Alissa AzarFeb 1

They just heavily gassed. Went thru my full face again. the medics were saying it was going through their masks too. There were very young children present. This is the road nearby ten minutes after the gassing started. The gas is still visible as I type this. Crowd regroup and energy is high. “Killing in the name of” now playing on loud speaker. More later nothing will upload not even pics

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#chemicalweapons #pdx #Portland #teargas

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Will upload camera pics when I get home but for now here’s a pic on the camera. Pointing munitions at faces. Will share stuff as I can it took a million tries to upload last pic
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People are dancing in the spicy air as roof cop feds shoot pepper balls
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This far right ICE supporter came to cause problems. There was a scuffle and then he pulled out his mace. He’s still here.
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Another very heavy round of teargas after a dumpster got rolled over onto the driveway of the ICE facility. Uploading anything is taking ages right now.
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Didn’t realize I broke thread earlier. Still in Portland lol

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Attached: 1 image Massive crowd at Elizabeth Caruthers park just a few blocks away from the Portland ICE facility for the Labor Against ICE rally and march. Lots of various unions out showing support. Not sure I’ve ever seen a crowd this big at a rally here #pdx #portland

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That was a gnarly wave of teargas. No luck uploading anything and need to conserve battery. It cleared out a lot of people but still a large crowd remains
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From that last wave of teargas. Videos are a little glitchy. Some photographers were complaining about issues with their cameras as well from the amount of gas.
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Idk what’s going on today. I put in new filters this morning after they deployed HC last Saturday and gas was still seeping through my mask so I had to walk away. Both medics who helped me said it was getting in their masks as well.
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This was the view after I moved away for some reprise. You can see after the flash bang grenade goes off a bird flying. Was a heartbreaking reminder it's not just people impacted by this but animals and nature too.
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A little bit ago the feds were randomly shooting pepper balls from the roof, and then randomly shot off another single round of teargas into the crowd.
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Someone got taken by an ambulance in a stretcher during that last heavy wave of gas. People are saying it was a resident in a nearby apartment.
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I’m gonna have to call it for the night. That gas is fucking with me. Will update as needed if I hear anything.
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Tonight’s collection of spent munitions
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@alissaazar who makes these? Is there some factory in America that churns them out?
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@Poljack defense technology / safariland