Protests for June 26

Posted on by audrey

Summary

Friday morning, Don’t Shoot PDX presented their report, “Riot Control Agents: Systemic Reassessment of Adverse effects on Health, Mental Stability, and Social Inequities“. That evening, a new agreement was filed on their temporary restraining order against the city, further restricting the use of crowd control munitions until July 24.

At a press conference, Police Chief Lovell claimed that the Thursday night protesters at the North Precinct nailed doors shut, barricading people inside, while a fire was started outside the building. This claim is not backed up by reports from protesters or press who were there.

The scheduled Abolish ICE protest march led people to a rally with speeches in Terry Schrunk Plaza, a block from the Justice Center. About 500 attended.

Protesters gathered at the Justice Center, forming groups in the nearby park and streets surrounding the building throughout the evening. Police sporadically emerged from the building to shoot at them. One protester left by ambulance after being struck. Another was taken to the hospital for care after a bb from one of these shots lodged in their eye cavity.

Early in the morning, police attempted to break up the gathering, chasing and attacking protesters.

Scheduled Events

Don’t Shoot PDX press conference on tear gas report

Unemployed Workers March – 1pm at Peninsula Park 

Abolish ICE Protest – 4:30pm at Fields Park

Bloc Party (Snack Bloc) – 8pm at Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade

Timeline

11:15 AM: remaining Justice Center fence is removed

At the Abolish ICE protest:

Breaking – Don’t Shoot Portland plaintiffs and city file an agreement on restricting the use of crowd-control munitions:

At the Justice Center:

https://twitter.com/LindseyPSmith7/status/1276742592131002368
https://twitter.com/LindseyPSmith7/status/1276745121938063360
https://twitter.com/LindseyPSmith7/status/1276748241850130432
https://twitter.com/LindseyPSmith7/status/1276751912780492800
https://twitter.com/lindseypsmith7/status/1276760156001320960?s=21
https://twitter.com/lindseypsmith7/status/1276770496802025472?s=21
https://twitter.com/lindseypsmith7/status/1276779331214172161?s=21

[CW: injury photos in thread below]

Second serious injury report tonight:

https://twitter.com/lindseypsmith7/status/1276780324832198656?s=21

[CW: assault with baton in video below]

https://twitter.com/LindseyPSmith7/status/1276811854002548737

CW for police violence

https://twitter.com/lindseypsmith7/status/1276814854376964097?s=21
https://twitter.com/LindseyPSmith7/status/1276822394259124224

Update on protester with eye injury https://twitter.com/ghostmobpdx/status/1276986560596983811?s=21

Media

Present

Articles

OPB

As Some Black Community Leaders Decry Protest, Dueling Tales Of Conflict With Police

The Oregonian

Portland protests resume Friday for 30th day: ‘We need to continue to show up’

30th night of Portland protests ends in dispersal orders, munitions and use of force by police

Portland police now face further restrictions on use of less-lethal launchers, pepper spray for crowd control

Police

Agencies Present

  • PPB
  • MSCO
  • Oregon National Guard?

Munitions used

  • Rubber bullets (foam?)
  • Flash bang grenades
  • Pepper spray

Number of arrests

Four according to PPB, but the PDX Protest Bail Fund reports six

Charges

  • Interfering with a Police Officer
  • Disorderly Conduct II
  • Resisting Arrest
  • Harassment
  • Unlawful Use of a Laser
  • Delivery of a Controlled Substance (Cocaine)
  • Attempt Elude

Protests for June 25

Posted on by audrey

Summary

Groups of protesters gathered at the Justice Center and Fernhill Park on the night of June 25. The latter event marched to the North Precinct and barricaded off an area of the street. After one of the barricades was set on fire, police swarmed the area with tear gas and impact munitions. Police made statements afterward that protesters had shut them in the building then attempted to set it on fire, which is not backed up by any reporters who were there.

At the Justice Center, protesters held a candlelight vigil and formed a protected fence area in front of the building.

Scheduled Events

Rally for Patrick Kimmons https://www.instagram.com/p/CB2Bn7IBxHH/

#pdxstandingby Direct Action March https://www.instagram.com/p/CBzEFQ5lmc7/

Timeline

8 PM – March starting from Fernhill Park

9PM – Candlelight vigil at the JC

https://twitter.com/DonovanFarley/status/1276373214990462977

10:26 PM – Barricades formed at North Precinct

10:41 PM – Projections on the JC say Dismantle White Supremacy and The Fence is a Lie

10:55 PM – Cars blocking MLK on Killingsworth

11:27 PM – Tuck confirms N Portland barricades still allow police to exit precinct building

11:30PM – Cops fire munitions at JC protesters

https://twitter.com/DonovanFarley/status/1276402490452262912

11:41 PM – Car drives through barricade in N Portland

11:42 PM – NE Emerson barricade is being reinforced

12:30 AM (Friday) – Someone fires a gun outside the JC

1:39 AM (Friday) – a fire is started at one of the N precinct barricades

1:42 AM (Friday) – “Notice they are only aiming at heads” in N Portland

2:05 AM (Friday) – Everyone is suddenly panicking about officers coming in from the sides (East and west on Killingsworth. Looks clear at this exact moment. Fire is roaring and protesters have backed way up.

2:20 AM (Friday) – Some protesters just lit the building in fire thinking it was the precinct. Now people are saying that it’s a Black owned business so everyone’s trying to put out the fire.

And now that protesters are putting out a fire…… police move in

2:24 AM (Friday) – Police pull people from a car into a cloud of tear gas in N Portland

2:36 AM (Friday) – Tuck greets a tear gas canister with “hello, hello!” in North Portland

2:58 AM (Friday) – Police push protesters north again (N Portland)

3:30 AM (Friday) – Sponge round used in N Portland

3:40 AM (Friday) – Police nearly hit protester with car in N Portland

6 AM (Friday) – Remains of a smoking dumpster in N Portland

Summary of the fire safety situation and rebuttal to PPB statements 

Media

Reporters present

Articles

KGW

Community leaders condemn ‘evil’ acts of violence in Northeast Portland

The Nation

‘We Can’t Be Duped by Petty Reforms’: A Q&A With a Black Panther

The Oregonian

Police chief, Black leaders decry violence, vandalism to police precinct, NE Portland businesses, calling actions ‘evil’

Portland strippers march for equal scheduling of Black dancers

Protests flare overnight in NE Portland; property damaged; police use tear gas

Portland Mercury

Portlanders Denounce Violence from Demonstrators—and Police—Following Thursday Night Protest

Willamette Week

Black Leaders Decry Vandalism, Fires Along Portland’s Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard

Police

Munitions used

Number of arrests

Four

Update [7/8/20]: 2 arrested in connection with North Portland protest fire

Charges

  • Interfering with a Peace Officer
  • Resist Arrest
  • Riot
  • Disorderly Conduct II
  • Assaulting a Public Safety Officer