Portland protest day 95

Protestors are gathered around the Mayor Ted Wheelers condo. Today is his birthday

Police declare unlawful assembly

A protestor threw a firework inside the lobby

Portland police upgrade it to a riot.

Police bull rush and push protestors to the ground

Riot declared

Police use smoke and impact munitions

A police officer runs ahead of his line, tackles a protester, and starts punching them on the ground

Here is the longer clip of the second bull rush, this is the second incident tonight of police officers punching protestors on the ground

Police officer tells Dustin Brandon he’s hitting him with his wheel chair, Brandon says “don’t play that shit”

Minutes later Dustin Brandon is arrested

Protestor dragged some outdoor Restuarnt chairs and tables into the street, one table was briefly on fire

Police make two arrests on the bridge, one perosn is thrown against the fence

Portland police are telling anyone who isn’t press that their subject to arrest for being in the area while a riot is declared. Their strategy the past couple weeks has been to make a bunch of arrests, whether the charges stick or not.

Multnomah county DA Mike Schmidt said protestors charged with non-violent/non-property destruction crimes would not be prosecuted if it was in participation of protest; things like interfering with a police officer or violating a city ordinance

Portland police seem to be making large numbers of arrests each night. For example there were less than 200 people at last nights protest, but 29 arrest. Roughly 10%-30% of the crowd each night is getting arrested

Chris wise the medic, in an Obama impersonation, tells police he’ll quit if police can go 7 days without brutalizing a protestor

Police announce that their making targeted arrests though out the night

Another arrest

Across the street from the arrest, the bards play on

Trumpet man vs DJ LRAD

It looks like pellets or something was shot at windows at a hotel near wheelers condo

I am out of downtown.