Today is the day the city of Portland has been worried about for several weeks. Various far-right groups including the Proud Boys are holding an “End to Domestic Terrorism” rally and far-left group including Antifa are holding a counter-protest. This morning even the president was thinking about Portland:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1162726857231544320

As I write this, things are just getting started but I’ll try to update the story below as the day goes on. After warnings from the Mayor and police for people to avoid downtown Portland things started off very quiet:

Downtown Portland is incredibly quiet right now. pic.twitter.com/D6jw0lV1Bo

— Andrew Kimmel (@andrewkimmel) August 17, 2019

Good morning, Portland! #BeTheSpectacle #DefendPDX pic.twitter.com/65Ccojqk2I

— PopMob (Popular Mobilization) (@PopMobPDX) August 17, 2019

Eventually, people started showing up:

Antifa side pic.twitter.com/YbtX1X8kF9

— Roderick Macleod (@RodMacleod) August 17, 2019

This is interesting. Antifa kid is talking to a police officer and a fellow member cuts him off. Antifa hates the police:

A Portland officer hands a card to Antifa members, he wouldn't say what was on it.

An antifa member quickly stands between the officer and the person he was talking to. pic.twitter.com/Mb0uJWd7qK

— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) August 17, 2019

On the Antifa side, everyone who disagrees with them is just a Nazi:

Anti-fascists in Portland, yelling, "Go home Nazis." pic.twitter.com/dMZ4RbiG3o

— Arun Gupta Coups Я US (@arunindy) August 17, 2019

The first minor skirmish of the day. The guy with no shirt appears in several other videos below.

#PortlandProtest “we came to bang it out!” Followed by pepper spray pic.twitter.com/mgC5htLQg5

— Roderick Macleod (@RodMacleod) August 17, 2019

From another angle. Notice Antifa is using hula hoops and umbrellas to block camera:

Things are getting tense as a man shouts antifa is not here to talk, but to fight. pic.twitter.com/ePwY2cwphu

— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) August 17, 2019

Antifa goons trying to get to where the Proud Boys are get turned back by police:

Police push back antifa after they tried to cross the street. pic.twitter.com/CD4Wq9qjKd

— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) August 17, 2019

So far, police are doing a good job of keeping the two groups apart. That’s important for keeping things peaceful and it’s what police failed to do in Charlottesville.

Anti-fascist demonstrators kept behind police barricades a few hundred metres from the far-right group protest pic.twitter.com/HFI8vwnjyT

— Aleem Maqbool (@AleemMaqbool) August 17, 2019

Here’s the “bang it out” guy again:

He came up to me again and people again surrounded me. He said I get hurt then that was on me. Police came back said I was provoking them by being there. pic.twitter.com/yHTx34CU50

— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) August 17, 2019

“Sir, what do you believe in?” Uh, I think he’s telling you:

#PortlandProtest pic.twitter.com/wwsJPbXzIl

— Andrew Kimmel (@andrewkimmel) August 17, 2019

This is how Antifa maintains a safe space I guess:

Antifa pushing another person out of the park, calling him a Nazi. pic.twitter.com/kc6FfyRbD4

— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) August 17, 2019

The Proud Boys group marched across a bridge:

“End Domestic Terrorism” rally makes its way across the river away from #antifa pic.twitter.com/CQO8H8iiNy

— Rob (@robforliberty) August 17, 2019

Proud Boys marching over the bridge #Portland pic.twitter.com/qj29PCHqdS

— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) August 17, 2019

Someone got arrested for allegedly having a gun. Not sure which side he was on but Antifa are screaming at the cops as they march him away:

This man was just arrested by Portland Police. Police told our reporter that he had a gun. #PortlandProtest pic.twitter.com/TIQ1GTzDzs

— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) August 17, 2019

And it looks like this might be over:

So Joe Biggs has told Proud Boys and other far right groups to get in their cars and leave. Some leaving in buses. Said theyll all coordinate where to meet up for a cookout in their private message groups. #Portland

— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) August 17, 2019

Biggs has declared the rally “over”

— Tess Owen (@misstessowen) August 17, 2019

I guess that’s the best-case scenario: No one seriously hurt in Portland. Meanwhile, there are other things going on in Portland that look like more fun:

And on the other side of #Portland… the annual @PDXSoapboxDerby!

The Beer Guys needed a little help “chugging” along! #HoldMyBeer #adultsoapboxderby #pdx @KGWNews pic.twitter.com/TY3KcuvBB8

— Brittany Falkers (@BrittanyFalkers) August 17, 2019

But it seems this Antifa wasn’t quite done for the day:

An old man gets assaulted by Antifa and has his American flag ripped from his hands and thrown to the ground. #PortlandProtests pic.twitter.com/vgugrVVMF4

— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) August 17, 2019

As mob continued to follow the small group going to their cars, a masked antifa person ran up & stole the man's flag. They mock the group before police finally step in again. They offer to escort the group, which angers the mob. Great footage captured by @TPostMillennial! pic.twitter.com/OMgeLDffkm

— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) August 17, 2019

Update: A fight broke out as a bus was leaving. One Antifa guy fell down:

When the buses left, antifa chased it down and broke windows. One antifa guy fell down. pic.twitter.com/ySyfIzO7ii

— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) August 17, 2019

Idiots:

Video: anti-fascists smash windows of Proud Boys bus. Another report says they were then pepper-sprayed. #PortlandProtest pic.twitter.com/McM0zBE5yQ

— Arun Gupta Coups Я US (@arunindy) August 17, 2019

Some arrests were made:

Police arrest another antifa member with an interesting shirt. pic.twitter.com/heslqePUGO

— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) August 17, 2019

Someone was beaten unconscious by Antifa:

Middle-age man was maced and beaten by an antifa mob. He was knocked unconscious to the ground. His partner or spouse was trying to protect him as mob still surrounded them. No police. #PortlandProtests pic.twitter.com/eAhrMSEKU1

— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) August 17, 2019

Another attack:

No police in sight as antifa mob descends on men. A fight involving weapons breaks out. Video courtesy of @TPostMillennial. #PortlandProtests pic.twitter.com/ddbHB7gwCx

— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) August 17, 2019

Whenever Antifa doesn’t have anyone on the right to focus on, they turn on the police. Here Antifa has decided to block the streets:

STANDOFF: Right now. Antifa vs. Portland Police#PortlandProtest pic.twitter.com/n71jSunCjJ

— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) August 17, 2019

#PortlandProtest pic.twitter.com/uIcft8Wr9r

— Andrew Kimmel (@andrewkimmel) August 17, 2019

Portland police are retreating from Antifa:#PortlandProtest pic.twitter.com/AeAsyH5j9u

— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) August 17, 2019

A civil disturbance has been declared:

Portland police have declared a civil disturbance. #PortlandProtest pic.twitter.com/4dQGtWF075

— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) August 17, 2019

Portland police have failed to enforce the order to disperse and are retreating yet again. #PortlandProtest pic.twitter.com/spy0eNVtA3

— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) August 17, 2019

These people suck:

Antifa taunting a black Portland police officer, calling him “Uncle Tom” and a “race traitor”#PortlandProtest pic.twitter.com/Td20ejvl4Z

— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) August 17, 2019