Thread by @michaelbivins44

So the feds gave the #OccupyICEPDX camp the order to clear out or face arrest.

Remember how the US flag was removed from the roof of the Portland ICE building? A new flag was added. This new flag says “refugees welcome.”
#OccupyICEPDX

View of the entrance to the #OccupyICEPDX camp.

“Multnomah Camp.” #OccupyICEPDX #OccupyICE

This man appears to be tidying things up around the perimeter of the #OccupyICEPDX camp.

A group of bicyclists must walk their bikes as they approach the #OccupyICEPDX camp, which is situated along a bike path.

Can’t seem to get a good enough wind to kick up, but here’s a better shot of the “refugees welcome” flag anti-ICE activists placed on the Portland ICE building’s flagpole.
#OccupyICEPDX

Commissioner Chloe Eudaly is here making a statement to media. She says she is proud of the occupiers and supports them. #OccupyICEPDX

Commissioner Eudaly accuses the US government of violating the 5th and 14 amendments. #OccupyICEPDX

So here’s the current ICE building driveway/entrance featured on that handout. #OccupyICEPDX

One of the anti-ICE protesters walked across the street and handed this to me. There’s a message on the bottom calling for ICE agents to resign. #OccupyICEPDX

Regardless of the other government entities involved with the #OccupyICEPDX land there are still a handful of tents, not to mention chairs and other things, in the driveway of the Portland ICE building pictured in the handout I tweeted.

A @DHSgov car just drove by

So this guy is here, he says he owns a black truck parked nearby emblazoned w a Trump sticker. I asked him if the truck was his and he told me “the first person to mess with it is going to get shot.” #OccupyICEPDX

.@DHSgov is back, handing out more fliers. #OccupyIcepdx

ICE handed out fliers at the camp outside the Portland location and then left. “Thank you very much for taking the fliers, we’ll see you again soon,” said the federal cop who appeared to be in the lead. #OccupyICEPDX

Dude with the soldier look is parked like a block and a half away still. #OccupyICEPDX

Ppl keep asking what the latest flier looks like—well it seems to be the same flier as DHS gave the #OccupyICEPDX campers this morning.

A man is now playing bagpipes outside of the ICE building. Doesn’t look like the unipiper or Jimmy Marr. #OccupyICEPDX

(My reaction upon hearing bagpipes is always immediately wondering if it’s either the unipiper or jimmy marr)

First rule of protests: Take all the paper handouts. #OccupyICEPDX (Video from earlier of @DHSgov rolling up)

This is one of those things that might not make sense right now, but as you go along you’ll find that you never know just what someone is going to hand you. For example: This was handed to me at a protest in Seattle.

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Today I was talking with one of the employees at The Happy Camper food truck, which is across the street from the ICE building in Portland. Their business is way, way down since the ICE building closed. They said the #OccupyICEPDX campers do buy coffee, but that’s about it.