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Just what is going on in #Portland?
Our very own @IwriteOK has covered the events leading up to the current crisis for weeks, and continues to report on the ground.
Read this before you read non-local coverage of this explosive, dangerous situation https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2020/07/20/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-battle-of-portland/
Our very own @IwriteOK has covered the events leading up to the current crisis for weeks, and continues to report on the ground.
Read this before you read non-local coverage of this explosive, dangerous situation https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2020/07/20/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-battle-of-portland/
What started with protests over the death of George Floyd has continued to simmer and escalate, and @IwriteOK
has been there from the beginning.
Providing coverage of clashes and increasing police brutality.
has been there from the beginning.
Providing coverage of clashes and increasing police brutality.
Robert has long since covered the tensions in Portland, before the current crisis.
Some of his detailed reports include escalating tensions between right-wing and left-wing camps in Portland. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2019/02/11/in-portland-a-roving-right-wing-gang-demasks-left-wing-activists/
Some of his detailed reports include escalating tensions between right-wing and left-wing camps in Portland. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2019/02/11/in-portland-a-roving-right-wing-gang-demasks-left-wing-activists/
Robert has also reported on how the far-right has made overtures toward local police in #Portland
This provides crucial context for the current situation. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2018/08/17/fascist-activists-spent-last-year-trying-win-police/
This provides crucial context for the current situation. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2018/08/17/fascist-activists-spent-last-year-trying-win-police/
Robert was on the ground when, after increasing police violence, riot police fled after encountering a thousands-strong crowd #Portland
Robert has been on the ground documenting #Portland police brutality, often at considerable risk to himself.
Robert watched as police detained people — including members of the press — while refusing to identify themselves.
This is a video of reporter Corey Elia being detained.
#Portland
This is a video of reporter Corey Elia being detained.
#Portland
Robert watched the general standoff between activists and police escalate dramatically in #Portland
Here is a video of fireworks vs tear gas.
Here is a video of fireworks vs tear gas.
Through it all, Robert — @IwriteOK if you would like to follow him on Twitter (and you really should) — has consistently taken risks in order to document exactly what is happening in the city of #Portland.
His work highlights just how vulnerable the press is in the city today.
His work highlights just how vulnerable the press is in the city today.
Robert has even documented how random bystanders, including #Portland motorists, have been indiscriminately gassed by police.
Watch this video.
Watch this video.
All of this begs the question — what's next? And will this cycle be contained?
As @IwriteOK notes in his report for us, this type of unrest may very well be coming to your city.
Read it. Pass it on. Stay safe out there. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2020/07/20/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-battle-of-portland/
As @IwriteOK notes in his report for us, this type of unrest may very well be coming to your city.
Read it. Pass it on. Stay safe out there. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2020/07/20/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-battle-of-portland/
