Defense Secretary Mark Esper has expressed concern within the administration about federal agents dressing up like active-duty troops in U.S. cities, the Pentagon's spokesperson just said
7 month agoDozens of officers standing as a small awning at H&M briefly burns
7 month agoNot sure if this person was a passer-by, a protester, or someone documenting. The adverse effects of the tear gas is apparent. Protesters & journalists are providing assistance.
7 month agoFederal officers walk about a block up from the federal courthouse and disperse protestors further into downtown, lots of tear gas in the air
7 month agoday 54 Portland, Oregon, protesors walk calmly away from tear gas
7 month agoPeople that shoot unarmed retreating people are the biggest cowards, plastic patriots
7 month agoFederal agents pushed through Chapman park with gas and flash bangs portland
7 month agoFederal officers came into the park to disperse protestors
7 month agoFederal officers stormed in from the North corner of the federal courthouse unleashing a hail of crowd control munitions. Members of the crowd is seen pleading with them to stop
7 month agoProtesters try putting this out. The feds' cannisters cause fires
7 month agoA member of the press donning a hi-vis press vest with credentials displayed was shot with pepper ball munitions while she was filming.
7 month agoProtestors very effectively neutralize tear gas from feds. about 50 federal agents out here. hearing coughing, crying, people shouting in pain and my ears are ringing from the extra loud flash bangs.
7 month agoA tree is on fire. Portland, Oregon protests
7 month agoFeds in Portland causing stir in Congress
7 month agoA protester got grabbed by a fed. 3 or 4 folks from the crowd tackled the fed, knocked off his helmet, un arrested the person tackled. Fed came up and pulled his sidearm and pointed it into the crowd, who fell back
7 month agoFeds continuing to teargas the shield wall.
7 month agoA shield line forms on Main Street, opposing the federal officers stationed on 3rd Ave in Portland Oregon.
7 month agoFederal officers march down Third Avenue further into Portland. Throwing more teargas and stun grenades along the way
7 month agoThis is at SW 3rd and Salmon right now, across from the US Courthouse. So much tear gas
7 month agoPortland traffic forced to drive through teargas.
7 month agoFederal police brutalizing citizens of Portland
7 month agoDozens of police at courthouse in Portland, Oregon
7 month agoPutting up a fence And shooting more pepper balls
7 month agoFeds using teargas in Portland streets, outside of Federal property.
7 month agoCrowd shouting feds go home. Feds still shooting rounds of what are likely pepper balls
7 month agoPortland Parks soaked in teargas
7 month agoVideo of federal agents firing pepper balls at a line of protesters with DIY shields
7 month agoScenes of chaos in Portland as federal agents emerge shooting from the courthouse. Many people beaten and hurt
7 month agoStree and former elk statue completely immersed in tear gas, which as an aside is a war crime under the Geneva Convention but legal to use on civilians in the US
7 month agoThis is what the federal agents are shooting less-lethal munitions and tear gas at. Some young folks crouching behind DIY shields and umbrellas
7 month agoTail end of a dispersal. Listen to how many shots are fired at protesters, who are just standing in the street armed with nothing but perhaps a shield or an umbrella. Lots of flash bangs and tear gas
7 month agoTear gas, less lethal a giant green laser from inside the courthouse (that last one is new). Sizeable protest crowd advancing on feds with a shield wall.
7 month agoProtesters with umbrella. Portland, Oregon
7 month agoGroup keeps trying to get closer, using umbrellas as shields. Feds react swiftly and loudly
7 month agoFederal agents are lined up on 3rd and main Portland, Oregon
7 month agoAlso appears to be a standoff near Salmon and 3rd
7 month agoThese are photos, shared with permission, of moms. They were in big trouble unable to breathe and see
7 month agoLots of tear gas used by police Portland, Oregon
7 month agoFederal forces approached from the South pushing the crowd North West. A full array of crowd control munitions have been used. Plums of tear gas engulfed the park. Many 'moms against police brutality' can be seen suffering the effects.
7 month agoPortland, Oregon protests again. Federal officers coming from both the south and inside the courthouse
7 month agoa fed go after a protester and several other protesters go after the fed in response. Protesters were able to rescue from arrest.
7 month agoFederal officers have dispersed protestors using tear gas and batons
There's still a big crowd of folks in the park. There's another crowd of folks a couple blocks up west, where the tear gas is less bad. More big bangs from the park
7 month agoAnd the first teargassing of the night begins.
7 month agoCrowd on 4th, feds on 3rd Portland, Oregon
7 month agoThey came out shooting and gassed all the moms
7 month agoFederal officers dispering protestors using tear gas, flash bangs, and impact munitions
7 month agoFeds continue use of tear gas against protesters following march
7 month agoFederal authorities are using tear gas, other crowd-control munitions against protesters in Portland after at least 1,000 gathered downtown
7 month agoSounds like they're shooting lots of pepper balls. More flash bangs
Portland Police is aware that federal law enforcement have deployed countryside gas. Hundreds of people are scattering around the adjacent streets. People are throwing projectiles and are armed with clubs hammers and other weapons.
7 month agoLots of spicy air. Fire burning at site of former elk statue. Someone near me started blaring "Fu** tha police" from pickup
7 month agoPortland, Oregon protests. Tear gas again
7 month agoPortland: Feds stormed out. Gas and pepper balls being used
7 month agoTear gas at Lownsdale Square Portland, Oregon
7 month agoProtesters working on tearing down the protective boards of the besieged federal courthouse in downtown Portland
7 month agoMan climbs up and peeks into courthouse Portland, Oregon
7 month agoThis is a weird monument to the Spanish-American War + Civil War cannons + stairs for a somewhat obscure WWII Portlander mission to Guam. The statue's base is a single piece of granite, recently wheatposted w protest art
7 month agoDay 53 of #portlandprotests
7 month agoMom Bloc in front, the crowd marches towards the courthouse again
7 month agoProtesters chant "Feds go home."
7 month agoTrying to break down the door of the federal courthouse
7 month agoTear gas has just been deployed on the desert courthouse steps. Protesters have quickly neutralized it's effects
7 month agoProtestors are at the door of the federal courthouse, on the eve of day 54
7 month agoPeople beating their shields on the doors of the federal courthouse in downtown Portland. Large crowd gathered around
7 month ago"Feds go home" - crowd chanting
7 month agoWhile someone was climbing the parking garage fence behind the JC, a protestor informed "gas up front.
7 month agoThe crowd approached the side of the courthouse
7 month agoTurning onto 3rd, heading back toward Justice Center
7 month ago53 days ago that store was looted, it hasn't been touched since
7 month agoThe main group of protesters (mostly mom-bloc in the front) are arriving back at the justice center and federal courthouse. A young queer Black person is leading a chant of "hey hey, ho ho, these racist policemen have got to go."
7 month agoProtesters are back near the federal courthouse
7 month agoProtest in front of the Justice Center in Portland
Homeland Security making plans to deploy some 150 agents in Chicago this week, with scope of duty unknown
7 month agoSeveral lanes are blocked with law enforcement vehicles
7 month agoA large number of deputies including the @MeckSheriff have gathered across the Meck County Courthouse. There are protestors yelling obscenities at them from across the street.
People still remain in Downtown Portland after Federal officers clashed with protesters overnight. The @PortlandPolice says none of its officers engaged in the protest. The Mayor is calling for the federal officers to leave his city.
7 month agoMinnesota State Capitol lawmakers today will try to agree on: Police reform; A $1.35 billion bonding bill and how much of ^that money should be given to help Minneapolis and St Paul rebuild from the unrest; Special session 2 of the summer starts at noon
The Washington Post:12 officers injured, 2 protesters arrested in Seattle as multiple businesses vandalized
7 month agoAn ambulance and fire truck drive past on 4th.
7 month agoPolice shooting tear gas right at protesters Portland, Oregon
7 month agoSome of the riot control muntions that were used on protestors tonight, including some type of chemical smoke and countryside gas (tear gas).
7 month agoAntifa rioters provoked another response from DHS after they started a fire on federal grounds
7 month agoPart of baton was found at Portland protest
7 month agoWho wants to see dystopian footage of federal officers walking past a giant peace sign in a cloud of tear gas
7 month agoProtesters use a traffic cone to extinguish a tear gas canister
7 month agoOne person was taken down and officers are firing A LOT of tear gas into the area
7 month agoAnother tear gas attack and shooting from federal police
7 month agoPolice just arrived as these guys were trying to build up the fire. Had to cut the feed short to run
7 month agoA small fire has started at the courthouse in Portland. An American flag is burned
7 month agoThe fence has been put back up by protesters, but protesters are able to come and go from either side of it. A small fire has been started away from the actual building, near a pillar
7 month agoThere's a small fire on the steps of the federal courthouse
7 month agoSomeone is scaling the Justice Center
7 month ago"Weapons confiscated" (better video later) from the fed/PPB push that dispersed some protesters from the area of the US Courthouse, Chapman and Lownsdale. Protesters have returned to the area. Unsure what's going to happen with all this fencing again
7 month agoAnother video from the first dispersal. A canister of presumably tear gas is thrown back away from the crowd. Fireworks() go off. Smoke billows out of the front of the courthouse
7 month agoThey're putting the fence back up
7 month agoLook at this ptsd on display like this shit is a war. Come on This for protesters, for regular protesters.
7 month agoDocument the "crowd control munitions" when get home, but got another one of those "LOW ROLL" big ones—tossed at me. Sorry, but it's already spoken for after I take better pics at home. First instruction on these: "Visibly clear immediate area of deployment."
7 month agoPortland, Oregon police on the street
7 month agoThe Federal Officers pull back to 3rd Ave. Teargas still fills the streets.
7 month agoFeds continue to launch gas and munitions on the corner of 3rd and Salmon
7 month agoAs the Feds pull back they send copious amounts of teargas into the street. Also a lot of stun grenades and impact rounds
7 month ago5th and Main briefly occupied
7 month agoA guy got shot in the arm with this
7 month agoHeading toward the marchers who have made their way back to Lownsdale Square.
7 month agoParade of people heading back to fed courthouse area
7 month agoDay 53 of protests in Portland, Oregon
7 month agoPeople collecting souvenirs. Flash bang on the left and a couple countryside gas canisters
7 month agoAt least 100 protesters have regrouped at SW 5th & Main.
7 month agoA protester wearing a gas mask picks up trash as feds continue to advance west up to 4th and Main
7 month agoA protestor keeps cleaning in the middle of tear gassing
7 month agoTeargas and stun grenades on 3rd Ave in Portland.
7 month agoFederal police push protesters West on SW Main with tear gas, pepper balls, and possibly rubber bullets. Also flash bangs
7 month agotake a hit on my left ankle joint.
7 month agoOfficers are continuing to push the crowd back further away from the park/courthouse
7 month agoA protester uses a leaf blower as tear gas fills the street
7 month agoA woman stands inside clouds of tear gas, wearing nothing but a surgical mask
7 month agoCrowd pushed back up to 4th. You'll hear lots of shots.
7 month agoFederal officers launch an assault on protesters with tear gas and impact munitions
7 month agoA protester uses a hockey stick to swing tear gas canister back, another uses a leaf blower
7 month agoFederal officers moving up SW Madison toward 3rd
7 month agoFeds have deployed tear gas against protestors
7 month agothis is Chapman Square in Portland, OR, there's been so, so much gas and protesters have been pushed back to the intersection of 4th and Main by a line of feds and PPB.
7 month agoSome moms hold the line against a growing wall of teargas.
7 month agoThis is what happened a couple minutes ago. Gas spread out over several blocks. Was very difficult to escape. A couple ladies from the mom group gave me a baby wipe to help my eyes
7 month agoThis pisses me off if I had a gas mask I would have went down there maybe they needed help carrying someone. I turn around and 3 people are just standing there with gas masks on. If you are protected you have a duty to help, get your ass down there and find out
7 month agoPeople hustling away from tear gas canisters deployed by federal officers downtown.
7 month agoMore tear gas Portland, Oregon
7 month agoA protester was shot in the arm during that last attack
7 month agoThe Feds starting to gas a lot of moms.
7 month agoThe feds charge out and start launching a lot of teargas.
7 month agoThe federal officers have responded. Gas filling the streets of Portland.
7 month agoFederal police shoot tear gas and munitions into the crowd
7 month agoMassive Tear Gas Portland, Oregon protests
The feds just tear gassed a lot of moms.
7 month agoTeargas has been deployed outside the federal courthouse
7 month agoOfficers just came out and started pelting everyone. They've since retreated back into the building and the crowd is VERY angry. actively trying to break down the fence
7 month agoA large panel of fence has come down at the federal courthouse building.
7 month agoPeople are banging on the fence surrounding the Federal Courthouse building.
7 month agoA group has entered the fence perimeter and has sat down #PortlandProtest
7 month agoFederal officers come out of the courthouse firing crowd control munitions
7 month agoFederal officers monitor the crowd from behind the fence
7 month agoHere is the crowd, the fence, and the door where federal agents are hunkered in. They are not standing outside
7 month agoA protester holding a shield puts themselves in between me and the fence as federal officers take a brief trip inside their enclosure
7 month agoMoms in helmets in front of the federal courthouse
7 month agoJust hit the street. Huge rally (+/- 1000ppl) in front of the Federal Courthouse. People are definitely climbing the new black fence as music blares from both cars and portable speakers and protesters chant the typical chants
7 month agoChanting names of people killed by police in Portland. Moms are still here, but there are some gaps along the fence
7 month agoSomeone was kicking the fence and officers deployed what seems to be a sort of flash bang (on their side of the fence) .. the crowd started to curse at them afterwards
7 month agoMoms do the A.C.A.B. can-can
7 month agoA brief bit of banging on the fence. Crowd's energy not slowing down at all
7 month agoHands up (including one holding a small crow bar)
7 month agoHere's a motorcycle/bike barricade at Salmon & 3rd. Barricades protect protesters from car attacks
7 month agoA crowd of around 200-300 move in front of the Federal Courthouse, led by the phalanx of moms.
7 month agoPeople are at the Justice Center chanting "Feds go home". koin6news PDX protest Oregon protesters PNW
7 month agoI'm at the Justice Center tonight reporting for @portlandmercury.
7 month agoChanting/stomping to the beat of "Black lives matter."
7 month agoThe Wall of Moms is back in front of the Justice Center in downtown Portland, and they brought reinforcements
3 year agoAnti-Trump rally marching from Columbus Circle to Trump Tower. They're now heading to Times Square