11 month ago@SLMPD at city hall downtown asking protestors to leave the premises. There are dozens of officers on at Market and Tucker. Most of the tents have been removed but some protestors are still here exchanging words with officers.
11 month agoA tense situation downtown as police are on standby to clear out city hall of protesters TISL
11 month agoSome people setting the umbrellas back up after they got blown down by the wind
11 month agoThe costumed man standing at the former elk statue foundation
11 month agoSometimes even the mighty Sacred Stag needs a sitting break.
11 month agoAbout 100 people or so are gathered outside the Justice Center now
11 month agoPeople continue to be gathered in front of JC and speaking over a megaphone
11 month agoChanting outside JC
11 month agoHere is the foundation of the now-removed elk statue
11 month agoA wider view of the street. A woman took one of the umbrellas but it's since been returned
11 month agoFireworks at former elk statue
Veto-proof majority of Seattle city council pledges to defund the police department by at least 50%; one part of the plan they're considering would remove Seattle's 911 dispatchers from police control
11 month agoHere is some of the damage protesters did to the @SLCountyDA building
11 month agoFifth Avenue closed in front of Trump Tower as painting of BLM mural will begin on street
11 month agoShots fired from this vehicle. The driver was driving erratically before accelerating into protesters. The passenger fired several rounds out of the window before speeding off.
11 month agoShots fired at Portland protest.white car shoots in air as it pulls off
11 month agoThis white SUV has tried to swerve into the street towards people multiple times
11 month agoPortland: SUV parked in front of the stag statue base then drove off and fired multiple shots into the air from a revolver
11 month agoIt currently feels more like a slow block party here rather than a protest.
11 month agoFire is picking up and honestly I might retire from writing and become an Elk God photographer full time
11 month agoSomeone on a Portland Protest Bureau megaphone announced they are collecting signatures for an "anti teargas petition." Signing the form includes putting the date, your name, and address. Some people have voiced security concerns relating to this
11 month agoFrontside elk check bc
11 month agoThe LRAD announced that the police are observing vandalism on the Justice Center, and maybe "people trying to brake in." So they send the riot policemen in response
11 month agoAnd after blocking the road for ten minutes, the police decide to leave.
11 month agoSome PPB officers just appeared behind the Justice Center. Perhaps a shift change.
11 month agoPPB in camo suddenly stormed into Chapman Square a few minutes ago, fired off some "crowd control munitions," then retreated into the federal building at 3rd and Jefferson. This is still warm. Better pics later
11 month agoFederal officers just stormed out of the federal building on Madison and 3rd. Eye-witnesses reported that they chased after an individual, before retreating back to the building.
11 month agoThey are in the federal building found what they threw
11 month agoSo these guys just rushed the vigil, through to the 4th and main intersection and shot off several of these.
11 month agoAnd then this happened in the middle of the vigil
