So the Governor of Oregon strikes a deal with the Department of Homeland Security that Oregon State Police will clear and control the streets and properties around the Hatfield Federal Courthouse in Portland, and suddenly a huge Antifa rally spontaneously pops up 105 miles to the south in Springfield, Oregon, just outside Eugene?
Antifa and BLM supporters take to the suburbs in Springfield, Oregon. pic.twitter.com/hxnMpAFfe0
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) July 30, 2020
Antifa protesters are trying to break through barricades set up by Springfield PD. pic.twitter.com/QKUm76xnKu
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) July 30, 2020
Residents are driving Black Lives Matter protesters out of Springfield, Oregon. pic.twitter.com/TThrmL1IBg
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) July 30, 2020
The Black Lives Matter agitator, who wants to abolish the police, demands that the police help them leave. Pathetic. pic.twitter.com/2b0V9osB9x
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) July 30, 2020
But they must have found their way back to Portland in time for the regularly scheduled programming because it looks like a typical crowd has assembled.
Downtown Portland. Day 63, energy feels better than the past few nights. Speakers talking about how we won't stop and won't give up. Some around the fence. Others around the park. pic.twitter.com/hJayX73452
— Griffin – Live from the Justice Center (@GriffinMalone6) July 30, 2020
Crowd remains strong at the fence pic.twitter.com/neCCnF3miN
— Griffin – Live from the Justice Center (@GriffinMalone6) July 30, 2020
Feds coming out.#portlandprotests #PortlandProtest pic.twitter.com/qm9f0cFi7W
— Griffin – Live from the Justice Center (@GriffinMalone6) July 30, 2020
That video shows what has normally been the camo dressed BORTAC guys coming out from the Courthouse. But there is another surprise in the works for the protesters. It looks like Oregon State Police and Portland PD have cut off their normal routes of retreat.
Tear gas in fence park and a line approaching fence protestors pic.twitter.com/otT72Yn2Eq
— Griffin – Live from the Justice Center (@GriffinMalone6) July 30, 2020
These the new state troopers? pic.twitter.com/cryJzLs9oB
— Griffin – Live from the Justice Center (@GriffinMalone6) July 30, 2020
Officers start firing on small protest line. Tear gas and some rubber bullets. Push forward.#portlandprotests #PortlandProtest pic.twitter.com/5AMNgDsrO7
— Griffin – Live from the Justice Center (@GriffinMalone6) July 30, 2020
Comment on this video says that the federal agents seem to be applying a tactic to shoot set off a gas cannister on the ground in the immediate vicinity of an arrest, and then pin the subject to the ground in the haze of tear gas so they are not able to escape its effects.
Normal arrest procedure – hold them down in clouds of gas#portlandprotests #PortlandProtest pic.twitter.com/5r0HhmGDf6
— Griffin – Live from the Justice Center (@GriffinMalone6) July 30, 2020
CBP agents and BORTAC officers have moved in from the South, while DHS agents approached from the West firing a small volley of Teargas. Most protesters have moved further North, with some @WallOfMoms & @WallofVets remained. #PortlandProtest #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/IENqUYSbcP
— Portland Independent Documentarians (@PDocumentarians) July 30, 2020
After holding a skirmish line and firing crowd control munitions on the intersection of 3rd & Main, federal officers departed. #PortlandProtest #PDXprotest #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/rBmP7GYAUw
— Portland Independent Documentarians (@PDocumentarians) July 30, 2020
This federal officer just warned journalists not to touch the spent munition casings on the ground. This incremental advance tactic seems to have become the new norm tonight. #PortlandProtest #PDXprotests #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/8HexiFRtKx
— Portland Independent Documentarians (@PDocumentarians) July 30, 2020
The incremental push continues. Protesters tried to rally shield lines to the front, to no avail. The protesters are now pushed to the intersection of 3rd & Salmon. #PortlandProtest #PDXprotest #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/xGtf4vUzAH
— Portland Independent Documentarians (@PDocumentarians) July 30, 2020
The videos seem to reflect a lower level of violence overall from the protesters. But I doubt Federal Officials in Washington will see anything in these videos to convince them the buildings are now safe from the protesters and the federal agents can depart.
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