Protests

Summary During the day a right-wing Back the Blue Rally took place downtown. Estimates put the number of attendees of this rally around 50-60 people. During the rally, attendees ransacked a houseless camp at Chapman Park next to where they were demonstrating, graffitied buildings and at least one statue, and deployed pepper balls and mace … Continue reading Protests for October 11

Summary Tonight's protest lasted 15 minutes. The location of the nightly march wasn't publicly announced beforehand. Regardless, protesters gathered in the evening at Peninsula Park in North Portland. At approximately 10:00 pm, they arrived at the North Precinct to the sounds of the Portland Police loudspeakers already warning against blocking the street. At approximately 10:15 … Continue reading Protests for October 10

Scheduled Events Stop the Violence: Community Gathering in Memory of Jaelin Scott - 2 PM at Peninsula ParkJustice for Jonathan Price - 6 PM at Pioneer Square Timeline Starting this afternoon at Peninsula Park: ATTN 🚨: Today at 2pm at Peninsula park there is an event dedicated to ending gun violence. Many wonderful Black speakers … Continue reading Protests for October 9

Scheduled Events March With Us For Breonna Taylor - 5 PM Timeline @blackyouthmvmt held a march tonight in inner southeast Portland and it was so much joy pic.twitter.com/LQ1yoGWHGQ— Sean Bascom (@baaascom) October 9, 2020 #FrontlineDrumline is the heartbeat of the march pic.twitter.com/bF7Q0tbRZK— Sean Bascom (@baaascom) October 9, 2020 Media Present Sean Bascom - CashApp: $Baaascom … Continue reading Protests for October 8

Summary Two events took place during the day in Portland. The first, beginning at 11 am, was a BeautyBloc event providing beauty and grooming services to the community. Services included haircuts, nail painting, and MendingBloc, who provides clothe-mending services to the community, was also present. Coinciding with this event was a march led by Letha … Continue reading Protests for October 7

Summary The nightly demonstration for October 6th took place at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Southwest Portland. Before marching to the facility, protesters gathered at Elizabeth Caruthers Park nearby. At around 9:45 pm protesters departed from the park and began making the short march to the ICE building. Once there, they were … Continue reading Protests for October 6

Summary On Monday, protesters marched from Director Park in downtown Portland in memory of Jonathan Price, who was killed by a police officer in Texas on October 3rd. The march, led by a drumline, paused for speeches in front of the Justice Center before continuing to Portland State University where students were encouraged to come … Continue reading Protests for October 5

Summary Portland had a busy day of protests on October 4th. Around noon, a right-wing 2nd Amendment rally began downtown. Estimates by journalists on the ground placed the number of attendees of this rally around 30 people at most. But if there's a right-wing rally in town, there will always be leftist counter-protesters present as … Continue reading Protests for October 4

Summary Just south of Portland is Lake Oswego, Oregon, where Black Lives Matter demonstrations have happened sporadically in the last few months. Today, a black youth-led march protested in the streets of the city. Besides a few interactions with the police and some confrontations with restaurant patrons in the area surrounding the protest, the march … Continue reading Protests for October 3

Summary On Friday afternoon, a BLM art therapy event at Irving Park in NE Portland was disrupted by an unidentified DHS officer who claimed to be serving a warrant, then chased a person through the park while attendees attempted to block them. They did not make an arrest. In the evening, protesters gathered in SE … Continue reading Protests for October 2