Portland Protest News

Today’s news summary: Ron Wyden wants inquiry into government surveillance, Vancouver police investigate officer comments, business targeted during protest, Portland remembers George Floyd on his birthday

Oregonian: Wyden seeks inquiry into government surveillance of Black Lives Matter protesters

Oregonian: Vancouver police investigate sergeant’s comments on Patriot Prayer, Black Lives Matter movement

KATU: Portland business owner says he was targeted during protests Sunday night

KGW: Portlanders gather and commemorate George Floyd on his birthday

A memorial display with flowers, candles, & balloons for George Floyd in the front portico of the Revolution Hall entrance. #PortlandProtests #PDXprotests #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/fTPIlJf2sP

— Justin Yau (@PDocumentarians) October 15, 2020

This was such a beautiful moment https://t.co/6soBge3Ytk

— Grace Morgan (@MorganNYC) October 15, 2020

Today’s news summary: Michael Reinoehl investigation from ProPublica, lawsuits against Portland police increase, community activists look at new ways of moving forward, interesting events at ICE protests

ProPublica: New Eyewitness Accounts: Feds Didn’t Identify Themselves Before Opening Fire on Portland Antifa Suspect

Oregon Public Broadcasting: New eyewitness accounts: Feds didn’t identify themselves before firing on Portland antifa shooting suspect

New York Times: ‘Straight to Gunshots’: How a U.S. Task Force Killed an Antifa Activist (includes video re-creation of attack)

Oregonian: 21 protest-related lawsuits have been filed against Portland police: Latest 3 accuse police of harassing critics

KATU: Community activists look at new ways of moving Black Lives Matter movement forward

KOIN: Downtown Portland community pleads for end to nightly chaos

I’m at the ICE facility with 20ish protesters, over 20 cars have pulled onto the gated back lot in the past ten minutes. We need numbers – come down! #Portlandprotests

— Grace Morgan (@MorganNYC) October 14, 2020

A person dressed in bloc previously in the protester crowd walks past me and is let into the ICE gate 👀👀👀 #PortlandProtests pic.twitter.com/UUY1JYDfA9

— Grace Morgan (@MorganNYC) October 14, 2020

Today’s news summary: Multiple statements against protest violence in South Park blocks on Sunday 10/11/2020, cleanup begins, statement from JoAnn Hardesty on difference in police response to right-wing and left-wing protests, video of statue toppling

KOIN: Indigenous leaders react to ‘Day of Rage’ damage

KOIN: Clean-up efforts underway after ‘Day of Rage’ riot

KGW: Suspects arrested for toppling statues, smashing windows during Portland riot

Oregonian: Portland mayor, other officials condemn downtown vandalism in name of ‘Indigenous rage’

My statement on the series of events that took place this weekend (Thread) pic.twitter.com/ZQC4yIN9DW

— Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty (@JoAnnPDX) October 12, 2020

Oregonian: Latest call for ‘direct action’ escalated Portland protest destruction, pushed for anonymity

Today’s news summary: Protest at North Precinct ends in mass arrests minutes after it starts, BLM march in north Portland

OPB: Portland Police make blanket arrests minutes after Saturday protest starts

KGW: 26 arrested at small North Portland protest – According to journalists at the protest, nearly every demonstrator was arrested with little to no warning.

After one warning to stay off the streets Portland Police Rapid Response arrived and conducted mass arrests. PPB did not declare an unlawful assembly. #PortlandProtests #PDXProtests #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/CEtKXlrdZs

— Justin Yau (@PDocumentarians) October 11, 2020

Police gave warning to get on the sidewalk. Police will release the charges in a few hours, but it is clear protestors were standing in the street chanting. Nothing thrown, no unlawful assembly announced. pic.twitter.com/oZJmAUQuyL

— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) October 11, 2020

Alissa captures alot: Police push protestors, one officer says “I doesn’t care what the TRO says”

The TRO is a federal temporary restraining order barring police from dispersing press and legal observers https://t.co/ysw7X0If6e

— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) October 11, 2020

Portland Police Bureau: Mass Gathering Blocks Major Thoroughfare, Arrests Made

Today’s news summary: Jonathan Price march in downtown Portland, Jaelin Scott memorial, federal court rules journalists are protected at marches, podcast on Portland protests

Oregonian: Portland protests to end police violence resume Friday downtown

Demetria Hester calls for a moment of silence “for all the Black people who have fallen” pic.twitter.com/b3T4Nia2Td

— Beth Nakamura (@bethnakamura) October 10, 2020

KGW: ‘Didn’t deserve to die’: Portland teen remembered at gathering to stop violence

Courthouse News: Ninth Circuit Rules Federal Agents Can’t Target Journalists at Portland Protests

WNYC: The New Yorker Radio Hour – The Battle Over Portland (podcast with interviews of Portland protest participants)

Today’s news summary: ICE protest in SE Portland draws federal response, Beauty Block event

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Federal officers use tear gas during protest in South Portland

Federal agents have exited the building unleashing a barrage of less lethal munitions & flashbangs on the shield wall. #PortlandProtests #PDXProtests #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/dvK915jflJ

— Justin Yau (@PDocumentarians) October 7, 2020

Portland protest day 121 pic.twitter.com/thJUPGzUMC

— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) October 7, 2020

Protesters did nothing that required chemical weapons to be deployed. Why put people at risk? https://t.co/akvOeQq2Py

— Cozca (@KohzKah) October 7, 2020

OKAY! Here's the photo essay thread for last night's autonomously organized action at the ICE detention center, it was a tough night for photos, but I'll be threading videos throughout as well.

If you appreciate my work:https://t.co/qMDrTfNkkT
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— Brian Conley (@BaghdadBrian) October 7, 2020

I'm here at a beauty bloc event. There is a bevy of free services offered to the community. #PortlandProtests #PDXProtests #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/5EJHjD6iiD

— Justin Yau (@PDocumentarians) October 7, 2020

Today’s news summary: Jonathan Price protest in downtown Portland, with video thread from Sergio Olmos

KOIN: Portland protesters march in name of Jonathan Price

Portland protest day 120 pic.twitter.com/ofzz67sXMN

— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) October 6, 2020