Large public events will be banned in Philadelphia through the end of February. Banned events include parades, concerts, fairs and block parties
1 year agoPortland Police declared a riot last night outside the Portland Police Association on North Lombard. From what I can tell on a live stream of the protest, it looks like police did use tear gas, or something similar, to clear the crowd.
1 year agoBeing moved back again from earlier
1 year agoThis is what the Portland Police used as the justification to declare a riot and deploy horrendous violence against a crowd. A cop knocked a protester's phone into the window of the Police Union building, breaking its window
1 year agoThis guy was real into aiming for heads from earlier
1 year agoStreet party vibe happening now
1 year agoBased on my 7/4 experience, they think "a safe distance" is nearly a block away
1 year agoThis is the second time the statue has been vandalized in two months. @WPXI Petition circulating calling for the Christopher Columbus statue to be removed or placed into a museum.
1 year agoChristopher Columbus statue vandalized again here in Schenley Park. You can see the base of the statue is spray painted in red with the following words.
1 year agoback at Lombard. It's like every time folks peaceably assemble on this block, police declare a riot
1 year agoPolice push protesters north off Lombard onto Fenwick Avenue
1 year agoA protester wearing a mask tells people to go home as police hold the line
1 year agoSeveral arrests have been made tonight on Lombard St. Portland Police has since pushed the crowd into the residential areas of North Portland
1 year agoPolice move protesters east on Lombard
1 year agoPolice declare a riot Portland, Oregon
Many are not dispersing per the lawful order. They are subject to arrest, force, tear gas or impact weapons. Leave now
1 year agoRiot declared, third tear gas warning
1 year agoThe police have moved up and arrested somebody for unclear reasons
1 year agoLBRAD is back. Since traffic is not being blocked in any way that constitutes a hazard, this order is still legally suspect
1 year agoFor no real reason, the LRAD guy declares that people are not allowed to be on the street anymore. He promises to fuck the crowd up if they stay in the road
1 year agoSome activists approach one of the only policemen actually wearing a face mask. They ask him if he will be arresting his coworkers, as it is presently illegal to be unmasked in situations where social distancing is impossible
A tear gas warning has been given. Leave the area of Lombard and Campbell immediately
1 year agoOne activist walks down the police line with photos of her son, asking the police if they'd brutalize him the way they have many protesters. One female cop finds this too much to bear, and pulls away from the line, overwhelmed by either shame or anger
Selective arrests being made on Lombard. Crowd started to move out of street and when officers returned to the sidewalk, people returned to the street. Lombard is open to vehicular traffic; get out of the street or you are subject to arrest, force, or munitions
1 year agoCaught on camera, a vicious flashlight assault by Portland Protesters.
North Portland, Oregon, USA. On North Lombard Street.
1 year agoWarnings to clear Lombard's roadway
1 year agoContractors are installing plywood over the PPA building's windows. I wonder who will be paying for this as the PPA is a private building. The LRAD guy just yelled at us because someone threw a water bottle. I suspect this will be used as the justification for horrible violence
1 year agoPolice are announcing that an object was thrown at 10:50pm striking a construction worker, this video shows an object at 10:50pm
1 year agoPortland protest day 46
1 year agoNorth Lombard Street between the Heavenly Donuts shop and the Portland Police Association building.
1 year agoProtesters have new standing on the street across from police for about 2 hours now, outisde the police union building in north Portland
1 year agoPolice outside the police union building in north Portland
"We've done a great job in Portland" (Oregon), which was "totally out of control," according to @POTUS
Crackdown on inner city crime will occur "even if we have to go in and take over cities," vows @POTUS. "We're not going to let it go on."
1 year agoAt law enforcement event at the @WhiteHouse, @POTUS accusing mayors of "far-left cities" for wanting to "defund the police."
1 year agoNo "crowd control munitions" to pick up, also no marshmallows (sad). This was at the Elk Statue just after 1AM this morning
1 year agoPushed to west side of 3rd trumpet battle horn in background not of this video but encouraging me as I type
1 year agoThis was just announced by PPB: Portland Police are securing the area near SW 3rdAve and SW Main St because of a fire. Smoke is entering the Justice Center creating a hazard for all persons inside.
1 year agoThe fire was the size of something in a firepit. This was over
1 year agoCops backed into their hole by the crowd. So tense. The police 100% started this. Crowd was done and leaving ten minutes ago. I literally watched people run back who had left to defend their friend from the police. The night was done, the fire was fine.
1 year agoAnnouncements increasing from PPB: "Move away now. If you remain in the area & show the intent to engage in physical resistance to removal or if emergency circumstances require you may be subject to the use of force including riot control agents".
1 year agoThe (dwindling) crowd is gathered around the plywood fire at 3rd & Main
1 year agoA protester who gives out free joints @jointfairypdx is escorted out of the park
1 year agoPlywood pile, plywood fire Portland, Oregon
1 year agoin Portland: Liquor store has been broken into around the corner from where the protests are taking place. No one was on scene
1 year agoMayor Ted Wheeler: We are more than a month and a half into witnessing nightly violence on our streets. Portland continues to be used as a staging ground for violence night after night
1 year agoProtesters hold the speaker that Donavan LaBella held last night when he was shot in the head with an impact munition by federal officers in front of the federal courthouse
1 year agoPolice peeking out of the JC
1 year agoA murder hole on the police headquarters opens up, and the crowd helps make sure the officers inside are properly illuminated
1 year agoFires burn at the base of the elk
1 year agoIn Portland Antifa rioters ignite fires in the recently desecrated elk statue fountain
1 year agoA protester lies face down with their hands behind their back on the stump of the elk as fires rage beneath
1 year agoChants of "all policemen are bastards" in front of the federal courthouse
1 year agoACAB chant, with trumpet accompaniment
1 year agoProtesters are calling for justice for Donavan LaBella. He was hit by an impact munition while holding a music speaker & standing across the street from the federal courthouse building Saturday
1 year agoProtesters have started a bonfire at the site where the elk statue used to be on SW Main
1 year agoVibe feels more unified than prev nights to JC/FC parks. that WWII monument is wheat posted w posters (Riot Ribs line in back); scene at Elk Firepits; Colonizer Family w new text including "Life is Sacred" and "OOPS;" Dominique Dunn & Shai'India Harris memorials
1 year agoThere is a crowd of around 50-100 gathered in the park across from the Federal Courthouse building
4 year agoAnti-Trump rally marching from Columbus Circle to Trump Tower. They're now heading to Times Square
