#admin reports of a heli flying over the protest, possibly affiliated with military
#admin confirmed the heli flying overhead was coastguard, likely unrelated as coast guard has a base in EC
#stream protesters are chanting Black Lives Matter to drown out the police announcements about curfew
#scanners police are watching for vehicles leaving the protest. stay safe, comrades. don't take direct routes. watch for vehicles (marked and unmarked) tailing you.
#stream looks like no cops on foot right now, they're all in their cars. they have also blocked the two sides of the street that aren't visible from where the protesters are—one car on the left and several on the right.
#stream curfew/dispersal order being read again. not a whole lot happening, cops are still in their cars and keeping their distance and protesters are still holding the same intersection
#stream one person otg says there are buses on the way. that person also suspects the police will move to arrest at 10pm
#admin This is just rumor for now, trying to find out whether it is substantiated
#scanners Cops are trying to estimate the size of the protest group but having a hard time due to distance
#stream rumors otg that the police are opening up traffic on the bridge, but this is not confirmed. the bridge is still blocked by cop cars on the other side.
#stream most of the protesters are on the sidewalk now. rumor, unconfirmed, is that bridge is being opened to traffic to allow an ambulance through
#stream protester on stream wearing a Free Mumia badge, solidarity with Philadelphia!
#stream the street is open to traffic for now; one car went through on hwy 17
#stream looks like hwy17 is not open to traffic and that the police let someone through by mistake. Incompetency abounds!
#scanners "If their people are letting them through, I'm not gonna worry about it." (referring to protesters letting cars through on the highway)
#scanners seems like police intend to actually start arresting after this warning
#scanners police are trying to get an idea of how many people are on the ground so they can make arrests