1. A couple of weeks ago the uprising of Moms against the feds in Portland made national headlines for turning around Trump& #39;s incursion
2. Last night Portland Police appear to have targeted a leader of the Moms movement, Demetria Hester, for arrest
3. Hester, who is black, was nearly a victim of the MAX train slasher, Jeremy Christian.
At Christian& #39;s sentencing she called out the cops for racist policing
Christian& #39;s outburst against her made news: "I should have killed you b*itch" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw1DrzcQBHA">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
4. During a demonstration last night, Hester was snatched off the street by @PortlandPolice https://twitter.com/cdsupriyadi/status/1292717276047671297">https://twitter.com/cdsupriya...
County arrest records show her still in custody:
7. Head of the prominent local civil rights group Don& #39;t Shoot PDX is calling for a state investigation https://twitter.com/TeressaLRaiford/status/1292785636278067200?s=19">https://twitter.com/TeressaLR...
8. @jaketapper you recently had Portland police commissioner/mayor @tedwheeler on your show. you too @BWilliams -- may I suggest a followup
9. I cannot describe to my national colleagues adequately enough what a fucking trip Portland is right now.
11. So a famously unaccountable police bureau (where even people who erect shrines to Nazi-era German officers of collaborate with Proud Boys keep their jobs), has created a Catch-22 system where you the public can& #39;t identify an officer without knowing their name.
12. When I asked PPB for a rundown several weeks ago of officers subject to disciplinary action (this was after a federal judge decried their beating and tear gassing peaceful protesters) I was told that information wasn& #39;t available and I& #39;d have to file a records request.
13. Now the bureau appears to be targeting Black activists for arrest. (The bureau, it seems, has a pattern of this activity -- previously arresting folks like @TeressaLRaiford and @GregoryMcKelvey )
14. When you find yourself watching video snippets of protesters being clobbered and can& #39;t for a moment tell whether it& #39;s Minsk or Portland, that& #39;s fucked up.
15. Semi-secret police. Arresting dissidents. This is an affront to liberal values. And it& #39;s happening in one of the (ostensibly) bluest cities in America.
16. At the same time, and in apparent contravention of city policy and a federal court restraining order, the Bureau is threatening to arrest and even arresting journalists trying to document this activity https://twitter.com/7im/status/1292529474185998336?s=20">https://twitter.com/7im/statu...
17. The feds may have pulled back, but the dynamics that made Portland the epicenter for Trump& #39;s experiment in fascism persist on the ground here. It& #39;s troubling to say the least.
18. Jail update. It looks like Hester has been released on her own recognizance and that the $4,000 bail demand was dropped
19. https://twitter.com/alex_zee/status/1292912350316515328">https://twitter.com/alex_zee/...
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