I’m here in PDX again. There were thousands of people already at the Justice Center, and then thousands just showed up. No clue how many are here... 5-10k?
Anyone wanna try counting heads jk lol, my camera sux. Crowd chanting “Feds go home” on one side while a speaker gives a speech on the other side, and they don’t seem to be interfering with each other.
The March is the biggest I’ve seen in PDX in a long time
Here with @joelowndes and @arunindy. Having reported on protest movements since the 1990s, Arun says, “as great as the global justice movement was, it had nothing on this. The rebellion has been mainstreamed.”
Party atmosphere here by the fence
Local police are inside the fence, haven’t seen Feds yet. I keep hearing them make announcements but it’s impossible to tell what they’re saying.
You can see and hear the effect of the leaf blowers. It super works. Also on display: the resilience of the protestors. That stuff stings bad.
Ppl tried to pull the fence down with ropes, but one of the ropes snapped. Sad trombones.
Another volley of gas was repelled by the leaf blower method
And again... this time it was a lot more gas...
Fence is coming down?
Wow got gassed out, that was a loooot of gas. No moar fence tho. So there’s that.
Just kickin it across the block.
The Feds are out and shooting
There’s a melee brewing
The PPB showed and charged the protestors from the flank. I got kettled in but made it out I think.