#PortlandProtests day 54

Moms in helmets/dads in hardhats “feds go home, Feds go home”

About two thousand people are here, days after the president declared that protests in Portland had been “quelled”

Lots of outlets reporting it’s night 55, I was here that night (there was 2 other reporters here) while that was a real protest, I’m counting the next day(video after) as day 1, because it stopped being just ‘another portland protest’ and something more, a movement

Day 1 #portlandprotests

It’s now Day 54 #portlandprotests

Danielle James, on day 0 explaining the reason she took to the street

There’s thousands of people on day 54

Jordan Simacre on day 2, “Being black in America, you already born dead”

After 54 days, the protests haven’t fractured into a dozen different causes, the tactics have changed, but the theisis is the same “Black Lives Matter”

Lindsey Malsin, mom in a helmet, “I’m looking for the good trouble”

“Moms are here, Feds stay clear”

Protestor hypes the crowd “let’s get it!” Banging on the federal courthouse

“Let’s go” knocking on the door

Everybody knocking on the door

“Feds go home” day 54

“Come out!”

Man wearing “Calvery, the first division” standing on the federal courthouse

Protestors building barricades

Barricade to the front door reinforced with sandbags

The ACLU of Oregon, among the last to backpeddle

“Stay together, stay tight”

Federal officers dispersed protestors using tear gas, flash bangs, and batons. Some Feds are carrying assault while doing crowd control

Federal officers dispersed protestors and cleared the front door of barricades

Federal officers pushed back moms in helmets using batons and tear gas, assault rifles being carried for crowd control

Protesters are hit with pepper balls and impact munitions when they toss back tear gas

A phalanx of umbrellas and homemade shields to counter federal officers carrying assault rifles, tear gas, and impact munitions

#portlandprotests day 54

Federal officers blanketed the area with tear gas, protestors form a phalanx and remain in the clouds

Protestors move forward after federal officers retreat inside the courthouse, protestor raises their hand in victory, colorful balloons in the distance

Xavier Warner(goes by princess), his thoughts being out here

Xavier Warner, dancing to “we got the guillotine/you better run”

Minutes after tear gassing by federal officers, Protestors are chanting and dancing

Moms in helmets link arms, federal tear gas hasn’t made them leave

This is when federal officers dispersed moms in helmets using batons and tear gas, some officers are carrying assault rifles

Protestor punches Mason Lake, an “independent live streamer” whose twitter bio says he’s “working the BLM movement in Portland”

Another fight, protestors yell “he’s hitting the moms”, the man says “I didn’t do shit”

Moms are linking arms at the front door of the federal courthouse

“ACAB”

Federal officers have dispersed protestors using tear gas and impact munitions

Federal officers blanketed the area with tear gas pushing protesors into the park

Federal officers use tear gas, clouds of it envelop the courthouse

It’s day 55

Federal officers use lasers to mark protestors for impact munitions

This Portland park resembles shelling in a movie (it’s flashbangs and tear gas)

Portland united Against Hate truck drives through tear gas

Federal officers are using significant amount of impact munitions and tear gas

Many Pepper balls fired into crowd, sound resembles gattling gun noise

Day 55

In the middle of all this, people are still getting snacks

#PortlandProtests day 55. After protesors return from a second tear gassing, an American flag waves on the steps of the federal courthouse

Minutes after heavy impact munitions and tear gassing: “fuck 12, fuck12fuck12”

From earlier, federal officers walked a block up and threw tear gas into city streets

“Stolen land, stolen people”

From earlier, this is a block up from the federal courthouse, tear gas blanketed a city street.

From earlier, protesors return after tear gassing

Dancing “no justice no peace/fuck12/no justice no peace/no racist police”

Protestor recycles thrown water bottles

Protestors have now erected their own fence, keeping Feds in

Protestors waves American flag on the steps of the courthouse after resisting federal officers through multiple tear gassings

Protesors take down paneling “whose streets? Our streets”

“Stolen land and a stolen people”

Protesors trying to bring down wall paneling

Federal officers tackle, hit with batons, tear gas, and use impact munitions on protestors

The battle for Portland

Protestors are facing down federal officers with umbrellas and homemade shields #PortlandProtests day 55

#portlandprotests day 55

From dispersal: federal officers pushed protesors using tear gas and impact munitions

https://twitter.com/mrolmos/status/1285129193592745984?s=21 https://twitter.com/mrolmos/status/1285129193592745984

Federal officers throw tear gas and begin clearing, not sure why they chose this moment

Federal officers move from the east and the south, pushing protestors back using tear gas and impact munitions

A protestor is bleeding from an impact munition

Federal officers pull a driver out of vehicle

Federal officers use tear gas and lots of impact munitions to push protestors further into downtown

David Anthony from @riotribs says federal officers came though tents and broke tables

It appears federal officers, during dispersal; pepper sprayed the medical supplies in the tents

It appears that federal officers, during dispersal, pepper sprayed the medical supplies in the tents

Federal officers rushed out to break up a fight, threw tear gas, and then went back in

I am out of downtown.