Twitter flags Trump tweet warning protesters will be "met with serious force" if they try to set up an "autonomous zone" in DC
8 month agoCrowd of demonstrators outside LAUSD headquarters calls for defunding school police as board hears public comments about student safety concerns.
8 month agoPeople gather outside of Ebenezer Baptist Church to support the family of RayshardBrooks during the funeral.
8 month agoThousands are gathering outside LAUSD headquarters downtown for a protest, demanding LA school police be completely killed.
8 month agoLines of law enforcement suddenly clearing out BLM Plaza
There'll be executive order "very soon" with regards to monument destruction, said @POTUS. "We are looking at long term jail sentences" for "anarchists."
8 month agoSeattle officials move to dismantle 'autonomous' protest zone following weekend violence, mayor says
Again this morning, Pres Trump threatening arrest, prosecution and prison up to 10 years for anyone vandalizing Federal monuments. "There will be no exceptions," he tweets
8 month agoSomeone on the ground sent this picture of what was used in Richmond tonight
Police are moving forward
The riot police advanced down the street, and then 6+ police vehicles came in from the side . It looked like everyone got out long before the police actually got to the intersection
8 month agoPPB saying it is 20 minutes until midnight, at which point the park will be closed. They gave this warning last night too, around 1 a.m. That was the first I had heard it, even though protesters have definitely been in the parks past midnight before
Police are moving up. RVA
8 month agoPolice pushed crowd back into the park
8 month agoStandoff. Ignore the camera jiggle—I just smashed my shin into a pole. Unforced error
8 month agoPolice launching *clouds* of tear gas at fleeing protesters. This is not about dispersing a dangerous crowd or ending a riot. This is about trying to hurt as many people as they can while they still have permission. RPD and VSP are at war with the city
8 month agoProtesters have a new plan: They protest in the street. PPB loudspeaker tells everyone to get on the sidewalk. They jump onto the sidewalk. Then, they slowly wander back into the street. They're all back in the street now.
8 month agoRVA is a continuous war zone. VA State police at city hall
8 month agoSnack van guy is out of jail and back at the Justice Center
8 month agoThe Justice Center where there is food cooking, music playing, and some people yelling that we should march. Others not sure where they're going, or opposed, yelling, "Our fight is here."
8 month agoPolice have not moved from the city hall block, recently renamed by protesters as "Reclamation Square."
8 month agoNeighbor just sent me this video showing CHOP protestors using a truck to haul concrete barriers away from the front of the East Precinct where SDOT originally put them. They're blocking Pine Street
8 month agoCrowd split between the street and the sidewalk/park
8 month agoAfter the barricade is up, the spray painting begins
8 month agoSo they've been able to drag one of the concrete barricades out with a truck. It appears they are going to try to move most of them out from their original positions closer to the East Precinct.
8 month agoThere is a band of sorts outside the East Precinct CHOP
8 month agoMaybe a couple hundred here scattered a bit near the East Precinct, things have calmed down & band stopped a bit after a man needed some medical attention CHOP
8 month agoPolice starting to file out of blacklivesmatter plaza. Maybe 50 or 60 ppl still hanging around.
8 month agoDemonstrator on bullhorn telling fellow protestors to stay out of Lafayette Park.
8 month agoA cleansing. - countryside Gas. RVA
8 month agoNew barricade up at CHOP
Police are firing tear gas again. RVA
8 month agoPolice delayed tear gas, pepper spray and flash bangs to disperse the crowd in front of city hall. The group was pushed back to the intersection of 8th and Marshall
8 month agoThey've deployed so much gas you can't even see the block ahead
8 month agoThese rounds were just fired. They're small spherical pellets filled with a fine powder
At the protests in front of the City Hall Bldg
8 month agoVirginia State Police are holding the line at the block of City Hall
8 month agoAn officer clearly launches a tear gas canister directly at protesters from a short range. It's a miracle nobody has been killed yet
8 month agoAnother group is protesting outside @PortlandPolice near 2nd/ Main. We saw them move from the Justice Center. Police told them to get out of the roadway and demonstrators moved to the sidewalk. This is not the group at Jefferson HS.
8 month agoProtesters are marching down 2nd Avenue. PortlandProtests
8 month agoCrowd just went back around the corner to the door of the PPB. More than 100 people. Black protesters encourage protesters to stand on the sidewalk, but most protesters are in the street
Person on the bullhorn talking about how OHSU volunteers have been tear gassed and arrested while trying to provide aid to protesters
One protester is running and screaming "do not go across the bridge" over and over and over again. The crowd stops
8 month agoHeavy heavy police presence at city hall. Excuse the muffled sound of my voice, currently covered with a bandana
8 month agoMarching start backs up again. This is the size of the crowd
8 month agoPolice have made an appearance in full riot gear on the 400 block of North 10th Street
8 month agoRopes were tied on the Andrew Jackson equestrian statue but protesters were not able to topple it before @DCPoliceDept officers intervened and pushed them out of the park. (Screen image @wusa9)
8 month agoAfter a noose was found in his garage stall last night, NASCAR drivers show their support for @BubbaWallace at Talladega
Portland Mayor @tedwheeler joined AM Extra this morning to discuss several topics including the future of the city's policing and recent attempts by demonstrators to enact an autonomous zone
Declaring "we need law & order in our streets," @PressSec said Pres Trump still waiting for call from @GovInslee, whom she called "derelict," asking for Federal help securing the streets of Seattle. "It's time for the Governor to act," said McEnany
Protesters in Compton demand justice for Andres Guardado, 18-year-old Latino man fatally shot by deputies
8 month agoIn the car heading home when flashing lights by JC. Police announcing that it's after midnight so city parks are closed. Ordering crowd to go home
8 month agoBack at the park: "Those people down there are not with us. They want to start a war. We're not doing that shi* tonight."
Officers are conducting arrests on SW 3rd Ave between SW Main and SW Madison St. Do not interfere with officers so they can safely perform their duties.
Harborview Medical Center officials confirm a person with a gunshot wound was brought to the hospital private vehicle from Capitol Hill. The person is in serious condition
8 month agoThe police continue to order the crowd to stay in the park. Most of the group has moved to the park, others have just left. The crowd is definitely shrinking in part due to conflicts between protesters
8 month agoA group of police trying to get people to go west back to the park.
8 month agoThe police are claiming they needed to clear the streets because someone inside the building needed emergency medical attention. An ambulance showed up but drove away without anyone getting in or out
8 month agoThere is some internal conflict with the protesters about How much they should listen to the police's orders.
8 month agoPolice saying the sidewalk on the west side of 2nd Ave is closed, commanding people to leave and threatening them with arrest and use of force if they don't.
8 month agoOn the Stuart statue, police holding down this area
8 month agoPolice cleared the street and an ambulance came through. they are telling people to get off the sidewalk by the police bureau
8 month agoAnother video/view of the wokenaries stealing dude's phone after the new shooting in the Chop Chaz Seattle autonomousZone
8 month agoShooting in chop chaz again tonight
8 month agoPolice can put down their shields and eat ice cream because they get to decide when its time to fight
Police on the LRAD saying to not "tamper with doors to the Justice Center" also telling the protesters to not block traffic.
8 month agoThe people at the park marched down in front of the Portland Police Bureau entrance
8 month agoA motorcycle drive-by. The vibe here is just.odd Some people really trying to keep everyone in the park. P
8 month agoRichmond, VA officers as they started to use pepper spray on demonstrators. They sprayed me in my face and covered my phone. Shortly after, I was thrown to ground my an officer I bumped into.
8 month agoLots of riot police stationed behind the Justice Center. Portlandprotest
8 month agoThe armored car with the sound cannon on it on West Grace. Are the planning to use it in a neighborhood at 1 AM
8 month agoA ton of fighting between those who want people to follow police orders and keep the crowd off the street. Other (loud) protesters hate that idea
8 month agoPeople almost immediately went back into the street. There is some dispute among the protesters if they should stay in the street or go to the park. Police on the LRAD are commanding people to go to the park
8 month agoPolice head out for now, but warn if you return to street you're subject to arrest.
Seattle police on Sunday pursued their investigation into a weekend shooting in a park in the city's protest zone that killed a 19-year-old man and critically injured another person
8 month agoPolice continue to block traffic and the crowd chants "Quit your job." Portlandprotest blacklivesmatter
8 month agoPolice trying to keep people in the park because they were blocking the street. The police are currently blocking the street.
8 month agoGot what appear to be a few arrests going on
8 month agoPolice left. People threw waterbottles and other small objects
8 month agoDay 24 of Portland protest
8 month agoThe stand off continues on the west side of the Stuart statue on the 1600 block of monument
8 month agoIt's very dark out, but the officer caught firing his gun in this video has been firing non-lethal rounds at protesters since he got here
8 month agoPolice are pushing up. Chemicals idk the name of are in the air
8 month agoOne officer was asked why he's here. "It's my city too," he replied asking protesters to leave
8 month agoVideo emerges of shooting in occupied Seattle zone
VSP response at J.E.B. Stuart statue
8 month agoA driver who was not part of demonstrations picked the wrong time to take Monument Ave home. Police opened a hole in the line to let him pass
8 month agoOfficers shuffle to keep the line strong. They've cleared the base of the statue and continue to stand ready with riot shields
8 month agoTwo arrests made at Florissant Protest after people stopped for trying to re-paint BlackLivesMatter on the street. Officers confiscated rollers and paint buckets
8 month agoVirginia State Police have formed a barrier around the Stuart statue
3 year agoAnti-Trump rally marching from Columbus Circle to Trump Tower. They're now heading to Times Square
