Maybe it was just Antifa/BLM’s way of registering their unhappiness with Pres. Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, or maybe it was their inability to get in some good physical exercise with the Proud Boys on Saturday afternoon, but on Saturday night in downtown Portland, they laid themselves out on the line for the night’s festivities. And the federal, state, and local police who showed up just laid them out.
Here are a couple of videos from earlier in the afternoon taken of the dueling rallies of Proud Boys and BLM/Antifa. Gov. Kate Brown declared a “State of Emergency” earlier in connection with a fear of anticipated violence at the event, which contributed to some unintended consequences later in the night in downtown.
Speaker at the Proud Boys counter protest a few miles up the road:
“When I say Nazi you say out!” pic.twitter.com/fkvRdmlty1
— Richie🎥McG🍿 (@RichieMcGinniss) September 26, 2020
It's about a 20-minute walk to a nearby event organized by Black activists. There are about 200 gathered, listening to a speech about the history of Vanport, where many Black families moved as part of the shipbuilding effort of World War 2.https://t.co/Ev2EddAHjq pic.twitter.com/HQ4UqD5dpl
— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) September 26, 2020
The event with BLM activists at Vanport has wrapped up, and the crowd is departing in a large vehicle caravan. Police are watching at a nearby intersection. pic.twitter.com/hRX2JsDbCW
— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) September 26, 2020
But alas, while the Proud Boys faded from the scene, BLM/Antifa just knew that a “peaceful” day of protesting wasn’t enough for their folks.
The problem was that Kate Brown had already declared a “State of Emergency” for the City of Portland. There was no “lawful” protesting on Saturday night. Every assembly was subject to police intervention, “peaceful” or not. So that led to a lot of this:
#Portland Police again rush and arrest at least four more people. pic.twitter.com/bmde3YSnU8
— Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs (@NickAtNews) September 27, 2020
Portland Police & OSP troopers bullrushed crowds several times, pushing them away from the Justice Center. There were multiple injuries. #PortlandProtests #PDXProtests #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/9i7EuTe5wA
— Justin Yau (@PDocumentarians) September 27, 2020
More arrests pic.twitter.com/rYmd8OrnCQ
— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) September 27, 2020
Police in #Portland just rushed back in and pulled a man from the crowd and arrested him.
As he was on the ground, the man shouted that his name was Christopher Davenport. pic.twitter.com/bFPAEzG329
— Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs (@NickAtNews) September 27, 2020
Aggressive arrests, baton jabbing and knocking a photographer to the ground. pic.twitter.com/OXdGhfOs3k
— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) September 27, 2020
Police bull rush on the sidewalk, mostly press and legal observers pic.twitter.com/kS3pZggJxj
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) September 27, 2020
Police bull rush on the sidewalk, mostly press and legal observers pic.twitter.com/kS3pZggJxj
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) September 27, 2020
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