#pdx protests

August 1, 2020 - After federal agents left Portland, the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) renewed their commitment to police brutality. A peaceful march took place in a Portland suburb and was immediately met with police violence. PPB were filmed dragging protesters, beating them, slashing tires, busting car windows, and targeting street medics. Several reporters on the scene were pepper-sprayed from point-blank range and threatened. Additionally, PPB had a riot cop who’s sole task was filming protesters -- an act that is illegal for the PPB to do.

"Violent until the system is not"

So the effort to recall Ted Wheeler is off to a slow start and needs a lot more signatures to get on the ballot.

There is more than enough support in Portland for this recall to succeed, we just need to translate that support into actual signatures, which require (just a little bit) of effort and expense in oregon

ONLINE SIGNATURES FOR RECALL EFFORTS ARE NOT VALID IN OREGON!

YOU MUST PRINT, SIGN, AND MAIL YOUR PETITION, AND DO IT EXACTLY ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR IT TO COUNT (a pain in the butt I know, but it's not too bad)

GO HERE FOR DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS

Oregon State Troopers took over the security for the outside of the courthouse and just...stayed out of sight. The crowd was pretty chill, even though everyone was geared up as hell. As always when something changes out there, the peace police came back and started yelling at people. Revcom was also there quite prominently.

someone made about 30 of these:

The parks are fucking poisoned. The grass is dead and walking kicks up dust that has a high enough percentage of noxious teargas residue that people cough and sneeze just from standing in it.

This is a photo from @econbrkfst on twitter of the runoff when the federal officers hosed pepper ball and tear gas residue off the streets - violating the Bureau of Environmental Services rules, which BES is now investigating.

idk what to say about this:

Mayor Ted Tevis "Teargas" Teddy "Warcrimes" Wheeler attempted to apologize for PPB's use of force and chemical weapons and made this amazing clusterfuck of a statement:

i just like the phrase "be trans, throw hands" a lot (written on the inJustice Center):

OLD GODS.