AUGUST 15: WARWOLVES OF PORTLAND
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by JAMES O'RYAN
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15 August 2020.
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With a ululating war cry the assembling crowd takes the block and declares, "No cops. No prisons. Total abolition."
Video by James O'Ryan pic.twitter.com/in2rjpURfo
An unusual scene began during a Black Lives Matter protest at the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office. Among the activists manning the western barricade, word rapidly spread that Proud Boys or some other form of alt-right militia was approaching the edge of the action in a limousine with a camera crew. Protesters and press alike couldn’t seem to believe what they were hearing and a decent size crowd formed behind the barricade.