11 month agoPolice said some protesters crafted pool noodles with nails to use as spike strips on police cars during Friday night's protest
Friday's demonstration at the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office has winded down.
11 month agoReturning East on burnside, there's some commotion: a returning riot van has apparently shot a smoke grenade into a knot of press and legal observers. A neighbor in her pajamas brings out a jug of water to extinguish the munition, and invites the stragglers onto her porch
11 month agoPretty loud flashbangs, an officer takes a shield
11 month agoHere was the initial rush. the officer said to me as they passed. Maybe "you're on the line"
11 month agoArrest in the intersection of E Burnside and 50th
11 month agoPortland Police & Oregon State Troopers pushed protesters East in a joint enforcement action.
3.6 magnitude earthquake. Off the coast of Oregon
11 month agoMedic maced with policemen on his back Portland, Oregon
11 month agoThis group just emerged from a neighborhood. Lady DJ LRAD is announcing something about still being an unlawful gathering
11 month agoSmoke bombs deployed by PPB. They do nothing. Portland, Oregon
11 month agoFolks dancing, music playing, policemen getting ready it looks like
11 month agoMore officers come out of building and join riot line, things are more tense now, crowd anticipating rush portlandprotests
11 month agoThe police launch the first tear gas of the night. The shieldwall repels it easily
11 month agoPolice return fire with what looks like smoke canisters and impact rounds.
11 month agoLooks like apples are being thrown towards the policemen
11 month agoThe LRAD warns people not to throw things at officers, so of course people start throwing water bottles
11 month agoThe LRAD tells people not to do what they are doing. The crowd heckled the LRAD, and then one woman mocks the police for claims that officers were 'blinded' by lasers
11 month agoAnd then a spotter with a whistle alerted the crowd that a police line was forming in front of the building. The flag-pole percussion stopped around the same time. These two things are likely related
11 month agoThe police just made an advance, moving up their line as the crowd seemed to lose some cohesion and discipline. The shield wall quickly reforms and takes position
11 month agoA close-up of the carnage being done by Antifa's elite Water Bottle Field Artillery Division. Truly harrowing
11 month agoPeople are honking loudly in response to another announcement by PPB.
11 month agoPolice launched smoke at protesters. water bottles thrown across the property line. My eyes don't sting yet
11 month agoSomeone walked up closer to the building and the police quickly arrested them.
11 month agoPerson being detained apparently for stepping on property
11 month agoPolice are announcing that some officers have been targeted by lasers pointed at their faces.
11 month agoPolice making more announcements asking people to leave - A person is honking a car horn in response.
11 month agoThe crowd hunkers behind their shield wall and waits. LRAD sirens blare around us. No one knows where the attack will come from
11 month agoPolice rush crowd briefly after one person apparently stepped onto property.someone threw an object at police, looked like a water bottle.a PPB announcement was made moments earlier, but hard to hear
11 month agoThese police spotlights really are a pain in the ass. This video gives you an idea
11 month agoPeople are REALLY organized tonight. the group has grown to around 300 people, maybe a bit more
