Read on Twitter
May 29, 2020 (first day I went out to film what were then the "George Floyd protests"; the folder all of this is in is still named that): cops deployed some sort of "crowd control munition" and set a car on fire. They let it burn for quite a while. Weird.
https://twitter.com/econbrkfst/status/1267610103177338881?s=20
https://twitter.com/econbrkfst/status/1267610103177338881?s=20
July 16, 2020 (during one of many "dispersals" away from the MCSO/Penumbra Kelly Building): after lots of shoving of legal observers and press, the PPB smashed in a car's windows. It reversed. I heard a crash. Never found out what happened after that.
https://twitter.com/econbrkfst/status/1284186912811397120?s=20
https://twitter.com/econbrkfst/status/1284186912811397120?s=20
July 21, 2020 (during the federal occupation of Portland or whatever we're going to call this time period): feds deployed tear gas and smoke everywhere in the area near the US Courthouse, completely engulfing a car parked next to Lownsdale Square. Weird.
https://twitter.com/econbrkfst/status/1286083039534043137?s=20
https://twitter.com/econbrkfst/status/1286083039534043137?s=20
August 6, 2020: first time I saw/filmed (well, mostly heard) the PPB puncturing tires (BRENT???). Didn't even notice until much later because this happened as they were arresting a member of the press, restraining her on the ground in the street.
https://twitter.com/econbrkfst/status/1295461793326747648?s=20
https://twitter.com/econbrkfst/status/1295461793326747648?s=20
August 13, 2020: first time I really noticed the PPB puncturing tires. They just walked by and did so to the @NoPityVan. Unsure why. Then they roughly threw someone into the street. Unsure why.
This is apparently "protecting and serving," "law and order."
https://twitter.com/econbrkfst/status/1293860055347892224?s=20
This is apparently "protecting and serving," "law and order."
https://twitter.com/econbrkfst/status/1293860055347892224?s=20
August 18, 2020: gee, they did it again.
The PPB then made a video about this. Their explanation of why they're going around puncturing tires: people are using them to "interfere" and prevent them from arresting people.
That's not what I've seen at all.
https://twitter.com/econbrkfst/status/1296016131870740481
The PPB then made a video about this. Their explanation of why they're going around puncturing tires: people are using them to "interfere" and prevent them from arresting people.
That's not what I've seen at all.
https://twitter.com/econbrkfst/status/1296016131870740481
PPB's explanation about the tire puncturing: https://twitter.com/econbrkfst/status/1296211834727350273
Weird.
Weird.
Here's a good thread on the PPB tire-puncturing situation: https://twitter.com/tuckwoodstock/status/1299864513580134400?s=20
