Portland, Saturday Morning

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madNbad

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These were taken with a Leica M4, Voigtlander 35 2.0 Ultron ASPH with a 022 yellow filter. The film is Kodak XX 5222 developed in HC-110B for five minutes.
As a side note, I spent twenty five working years in the Justice Center and know the building quite well. I watched the construction of the Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse and the to the frame remodel of the Edith Green Wendell Wyatt Federal Building. Here is a few from the quiet moments:


Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse 07/25/20



Plush Toy, Chapman Square 07/25/20



Mens Bathroom, Lownsdale Square 07/25/20



Scruff McGruff, Chapman Square 07/25/20



Site of the Elk Statue, SW Main 07/25/20



Line O' Plush Toys,Chapman Square 07/25/20



Pillar, Entrance of the Justice Center 07/25/20



Southwest Corner of the Justice Center 07/25/20



West Entrance of the Justice Center 07/25/20

I just realized the site of the former elk statue was reversed. Here's the corrected version:


Site of Elk Statue, S.W Main Steet Portland 07/25/20
 
Looks pretty peaceful to me. God forbid, though, that the courthouse get any graffiti on it.

Nice evocative pictures.
 
This was about three hours after the nightly protest ended. You could still smell the tear gas and the only sound was pressure washers.
 
SimonSawSunlight said:
oh this should get very interesting very soon. :D
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I really hope not. People are passionate on both sides but everyone I talked to that morning, from a young man originally from Kenya, to the construction workers, young women raising funds for people in custody and even a homeless man all expressed how much change could be effected if the energy was directed to the need. These are simply photos of a quiet moment in a historical time.
 
Let's be honest here, those anarchists logos have cropped up everywhere for years now. I remember seeing them when I was a kid growing up in England.
Seeing them now is not exactly a shock to the system.


Nice pics Michael.
 
Huss said:
Let's be honest here, those anarchists logos have cropped up everywhere for years now. I remember seeing them when I was a kid growing up in England. Seeing them now is not exactly a shock to the system. Nice pics Michael.
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Yes, nothing new. Violent riots in the US aren't anything new. Major sport team winning the Championship is enough to get the ball rolling. However, people calling these people anarchists are not entirely wrong. And it's not even close to painting a logo on a building.


Anarchists - In popular use, one who seeks to overturn by violence all constituted forms and institutions of society and government, all law and order, and all rights of property, with no purpose of establishing any other system of order in the place of that destroyed; especially, such a person when actuated by mere lust of plunder.
 
Beemermark.... " However, people calling these people anarchists are not entirely wrong."

You're missing the mark (sic) here BM. There are protests in Portland.... by generalizing.... "'people calling these people" ...... you're grouping the non-violent protesters, the mothers, the mayor of Portland ....with the anarchists, and that is a very broad and not entirely truthful brush.
 .................that's a lot of photoshopping the image.....
 
In late May, there was an all out riot. Smashed windows, looting, fires set and general mayhem. Then came the marches. Thousands of people marching, chanting and giving speeches. Each time, no matter how peaceful the protest had been, around midnight things would devolve into flashing lasers, fireworks and any handy item to throw. This was met with a hail of pepper balls, swinging sticks and clouds of tear gas. For the last sixty days this has been the rhythm. At first the ire was focused on the Portland Police Bureau. A fence was erected but was often torn down before it was taken down. There were multiple injuries on both sides and often someone who just came down to see the action ended up getting sprayed or pummeled or both. Things were beginning to ebb until the arrival of the federal reinforcements. Just days before their arrival, a Protective Services officer was hit multiple times with a hammer while trying to stop the person wielding it from continuing to smash the glass doors at the Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal Building. When the feds arrived with BORTAC and other specialty units,the focus shifted to the Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse. They are not under the restraining order about deploying tear gas nor are they restricted from using the crowd control device in the LRAD (Long Range Acoustic Device). Both the federal agents and Portland Police have only deployed the LRAD once, PPB is banned from using it. Much of the evening is a gathering place for young people. The COVID shutdown has closed the bars and clubs, leaving thousands of bored young men and women, drawing hundreds downtown every night. Mostly, the crowds are orderly, loud, chanting, repeating the same annoying slogans for hours on end but nothing to incite any response. Almost on cue, a small number imbedded in the crowd start the evening ritual. Portland has a long and strong history of activism. The white supremacist are just as organized as the anti-fascist with both sides battling the other on a regular basis. What is driving this? Boredom, a bleak future of low wage jobs, out of reach housing costs, astronomical student debt and the view of a justice system that is out of balance. No one knows how or when it will end. As the song goes, "better to burn out than to fade away."
 
I lived in Portland in 1980 - 81. I lived there when John Lennon died and that night is burned in my memory. My wife and I have spent a lot of time there over the years, for work and play, and have many friends there. We love Portland. Thank you for these posts. We appreciate being kept informed through your lens.
 
madNbad said:
In late May, there was an all out riot. Smashed windows, looting, fires set and general mayhem. Then came the marches. Thousands of people marching, chanting and giving speeches. Each time, no matter how peaceful the protest had been, around midnight things would devolve into flashing lasers, fireworks and any handy item to throw. "
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After the 1st night of destruction our city council stated no one had the right to protest after dark. Curfew was at 06:30 PM. peaceful protests all day, no riots or destruction.
 
@madNbad I cleaned up your image links in your first post. When copying BBCODE directly from flickr, you don't need to add [IMG ] [/ IMG] tags at either end of the link. Also, if you split the flickr BBCODE just after image filename.jpg[/ img][/ url] and place the second part of the BBCODE on the line below, it will display below the photo instead of to the right of the photo.
 
jonmanjiro said:
@madNbad I cleaned up your image links in your first post. When copying BBCODE directly from flickr, you don't need to add [IMG ] [/ IMG] tags at either end of the link. Also, if you split the flickr BBCODE just after image filename.jpg[/ img][/ url] and place the second part of the BBCODE on the line below, it will display below the photo instead of to the right of the photo.
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Thank you!!! Godfrey posted about how to do it but this is very helpful. There is another thread as I wandered around downtown.
 
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