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Alissa Azar Feb 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

Alissa Azar Feb 1

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

Alissa Azar Feb 1

People are dancing in the spicy air as roof cop feds shoot pepper balls

Alissa Azar Feb 1

This far right ICE supporter came to cause problems. There was a scuffle and then he pulled out his mace. He’s still here.

Alissa Azar Feb 1

Alissa Azar Feb 1

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.

Alissa Azar Feb 1

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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Alissa Azar Feb 1

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

Alissa Azar Feb 1

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.

Alissa Azar Feb 1

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.

Alissa Azar Feb 1

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.

Alissa Azar Feb 1

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.

Alissa Azar Feb 1

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.

Alissa Azar Feb 1

I’m gonna have to call it for the night. That gas is fucking with me. Will update as needed if I hear anything.

Alissa Azar Feb 1

Tonight’s collection of spent munitions

Alissa Azar Feb 1

Idk if it’s the exposure to HC last Saturday in addition to all the gas tonight or what but I really don’t feel good and i have never experienced chest pain like this in my life. Others messaging me about how nauseous they are.

When I first got treated by a medic they wanted to rinse my eyes first. Which yeah, I couldn’t see, but it was mainly my chest. I couldn’t breathe and it was so painful. Felt better for a little bit, maybe was the adrenaline, but now it’s back and it’s rough.

Alissa Azar Feb 1

Someone just told me that they saw multiple people passed out during the first brutal wave of tear gas when there were still a ton of children and elderly folks

Alissa Azar Feb 1

There was a line of children waiting to get treated by medics

Alissa Azar Feb 1

Terrible headache ✅
Nausea ✅
Chest pain ✅

Alissa Azar Feb 1

Reports of people being shot with rubber bullets that had smiley faces drawn on them in sharpie

Alissa Azar Feb 1

The feds shot out a local residents window this evening with these munitions that they also shot at people. I’m not sure that I’ve seen these before, does anybody recognize? (Not my photos)

One kind of looks like a 40mm foam round but that wood looking stuff??

Alissa Azar Feb 1

There are photos and videos of the children who were gassed today and 💔💔 absolutely insane. Their violence truly knows no bounds.

Alissa Azar Feb 1

Just reading so many accounts of people talking about rinsing out the eyes of their small children, or people who were there with their elderly parents who were vomiting as they were trying to get away

Alissa Azar Feb 1

I’m so stuck on the amount of children teargassed. I cannot even imagine how traumatizing this must be.

There were so many children at the park earlier. There were thousands and thousands of people out. I didn’t see any children near the gate where I was standing but that didn’t even matter. The teargas reached the park, blocks away. More and more people are telling me their gas hardly worked.

Alissa Azar Feb 1

Some of the teargas deployed tonight was expired. (They expire 5 years from the manufacture date)

bounding_star Feb 1

@alissaazar for accuracy's sake, mfg often refers to the manufactured date not expiry, I'm not an expert though

(also huge huge thanks for the information you're getting out, wishing you safety)

@bounding_star correct and they expire 5 years from manufactured date 😭

bounding_star Feb 1

@alissaazar ahh makes sense. Quick bit of reading i did suggested when they expire they just are less effective, so seems like that's more of a downside for the cops?

Alissa Azar Feb 1

@bounding_star hmm there are some reports iirc that suggest they are even worse. But I will have to look tomorrow or something haven’t been able to shake this headache and screen isn’t helping lol

@alissaazar @bounding_star Thanks for all you are doing to get the word out. Take care of yourself. Maybe get checked out after all that gas?