The protesters clearly want a fight, hope the cops are smarter than that.
Tear gas is less effective in the rain. But it’s also easier to control. I think it could be properly used to herd the crowd out of the park.
Some do. The ones who came in from Seattle are the same anarchist-types who gave us the WTO Riots there. One clown threw a Molotov (now on $1M bail) but he came from Redding.
Your average Portland Protester is a "sit down and get baked" type. You usually don't have to worry too much about them getting violent so long as they don't run out of Doritos.
The cops have been advertising that to get arrested tonight, the protesters would have to REQUEST an arrest.
There won't be anything going on that the protesters themselves don't start and that isn't going to happen. These are real hippie-dippie types.
The local libs are making this an excuse to throw a street party. Nothing wrong with that given that its Portland - if anything, it will keep things calm.