Ansel Herz, a freelance multimedia reporter, got pepper sprayed as he took this video of the clash between cops and protesters last night after occupiers marched in Seattle and blocked rush hour traffic: Over at Mediahacker, Herz writes: “For all their hyperbole, the guys yelling at the cops were accurate in pointing out that people […]
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Tea Party “Liberates” Flag from Occupy Portland
OMG. This video is so good for these reasons: 1) Apparently, there were Tea Party people hanging around the outskirts of Occupy Portland on Saturday, just to film and make fun of people. 2) They get really excited about swiping an American flag from a statue, as if it’s a Mission Impossible operation. 3) Victoria […]
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New Video and Eyewitness to Alleged Occupy Beating
I hate to focus too much on the plight of the one person who wound up in the hospital among the 5,000 protesters who turned out for Occupy Portland on Saturday and Sunday BUT there’s a couple new pieces of news about Justin James Bridges, who says the police beat him with a baton. First […]
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Mayor Adams Was On Occupy Conference Call, But No Eviction “Conspiracy”
Nineteen mayors—including Sam Adams—joined a conference call to discuss Occupy events in their cities.
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Occupy Portland Demands an Apology, Plans March Today—and May Shut Down Steel Bridge on Thursday
Stung that Portland police officials and Mayor Sam Adams kept to themselves the final timeline for evicting Occupy Portland from three downtown parks this weekend, some of the movement’s facilitators and city liaisons gathered this morning to demand an apology for what they said was a lack of communication and the muscular riot-squad tactics used […]
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Justin Bridges Speaks at Occupy Assembly
Yesterday evening, Occupy Portlanders reunited in force at Pioneer Courthouse Square for their daily General Assembly, where ideas of goals/plans/issues are discussed in a public forum. Backed by piped-in Christmas music from the nearby Starbucks and shadowed by the looming undressed Christmas Holiday tree, there was a clear rejuvenation among the 200 or so after […]
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Ack! “Projectile” That Hit Officer at Occupy Portand Was a Knife
The Portland Police sent out a lengthy email this afternoon clarifying some of the more confusing moments from this weekend’s Occupy Portland actions. Noted: • Last night, someone glued shut the doors of the US Bank, Bank of America, and Key Bank locations around SE Hawthorne and Cesar Chavez Boulevard. How do you glue shut […]
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Occupation/Preoccupation
“The United States has over 700 military bases on foreign soil in sovereign countries, where we have no declaration of war. (Occupation/Preoccupation) seeks to gather covers by American musicians of songs that originate from each of these places.” –occupationpreoccupation.org Brian Mumford of Dragging an Ox Through Water‘s ambitious new project Occupation/Preoccupation is an inspiring example […]
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Interview With Hospitalized Protester, Justin James Bridges
via I just got off the phone with protester Justin James Bridges, who is currently in Legacy Emanuel hospital sustaining some injuries during the eviction of Occupy Portland yesterday. We don’t have the police officer’s side of this story, yet, but if Bridges does pursue legal action—as he says he will—that story will come out. […]
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Great Video Recap of Occupy Portland’s Eviction
We’ve got an official number from the police: There were 51 arrests at Occupy Portland on Sunday as Portland Police pushed the protests from the park and fenced them in. Average age of people arrested is 28, with the oldest being 81-year-old and the youngest age 16. This is what democracy looks like this morning […]
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Occupy Sin City
Frank Miller, who is responsible for the worst comics-to-film adaptation I’ve ever seen and who hasn’t made a good comic book since 1992, published an anti-Occupy Wall Street rant on his blog over the weekend. Bleeding Cool helpfully reprints the rant so you don’t have to give Miller the hits: Everybody’s been too damn polite […]
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Video: Injury Reported at Occupy Portland
The Portland Police cleared the Occupy Portland protest out of its two downtown parks yesterday—at the time we reported that the great push-out appeared to have resulted in no serious injuries. The Occupiers lodged indoor overnight at the downtown Unitarian Church, which opened its doors to the protesters. Now, though, Occupiers are saying that the […]