There are a few kids here, but this is the tiniest one I’ve seen. Sabbath is 6 months old. Her parents were worried about bringing her, they said, bc of all the tear gas. But they said they wanted her to witness history in the making & teach her to show up for what’s right. #PDX

A projection of George Floyd beams down from the justice center, which houses the jail. Feels like a good time to re-up this @Oregonian story — the inmates are there through all of this. The chants, the explosions, the tear gas wafting in from outside: https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/07/downtown-jail-inmates-hitting-panic-buttons-due-to-tear-gas-wafting-into-cells-lawyers-say.html

Across from the federal courthouse a painter captures the scene. He’s been out all week, painting a new canvas each night Today, he said, he’s been coughing more than usual. He realized he’s kicking up tear gas particles that have coated the dirt in the park. #PortlandProtest

Portland has had it with the feds, y’all. #PDXprotest

After a few fireworks were shot up from the crowd, the federal agents at the courthouse let loose some tear gas. Lots of first timers here scattered. Some, coughing as they ran. #PortlandProtest

The #WallOfMoms has been gassed before. They’re up front with a troupe of leaf-blowers. #PortlandProtests

Friday night in #Portland and things are escalating fast. Federal officers are shooting less-lethals now. Flash-bangs and tear gas being lobbed into the crowd. #PortlandProtests

Some folks with homemade shields try to use them to keep federal agents’ munitions from breaching the fenceline. Still, some get through. I was just hit with a blast of pepper spray stuff as I took this video. Behind me, some people are back to tossing a beach ball around. #pdx

This woman had to shed her top layer after being hit with an impact munition. The leaf blower dads are working overtime. #PortlandProtests #PDXprotest

On the south side of the federal courthouse here in downtown #Portland, folks have held up a plastic sheet with the letters BLM scrawled on it. Some in the crowd are shooting fireworks at the building. #PortlandProtests

A tear gas canister lands on this side of the fence as people shout “throw it back!” Behind me a man with a leaf blower sighs, snuffs out his cigarette. “Welp. Time to get gassed again!” he says as he revs up the blower. #portland #PDXprotests

There are bubbles floating through the air as explosions (fireworks, tear gas, stun grenades) continue. The crowd has taken up the chant, “Feds go home!” #portland

Well, look who brought their own. There’s got to be a run on leaf blowers in #Portland. https://twitter.com/therealcoryelia/status/1286933892574793728

Umbrella fortress. #PortlandProtest