#scanner anyone with zipties going to 5 and Cherry

#scanner They are resupplying bike teams with munitions

#scanner cops confused, one of them said I-5 was closed but there r cars on the freeway

#scanner “crowd at 1st and denny blocking traffic”

#scanner cops r able to get onto I-5, reinforcements likely headed via I-5 to cherry st soon

#scanner protestors on bikes interfering w traffic on james (nice work!), lots of them

#scanner "a group of protester bicyclists has blocked off James street and is redirecting traffic. We cannot go there, it's not safe, there's too many of them" - dispatch: "I have no eyes on anything and am getting 3 different stories"

#scanner they are opening southbound 6th

reports of a 3 foot metal dick in someone's armpit. unclear if they meant to say stick

#scanner officers being told to call on cell phone

#scanner not all, just a couple

#scanner “tac 5 will be monitored until 23:00 for this demonstration”

#scanner 15 bikes in a line at 6th and james

#scanner “deciding which cars to let through the line to the 500 block of james” i can’t tell if protestors or cops r deciding

Protesters are deciding

protest bicyclists very efficiently routing traffic at 6th and james, police briefly considered letting them but "it is NOT ok that they are deciding what cars to let in" - Dispatch: "ok then as discussed we need crowd control to get those bicyclists out of there" ..... some cop: "would appreciate some direction on this matter"

#scanner “they shouldn’t be allowed to do that” cops don’t seem to have formulated much of a plan to deal w bike line of protestors, great work y’all

#scanner "Handcuffs in the Bearcat"

#scanner “can an access van get up through there and go through james?”

#scanner “negative”

#scanner Another crowd at the East Precinct