#Portland protest may 30th thread

100 minutes until curfew

90 minutes until curfew #portland

Chant: ‘hands up, don’t shoot’
85min until curfew

#portland demonstration chant “I can’t breath”
80minutes left until curfew

#portland “say his name, George Floyd”

Protestors lay in front of gated off justice center. 75min until curfew #portland

In front of the justice center #portland

Demonstrators number in the thousands. 70minutes until curfew #portland

#portland 70minutes until curfew

Rising chant: “ I cant breathe” 65minutes until curfew

Conflict: 60 minutes until curfew #portland

Police push protestors out of the park using Tear gas and flash bangs. 55min until curfew #portland

Police have splintered the protestors into smaller groups. It is now clusters of protestors in downtown with no center mass

Harvey milk and 4th. A larger cluster of protestors. 37 minutes until curfew #portland

Danielle from occupy injustice center pdx shares her thoughts on the protest

30min until curfew

4th and oak #portland

Standing on 4th and Harvey milk #portland

A driver and protestor have words #portland

Crowd is on the move 20minutes until curfew

On the water park

Overhead:
Speaker 1: ‘we’re gonna burn this to the ground!’

Speaker 2: ‘maybe!’

5minutes until curfew #Portland

4 minutes until Curfew

Crowd size: over 1minute of walking past

On the move #portland

When curfew hit #portland

Flash bang, crowd moves #portland 15min after curfew

Tear gas, crowd runs #portland

A separate cluster joins, cheers from the crowd

Police have been using flashbangs and tear gas to push back crowds, it’s working

On the waterfront, tear gas in the air

Tear gas is strong, people around me are asking for water for their eyes

All quiet on the waterfront

Police move in fast, push back. I identify as press, ask me to leave also

An arrest, from a distance. Idenitify as press, Police tells me to go home

Interview with demonstrator, I ask him if he feels safe being out here