The apparent arrest of Hester late Sunday night upset many people, who consider her to be an important voice in the city and the anti-racist movement.
a few months after the attack to share her story and to slam the police and public transit officials for failing to arrest Christian on the night he accosted her.When President Trump ordered federal agents to downtown Portland in July, Hester joined the Wall of Moms who formed a human barrier between federal officers and activists. She has been one of the Black women leading the Moms United for Black Lives group, which grew out of the Wall of Moms.
One of the vans stopped in front of a home where residents had invited a few people to stay on their lawn after the dispersal order. Police dismounted the van and exchanged verbal barbs with the people in the yard, telling them to “go home.” Two officers grabbed a pallet of water bottles that the residents had placed in their yard.
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