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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnybody watching Portland live feed tonight? Need a good link.
Robert Evans and Woke links I had are no good.
Mersky
(4,986 posts)Wokes feed keeps dropping - theyre working on it.
This was given as a redirect down in the chat on their Twitch channel:
https://www.pscp.tv/littlexhellcat/1OyKAgnrbpqJb
Nevilledog
(51,242 posts)nilram
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(51,242 posts)Mersky
(4,986 posts)Might be another hour or two before he begins rolling.
Nevilledog
(51,242 posts)On the other hand, I like Evan's running commentary.
Mersky
(4,986 posts)Last night, I noticed an Eric Greatwood on Woke was making a good effort at reporting. I think he streams from facebook.
Nevilledog
(51,242 posts)Do you think the Woke stream is coming back tonight?
Mersky
(4,986 posts)I think Wokes actively working on the situation. Theres more streams listed at their new fancy site: Woke.net
ramblin_dave
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(51,242 posts)hydrolastic
(489 posts)GO MOMS GO!!!
Mersky
(4,986 posts)Response to Mersky (Reply #9)
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Mersky
(4,986 posts)Stupid stuff started happening around 1 am - a few angry, young white guys decided to set a tree on fire and throw stuff at the federal building. There were more people standing around filming with phones and milling about than engaging in the mayhem.
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Nevilledog
(51,242 posts)But good to know about farley
regnaD kciN
(26,045 posts)Yep, I'm sure people rioting are going to considerately stop to put out a fire.
Farley is such a tool.
Nevilledog
(51,242 posts)I've seen a lot of fires started by the old munitions the feds are using. Robert Evans was good at pointing them out.
Nevilledog
(51,242 posts)Nevilledog
(51,242 posts)I am not yet able to sit and watch. Will be in here in a few...
Mersky
(4,986 posts)I forgot theyre on there:
Mersky
(4,986 posts)Moms with yellow shirts line the front of the crowd. One of the streamers just said that this is typically about the time police would typically move to disperse protestors. I do not see any signs of riot goon squads on the ten views currently up on Woke.
Nevilledog
(51,242 posts)Mersky
(4,986 posts)Mersky
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(4,986 posts)Mersky
(4,986 posts)Blocking streets on each side of the building
Mersky
(4,986 posts)I am glad to see that
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,498 posts)Mersky
(4,986 posts)Now cleared out in front of the federal building.
Mersky
(4,986 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,498 posts)Wish I could be there!
KY.........
Mersky
(4,986 posts)With my cameras and voice.
Protest nights have distributed, organic organization. Specialists in this or that skill, i.e. eye washing or leaf blowing gas, step in to cope with the assaults. Its amazing.
Mersky
(4,986 posts)Is showing a substantial line of moms guarding the front of the protestors across an intersection from authorities in black uniforms, and then camo wearing ones to the side of them trailing into the park.
Mersky
(4,986 posts)regnaD kciN
(26,045 posts)The gassing started shortly after elements of the protestors started boarding up the front entrance to the justice center.
As commentators mentioned, it wasn't that meaningful an action, since the building had exits on all three other sides, but, given that the fed goons' mandate is to "prevent damage to federal property," any attempt to do anything to the building itself gives them the grounds they claim to start with the tear gas, rubber bullets, flash grenades, etc., and clear the entire crowd away from the building. I'm not privy to the strategy of the demonstration leaders, but I think the optics would be better if the protesters kept a short distance from the building itself and, essentially, dared the feds to take action without any grounds; as it is, they can say "well, the rioters were trying to vandalize federal property," and a lot of people will accept that justification.
Mersky
(4,986 posts)Last night was harder for me to follow for various reasons like tiredness.
As to my post about firing for no reason, I was paraphrasing what that particular streamer was saying at the moment - from her perspective. Ideally, I try to grab concise quotes and mark them as such, but my brain wasnt grabbing the quotes as audio feed switched frequently from one streamer to another.
Am currently getting my mind more organized for further protest commenting, and your feedback is certainly helpful for such.
Mersky
(4,986 posts)at the protestors. Then held a line at the base of the federal building for what 20 mins or so. But now? The goons are not there. If they wanted to protect the building/federal property, shouldnt they have stayed in place?
Mersky
(4,986 posts)And naturally, this is because their mission is not about keeping the peace or protection.
Mersky
(4,986 posts)Mersky
(4,986 posts)Mersky
(4,986 posts)Very frightening. Out of nowhere - it just started. No warning, and with no regard for people.
Mersky
(4,986 posts)regnaD kciN
(26,045 posts)...which, frankly, is real dumb, because it would give the feds grounds to claim that "we saw a rioter pointing what appeared to be a rifle at us," which would give them grounds for opening fire on the crowd with live ammunition -- and have it justified as "self-defense."
Mersky
(4,986 posts)But, I dont necessarily doubt you. Typically, they are slung low towards the ground, but in this case I just heard off screen the distinctive sound of an electric leaf blower.
Mersky
(4,986 posts)Yelling and screaming from the crowd. Is terrifying.
Mersky
(4,986 posts)Mersky
(4,986 posts)Is pretty shaken up. He was hit with a baton, gassed, and generally roughed-up. He has fewer words that usual tonight.
He car
Mersky
(4,986 posts)Complaints of spicy air. If those were pepper ball guns, is something Ive never heard before.
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Mersky
(4,986 posts)The protest crowd is still substantial, albeit thinned from earlier. Calm marching away from the federal courthouse doors as the drums are still jamming.
A! C! A! B! chanted
Mersky
(4,986 posts)As I close down the feeds, the sizable crowd is still going strong.