#admin Pointless escalating on the part of the cops. Totally gratuitous

#scanners shots fired at adams st and west church, unrelated but relaying for proximity

#stream police have arrested one person

#stream police have arrested second person from the front line. both men had their hands in the air and were pulled in by police and cuffed.

#stream riot line has moved up again chanting move back.

#admin Durham bail fund info and NC NLG legal aid number are pinned to the top of this chat

#stream riot line has moved forward again. front line of protesters includes men and women with hands up, some crying over the state of violence by the police in their community

#stream riot cops don't know how to take a half step

#stream police announcing the use of riot control agents that can cause injury

#scanners transport van on the way to the protest site

#stream riot line advancing forward

#scanners reported shots fired on a side street, location unspecified, relaying for proximity

#scanners additional police vehicles moving down water street toward the protest. watch out for kettling

#stream protesters sitting on the ground are singing anti-slavery and anti-war songs

#stream riot cops advancing forward, additional riot cops have joined their line, they still remain uncoordinated. their line can be broken.

#stream protesters are asking "Why are you in riot gear? Who is rioting? YOU want violence"

#stream riot cops advancing toward the sitting protesters

#stream protesters are singing amazing grace as riot cops continue to advance on them

#stream protesters asking why the cops weren't at DC stopping the insurrection

#stream protesters asking where the cops were when racists shot up churches, and supremacists marched through town. "Why are you here?"

#stream four protesters sitting on the ground, asking if the cops are going to beat the media too