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last night in portland (oct 11), activists refused access to cameras and livestreamers while they used a blowtorch to take down roosevelt and lincoln statues in the park blocks. they additionally targeted the oregon historical society, smashing their glass doors, splattering a mural or the lewis and clark expedition with red paint, and hanging a banner that read “stop honoring racist colonizer murderers.” the lincoln statue was marked “dakota 38,″ in commemoration of the largest mass execution in US history, under lincoln’s directive. roosevelt’s plinth was marked “stolen land”

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2020/10/protesters-topple-portland-statues-of-theodore-roosevelt-abraham-lincoln-in-day-of-rage.html

chants included “kill the pipeline, save the land” and “no coastal gas link on wetʼsuwetʼen territory”

https://www.newsweek.com/portland-rioters-topple-abraham-lincoln-teddy-roosevelt-statues-day-rage-against-columbus-1538202