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Portland, Oregon
  
 
 
Seattle, Washington and Oakland,
California
Seattle, Washington and Oakland, California saw
some of the most brutal attacks by local police and federal forces.
There is a smaller force of federal agents, including ICE and Customs
and Border Protection's Special Response Team in Seattle. Seattle has
also sustained actions for more than two months. They too had developed
an area where free food and medical care were provided, and areas for
arts, music, film showings, discussion and presentations, were
established. It was cleared by police July 1 but numerous actions have
persisted since then. The July 25 action specifically targeted a new
youth detention facility, demanding an end to criminalization and
incarceration of youth.
 On July 25, the amount of tear gas and pepper
spray in both Seattle and Oakland was so thick one could barely see. As
demonstrators have emphasized, tear gas not only causes coughing --
something everyone tries to avoid with COVID-19 -- but infiltrates the
respiratory system immediately and so completely that eyes, nose,
throat and skin all burn.
"The searing pain induces panic, making you gulp
for air. But the air you gulp is also saturated with gas, producing
more panic. You are also probably running away from police and out of
the gas cloud, making breathing nearly impossible. All the while, you
can barely see anything. CS gas is not just painful; it is completely
disorienting and panic-inducing. It makes people choke for simply
breathing, and choke harder when they try to catch their breath,"
medics say.
CS gas is a chemical weapon banned in war, but
widely used against those fighting for their rights in the United
States. Despite repeated gassing and many arrests, demonstrators
persist in raising their demands for the removal of federal forces, an
end to racist police violence and impunity, and for equality and human
rights.
Seattle, Washington
 
Oakland, California
 
New York City
Trump has so far not sent federal forces to New
York City, which has one of the largest and most militarized police
forces in the country, as well as a mayor and a governor staunchly
against the use of federal forces. Demonstrators there joined those
across the country to stand with Portland and continue to raise demands
against racist police killings and for rights.
In NYC, the large police presence included lines
of bicycles and police with pepper spray. As well, police used an
unmarked van and plainclothes police to "grab and snatch" an individual
protesting. Those in the crowd tried to "de-arrest" her but were
rebuffed by police with bicycles who surrounded the van and then
proceeded to harass and threaten demonstrators. People were outraged by
the provocation as it was apparent it was done to intimidate and show
police will continue to act with impunity.
Police kettle protesters during New York action in solidarity with
Portland, July 25, 2020.
July 30, 2020
 
July 27, 2020
July 26, 2020
July 25, 2020
July 24, 2020
Boston, Massachusetts
Black Lives Matter Bike Ride, July 25, 2020.
Hartford, Connecticut
 
Towson, Maryland
Dover, Delaware
Washington, DC
New fence going up around the White House, July 26, 2020.
Cleveland, Ohio
 
Beachwood, Ohio
 
Health care workers hold vigil, July
29,2020, for those who have died from COVID-19 and demand
proper PPE and hazard pay for all health care workers.
Chicago, Illinois
July 25, 2020
July 24, 2020
 
Statue of Christopher Columbus removed by officials, July 23, 2020.
Bloomington, Minnesota
Richmond, Virginia
 
On July 28, 2020 the George Floyd Hologram Memorial Project unveiled a
hologram of George Floyd projected over the statue of General Lee in
Richmond, Virginia. The hologram will be taken on a week-long tour
through North Carolina, Georgia and other states along the route of the
1961 Freedom Rides. The project aims to transform spaces that were
formerly occupied by symbols of the U.S.' racist past with a message of
change.
Columbia, South Carolina
 
Federal police aim at protester.
Tennessee
Louisiana
Aurora, Colorado
Los Angeles, California
This article was published in
Volume 50 Number 28 - August 1, 2020
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