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
1 year agoDozens of officers standing as a small awning at H&M briefly burns
1 year 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.
1 year agoFederal officers walk about a block up from the federal courthouse and disperse protestors further into downtown, lots of tear gas in the air
1 year agoday 54 Portland, Oregon, protesors walk calmly away from tear gas
1 year agoPeople that shoot unarmed retreating people are the biggest cowards, plastic patriots
1 year agoFederal agents pushed through Chapman park with gas and flash bangs portland
1 year agoFederal officers came into the park to disperse protestors
1 year 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
1 year agoProtesters try putting this out. The feds' cannisters cause fires
1 year agoA member of the press donning a hi-vis press vest with credentials displayed was shot with pepper ball munitions while she was filming.
1 year 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.
1 year agoA tree is on fire. Portland, Oregon protests
1 year agoFeds in Portland causing stir in Congress
1 year 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
1 year agoFeds continuing to teargas the shield wall.
1 year agoA shield line forms on Main Street, opposing the federal officers stationed on 3rd Ave in Portland Oregon.
1 year agoFederal officers march down Third Avenue further into Portland. Throwing more teargas and stun grenades along the way
1 year agoThis is at SW 3rd and Salmon right now, across from the US Courthouse. So much tear gas
1 year agoPortland traffic forced to drive through teargas.
1 year agoFederal police brutalizing citizens of Portland
1 year agoDozens of police at courthouse in Portland, Oregon
1 year agoPutting up a fence And shooting more pepper balls
1 year agoFeds using teargas in Portland streets, outside of Federal property.
1 year agoCrowd shouting feds go home. Feds still shooting rounds of what are likely pepper balls
1 year agoPortland Parks soaked in teargas
1 year agoVideo of federal agents firing pepper balls at a line of protesters with DIY shields
1 year agoScenes of chaos in Portland as federal agents emerge shooting from the courthouse. Many people beaten and hurt
1 year 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
1 year agoThis is what the federal agents are shooting less-lethal munitions and tear gas at. Some young folks crouching behind DIY shields and umbrellas
1 year 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
1 year 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.
1 year agoProtesters with umbrella. Portland, Oregon
1 year agoGroup keeps trying to get closer, using umbrellas as shields. Feds react swiftly and loudly
1 year agoFederal agents are lined up on 3rd and main Portland, Oregon
1 year agoAlso appears to be a standoff near Salmon and 3rd
1 year agoThese are photos, shared with permission, of moms. They were in big trouble unable to breathe and see
1 year agoLots of tear gas used by police Portland, Oregon
1 year 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.
1 year agoPortland, Oregon protests again. Federal officers coming from both the south and inside the courthouse
1 year agoa fed go after a protester and several other protesters go after the fed in response. Protesters were able to rescue from arrest.
1 year 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
1 year agoAnd the first teargassing of the night begins.
1 year agoCrowd on 4th, feds on 3rd Portland, Oregon
1 year agoThey came out shooting and gassed all the moms
1 year agoFederal officers dispering protestors using tear gas, flash bangs, and impact munitions
1 year agoFeds continue use of tear gas against protesters following march
1 year agoFederal authorities are using tear gas, other crowd-control munitions against protesters in Portland after at least 1,000 gathered downtown
1 year 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.
1 year agoLots of spicy air. Fire burning at site of former elk statue. Someone near me started blaring "Fu** tha police" from pickup
1 year agoPortland, Oregon protests. Tear gas again
1 year agoPortland: Feds stormed out. Gas and pepper balls being used
1 year agoTear gas at Lownsdale Square Portland, Oregon
1 year agoProtesters working on tearing down the protective boards of the besieged federal courthouse in downtown Portland
1 year agoMan climbs up and peeks into courthouse Portland, Oregon
1 year 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
1 year agoDay 53 of #portlandprotests
1 year agoMom Bloc in front, the crowd marches towards the courthouse again
1 year agoProtesters chant "Feds go home."
1 year agoTrying to break down the door of the federal courthouse
1 year agoTear gas has just been deployed on the desert courthouse steps. Protesters have quickly neutralized it's effects
1 year agoProtestors are at the door of the federal courthouse, on the eve of day 54
1 year agoPeople beating their shields on the doors of the federal courthouse in downtown Portland. Large crowd gathered around
1 year ago"Feds go home" - crowd chanting
1 year agoWhile someone was climbing the parking garage fence behind the JC, a protestor informed "gas up front.
1 year agoThe crowd approached the side of the courthouse
1 year agoTurning onto 3rd, heading back toward Justice Center
1 year ago53 days ago that store was looted, it hasn't been touched since
1 year 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."
1 year agoProtesters are back near the federal courthouse
1 year 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
1 year agoSeveral lanes are blocked with law enforcement vehicles
1 year 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.
1 year 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
1 year agoAn ambulance and fire truck drive past on 4th.
1 year agoPolice shooting tear gas right at protesters Portland, Oregon
1 year agoSome of the riot control muntions that were used on protestors tonight, including some type of chemical smoke and countryside gas (tear gas).
1 year agoAntifa rioters provoked another response from DHS after they started a fire on federal grounds
1 year agoPart of baton was found at Portland protest
1 year agoWho wants to see dystopian footage of federal officers walking past a giant peace sign in a cloud of tear gas
1 year agoProtesters use a traffic cone to extinguish a tear gas canister
1 year agoOne person was taken down and officers are firing A LOT of tear gas into the area
1 year agoAnother tear gas attack and shooting from federal police
1 year agoPolice just arrived as these guys were trying to build up the fire. Had to cut the feed short to run
1 year agoA small fire has started at the courthouse in Portland. An American flag is burned
1 year 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
1 year agoThere's a small fire on the steps of the federal courthouse
1 year agoSomeone is scaling the Justice Center
1 year 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
1 year 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
1 year agoThey're putting the fence back up
1 year agoLook at this ptsd on display like this shit is a war. Come on This for protesters, for regular protesters.
1 year 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."
1 year agoPortland, Oregon police on the street
1 year agoThe Federal Officers pull back to 3rd Ave. Teargas still fills the streets.
1 year agoFeds continue to launch gas and munitions on the corner of 3rd and Salmon
1 year agoAs the Feds pull back they send copious amounts of teargas into the street. Also a lot of stun grenades and impact rounds
1 year ago5th and Main briefly occupied
1 year agoA guy got shot in the arm with this
1 year agoHeading toward the marchers who have made their way back to Lownsdale Square.
1 year agoParade of people heading back to fed courthouse area
1 year agoDay 53 of protests in Portland, Oregon
1 year agoPeople collecting souvenirs. Flash bang on the left and a couple countryside gas canisters
1 year agoAt least 100 protesters have regrouped at SW 5th & Main.
1 year agoA protester wearing a gas mask picks up trash as feds continue to advance west up to 4th and Main
1 year agoA protestor keeps cleaning in the middle of tear gassing
1 year agoTeargas and stun grenades on 3rd Ave in Portland.
1 year agoFederal police push protesters West on SW Main with tear gas, pepper balls, and possibly rubber bullets. Also flash bangs
1 year agotake a hit on my left ankle joint.
1 year agoOfficers are continuing to push the crowd back further away from the park/courthouse
1 year agoA protester uses a leaf blower as tear gas fills the street
1 year agoA woman stands inside clouds of tear gas, wearing nothing but a surgical mask
1 year agoCrowd pushed back up to 4th. You'll hear lots of shots.
1 year agoFederal officers launch an assault on protesters with tear gas and impact munitions
1 year agoA protester uses a hockey stick to swing tear gas canister back, another uses a leaf blower
1 year agoFederal officers moving up SW Madison toward 3rd
1 year agoFeds have deployed tear gas against protestors
1 year 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.
1 year agoSome moms hold the line against a growing wall of teargas.
1 year 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
1 year 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
1 year agoPeople hustling away from tear gas canisters deployed by federal officers downtown.
1 year agoMore tear gas Portland, Oregon
1 year agoA protester was shot in the arm during that last attack
1 year agoThe Feds starting to gas a lot of moms.
1 year agoThe feds charge out and start launching a lot of teargas.
1 year agoThe federal officers have responded. Gas filling the streets of Portland.
1 year agoFederal police shoot tear gas and munitions into the crowd
1 year agoMassive Tear Gas Portland, Oregon protests
The feds just tear gassed a lot of moms.
1 year agoTeargas has been deployed outside the federal courthouse
1 year 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
1 year agoA large panel of fence has come down at the federal courthouse building.
1 year agoPeople are banging on the fence surrounding the Federal Courthouse building.
1 year agoA group has entered the fence perimeter and has sat down #PortlandProtest
1 year agoFederal officers come out of the courthouse firing crowd control munitions
1 year agoFederal officers monitor the crowd from behind the fence
1 year agoHere is the crowd, the fence, and the door where federal agents are hunkered in. They are not standing outside
1 year agoA protester holding a shield puts themselves in between me and the fence as federal officers take a brief trip inside their enclosure
1 year agoMoms in helmets in front of the federal courthouse
1 year 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
1 year agoChanting names of people killed by police in Portland. Moms are still here, but there are some gaps along the fence
1 year 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
1 year agoMoms do the A.C.A.B. can-can
1 year agoA brief bit of banging on the fence. Crowd's energy not slowing down at all
1 year agoHands up (including one holding a small crow bar)
1 year agoHere's a motorcycle/bike barricade at Salmon & 3rd. Barricades protect protesters from car attacks
1 year agoA crowd of around 200-300 move in front of the Federal Courthouse, led by the phalanx of moms.
1 year agoPeople are at the Justice Center chanting "Feds go home". koin6news PDX protest Oregon protesters PNW
1 year agoI'm at the Justice Center tonight reporting for @portlandmercury.
1 year agoChanting/stomping to the beat of "Black lives matter."
1 year agoThe Wall of Moms is back in front of the Justice Center in downtown Portland, and they brought reinforcements
4 year agoAnti-Trump rally marching from Columbus Circle to Trump Tower. They're now heading to Times Square
