August 24th: PPB Brutality, Again

Hi there, coming at you from Arbor Lodge in North Portland, where protesters have gathered in preparation for tonight's action

Let's see how it goes

#blacklivesmatter #protest #pdx #Oregon #BLM #acab #PortlandProtests #PDXprotests #PortlandStrong #WallOfDads #DefendPDX

— Laura Jedeed is Kind of Back I Guess (@LauraJedeed) August 25, 2020

The protest begins to march

"Hey! Make a hole so the cars can pass!" The protest immediately parts

As the cars pass, they chant: "Say his name: Jacob Blake"

— Laura Jedeed is Kind of Back I Guess (@LauraJedeed) August 25, 2020

As the protest reaches the Portland Police Association building, a chant goes up: "Every city, every town: burn the precinct to the ground!"

Your nightly reminder that buildings are not sentient and cannot experience violence

— Laura Jedeed is Kind of Back I Guess (@LauraJedeed) August 25, 2020

A beautiful banner hangs from the PPA roof pic.twitter.com/4N6WQW0gFy

— Laura Jedeed is Kind of Back I Guess (@LauraJedeed) August 25, 2020

As the cop riot line rounds the corner I see a fire starting against the PPA wall

— Laura Jedeed is Kind of Back I Guess (@LauraJedeed) August 25, 2020

Yep, tear gas

As the protest retreated, a resident yelled "get our of here! I have work in the morning!"

"Take it up with the cops!" someone replies

I admit this would be a lousy place to live right now

— Laura Jedeed is Kind of Back I Guess (@LauraJedeed) August 25, 2020

The protest has returned to the PPA

The police are already here and they still think this is a riot

Orders to "disperse to the South and the East"

DJ LRAD loud as fuck tonight pic.twitter.com/QDy2Ff3OLa

— Laura Jedeed is Kind of Back I Guess (@LauraJedeed) August 25, 2020

The protest wraps around and approaches the PPA from a different angle, only to encounter a riot line

The crowd turns to melt away again

— Laura Jedeed is Kind of Back I Guess (@LauraJedeed) August 25, 2020

The police mill about pic.twitter.com/EjuvBQjxe5

— Laura Jedeed is Kind of Back I Guess (@LauraJedeed) August 25, 2020

How many cops does it take to diamantle a fence?

Answer: More than you'd think pic.twitter.com/PVtLRfSzmO

— Laura Jedeed is Kind of Back I Guess (@LauraJedeed) August 25, 2020

The Police retreat from the PPA and vanish

Protesters advance and start some creative redecorating

— Laura Jedeed is Kind of Back I Guess (@LauraJedeed) August 25, 2020

How many protestera does it take to set up a fence?

By the time you finish asking the question, it's already up pic.twitter.com/J9xly4cQct

— Laura Jedeed is Kind of Back I Guess (@LauraJedeed) August 25, 2020

Police charge and make multiple arrests. A small kettle in the Heavenly Donuts parking lot

Multiple TRO violations holy shit

Footage incoming pic.twitter.com/3stIafQhWB

— Laura Jedeed is Kind of Back I Guess (@LauraJedeed) August 25, 2020

A brutal arrest, which I film until told to move by someone who doesn't understand what it means to interfere in police activity pic.twitter.com/XPUuBrcgkv

— Laura Jedeed is Kind of Back I Guess (@LauraJedeed) August 25, 2020

That car I posted about earlier driving erratically kept doing it for a while. No sign of it now@45thabsurdist points out that the car ran multiple red lights and drove recklessly in front of ridiculous amounts of cops, yet no action taken

It's hard to ignore the pattern

— Laura Jedeed is Kind of Back I Guess (@LauraJedeed) August 25, 2020

Still standing off at the PPB. One of the officers took a couple shots at the crowd known only to him

The graffiti on the PPA is very good tonight

"Say her name! Kendra James! Who killed her? PPB!" pic.twitter.com/vjlqCyN86A

— Laura Jedeed is Kind of Back I Guess (@LauraJedeed) August 25, 2020

Some quality heading if you care to turn sound on pic.twitter.com/0kjkqhOHEY

— Laura Jedeed is Kind of Back I Guess (@LauraJedeed) August 25, 2020

Abruptly a dozen cops charge across the street to the Heavenly Donuts and arrest some kid

"They said they arrested me for what I said!" he shouts as they lead him away in cuffs (sound on)

What first amendment? pic.twitter.com/BYKDVcSzCr

— Laura Jedeed is Kind of Back I Guess (@LauraJedeed) August 25, 2020

Press swarms him. A protester yells that he almost ran them over and should be in jail

DJ LRAD tells press and legal observers that they appreciate us but to stop interfering with their work and to leave the roadway

I feel very appreciated

— Laura Jedeed is Kind of Back I Guess (@LauraJedeed) August 25, 2020

Everyone just chilling in front of the PPA now

Normally this is when I'd head out but the way last night went–20+ arrests after 1AM–I'm nervous to leave

— Laura Jedeed is Kind of Back I Guess (@LauraJedeed) August 25, 2020

DJ LRAD is back to remind us that Lombard is open to vehicular traffic. Tear gas threatened

No word on whether this is still a riot

— Laura Jedeed is Kind of Back I Guess (@LauraJedeed) August 25, 2020

Struggling to put my gas mask back on as someone offers doughnuts to protesters

It's a good mask. I can tell because I haven't been incapacitated by tear gas and also because it feels like it's slowly squeezing my brains out my ears

— Laura Jedeed is Kind of Back I Guess (@LauraJedeed) August 25, 2020

Out of nowhere the cops arrive, disassemble the fence barricade on Lombard, and vanish again

They're getting good at this sudden strike thing. Keeps one a bit off balance pic.twitter.com/NDzGh7Fx3G

— Laura Jedeed is Kind of Back I Guess (@LauraJedeed) August 25, 2020

Falling asleep leaned up on a post in my body armor and helmet, absolutely sure I'm gonna wake up 10 years ago at some field training exercise in Fort Polk or something and be baffled at this strange dream I just had

— Laura Jedeed is Kind of Back I Guess (@LauraJedeed) August 25, 2020

Epiloguehttps://t.co/SPdk9oU1AO

— Laura Jedeed is Kind of Back I Guess (@LauraJedeed) August 25, 2020

Some footage I didn't realize I had until this morning:

A police officer uses his can of mace to bludgeon a protester several times before spraying mace at the retreating crowd

I have been told these blows broke the protester's wrist#policebrutality #acab #PortlandProtest pic.twitter.com/DjbtsNLHJW

— Laura Jedeed is Kind of Back I Guess (@LauraJedeed) August 25, 2020