 9:25 pm Homeland Security (DHS) officers come out of the facility and arrest two protesters.

DHS agents just rushed out and made two targeted arrests. #PortlandProtest #PDXProtest #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/GCVKun0v2L

— Justin Yau (@PDocumentarians) November 25, 2020

A targeted arrest is made by federal agents outside the ICE facility in Portland Or #PortlandProtests pic.twitter.com/nafJNEIsF7

— Peter (@gravemorgan) November 25, 2020

*FLASH WARNING*: The footage below contains a flashing light from 00:25-0:30.

First arrests of the night. Medics were shot at, a man with dogs were maced, and a Jewish person protesting was detained. His sign that said “never again” with a Star of David was taken and then kicked inside. pic.twitter.com/LbZvbgZVkJ

— Melissa “Claudio” Lewis (@Claudio_Report) November 25, 2020

DHS agents guard the ICE facility in Portland, OR. #PortlansProtests #ICE pic.twitter.com/RILJPXZNn3

— Peter (@gravemorgan) November 25, 2020

Federal Protective Services agents expanded their perimeter & pushed protesters to the intersection across the street from the ICE detention facility. They withdrew back into the building shortly after. #PortlandProtest #PDXProtest #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/wlTNkfRr4Z

— Justin Yau (@PDocumentarians) November 25, 2020

DHS agents have come out briefly again to secure the driveway for 2 vehicles to enter. They have since withdrawn within the building. #PortlandProtest #PDXProtest #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/QXf5ulevOs

— Justin Yau (@PDocumentarians) November 25, 2020

DHS agents have rushed out of the ICE detention facility building again for a targeted arrest. They abandoned the chase as protesters scattered. #PortlandProtest #PDXProtest #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/mtt7kMXWvW

— Justin Yau (@PDocumentarians) November 25, 2020

He looks hurt and goes back inside.

— Melissa “Claudio” Lewis (@Claudio_Report) November 25, 2020

At 10:30 pm DHS declares the gathering an unlawful assembly.

2230 – Unlawful assembly declared by DHS.

— Clementson Supriyadi (@cdsupriyadi) November 25, 2020

2237 – Targeted arrest and wreck less usage of pepper spraying gun by DHS. #Portlandprotest #pdxprotests #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/FeiVaExbwk

— Clementson Supriyadi (@cdsupriyadi) November 25, 2020

A DHS agent maced a protester on the sidewalk (walking backwards away from them) with a sound system #PortlandProtests #ICE pic.twitter.com/AeqijCi0qi

— Peter (@gravemorgan) November 25, 2020

DHS officers exit the ICE building once again to let a car out of the parking lot.

A dog poop trash can has been liberated, it’s contents have been redistributed in the driveway. DHS must now run around shit baggies and puddles. An exiting car ran over the bags til they popped. pic.twitter.com/6NAcmHsAo8

— Melissa “Claudio” Lewis (@Claudio_Report) November 25, 2020

Media

Present

• Clementson Supriyadi @cdsupriyadi
• Justin Yau @PDocumentarians  – CashApp: $portlandindepend / PayPal: https://paypal.me/portlandindepend
• Melissa “Claudio” Lewis – Cashapp: $ClaudioReport / Venmo: Claudio_Report
• Peter @gravemorgan

Articles

Medium

• And Now We Know His Name

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund

• Justice Denied: An Overview Of The Grand Jury Proceedings In The Breonna Taylor Case

NPR

• U.S. To Continue Executions Through Transition In Break With Precedent

OPB

• Biden bringing forward his intended national security team
• San Francisco DA’s office launches 1st homicide prosecution of a police officer

The Oregonian

• Joe Biden certified as winner of Pennsylvania presidential vote
• Portland mayor says homeless camp sweeps are a ‘humane response,’ key to his strategy
• Portland progressives plot recall effort against Mayor Ted Wheeler, Commissioner Dan Ryan

Portland Mercury

• Activists Announce Recall Campaign for Mayor Wheeler and Commissioner Ryan
• Good Afternoon, News: Oregon’s New Death Record, Recalling Wheeler & Ryan, and Trump’s Embarrassment Parade
• Seattle City Council Just Cut Police Budget by 20 Percent

Vice

• Trump’s QAnon Lawyer Inspired Even More George Soros Disinformation

Police

Agencies Present

• Department of Homeland Security – Federal Protective Service

Munitions

• mace
• pepper balls

Arrests

No information as of midnight.

Charges

No information as of midnight.

Timeline

Tonight people gathered in Pioneer Square for a vigil in honor of Hamza “Travis” Nagdy, who died in a shooting in Louisville on Sunday night.

A candlelight vigil for #TravisNagdy at Pioneer Courthouse Square in downtown Portland. The friends and family of Hamza "Travis" Nagdy were in attendance and shared their heartfelt memories. #BlackLivesMatter #Louisville #portlandprotest #PDXprotests pic.twitter.com/OUYFfv21ut

— Clementson Supriyadi (@cdsupriyadi) November 24, 2020

Someone who was friends with him sings a chant that Travis came up with pic.twitter.com/IgHeeUm4jU

— Alissa Azar (@R3volutionDaddy) November 24, 2020

“You say we need to make a change but are we really gonna do it? Are we just gonna continue to… are we just gonna continue this cycle of genocide?” @RageRagina is guilty of countless teary eyes tonight from this emotional speech pic.twitter.com/fN7IvZnBgX

— Alissa Azar (@R3volutionDaddy) November 24, 2020

Media

Present

• Alissa Azar @R3volutionDaddy – CashApp: $pdxalissa / Venmo: @R3volutionDaddy
• Clementson Supriyadi @cdsupriyadi

Articles

OPB

In America’s whitest city, Black activists struggle to separate themselves from anarchists

Inmates file class action lawsuit after tear gas repeatedly pours into cells during nightly protests

The Oregonian

Inmates at downtown Portland jail file class-action suit over tear gas seeping into cells during protests

Willamette Week

County Jail Inmates File Federal Lawsuit Over Repeated Exposure to Tear Gas During Portland Protests

Police

Agencies present

N/A

Munitions used

N/A

Number of arrests

N/A

Charges

N/A

6 years ago today Tamir Rice was murdered by Cleveland, Ohio police. Rest in Power, Tamir.

Today marks the sixth anniversary of Tamir’s life being stolen by police.
He was 12 years old.

Rest in Power, Tamir Rice. #SayHisName pic.twitter.com/UhI8e4iX5d

— #??????? (@safePDXprotest) November 22, 2020

Media

Articles

KOIN

• Photos: Armed protesters gather in front of Gov. Brown’s residence

Mother Jones

• What Kyle Rittenhouse’s $2 Million Fundraiser Reveals About the Unequal System of Justice in America

The Oregonian

• Prominent Oregon Latinos condemn lawsuit that challenges state’s fund for Black Oregonians
• Where Trump’s legal team cried election fraud, courts have found none

Public Books

• HOW TO DEFUND THE POLICE

The event that was planned for this evening has been cancelled after the details were leaked on social media.

Heads up! Action tonight leaked and has been cancelled, there's cops circling the area.

— Karkat ↙↙↙ ACAB (@AddriBlack) November 22, 2020

Media

Articles

OPB

• Protester shot by US Marshals in Portland back in hospital with infection related to injury (Note: You can donate to the gofundme for Donavan LaBella’s medical bills here.)

The Oregonian

• Guatemala’s Congress building set on fire as 10,000 protest
• No, a million people did not attend pro-Trump rally in D.C.
• Salem protesters declare, ‘We will not comply’ with Oregon Gov. Kate Brown’s new COVID-19 rules