A bulldozer crushing an Occupy Portland tent removed from Chapman Square today, via Cari Luna.
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Occupy Update and Photos
It’s been about five hours since the Portland police made their intentions clear in the original Occupy Portland encampment. Now, Occupiers have left SW Main St between 4th and 5th Avenues to move to Pioneer Courthouse Square. The next step for the trusty sleep-deprived and cold occupiers: Deciding where to transport their camp. Washington High […]
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Police Make Over a Dozen Arrests, Force Occupy Portland Out of Parks
Update 6PM: The number of arrests is now at over 50, says mayoral office spokeswoman Amy Ruiz. Matt Bors The crowd waits outside the Portland Building. The jubilant, relaxed chatter at the Occupy Portland this morning has been replaced with the distinct sound of the shit hitting the fan. Portland Police moved into Occupy’s two […]
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As Occupy Portland Camp Clears Out for Sleep, Police Move In
Denis Theriault The feeling at Occupy Portland when dawn broke was one of victory: The protesters held the park! Almost no injuries and only one arrest! As the crowd diminished—headed to bed, to breakfast—the patiently waiting police force moved in and began dismantling the remaining tents and structures in the camp. At 9:35am, the police […]
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Occupy Portland Morning Mop Up: WTF Happened Last Night?
Assessing the Occupy eviction attempt.
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Party’s Over! Police Try to Clear Streets at Occupy Portland
Matt Bors After two hours of a peaceful, rowdy dance party, the Occupy Portland eviction is getting tense. Portland Police announced over PA systems that they intend to clear the streets of protesters, whose ranks fill SW Main Street. Anyone staying in the street, would be subject to arrest or use of pepper spray or […]
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Midnight Occupy Portland Eviction Deadline Passes With Cheers from Thousands, No Immediate Arrests
jake Hatchquet MIDNIGHT! Better than a Dick Clark countdown. The looming midnight eviction deadline came and went for Occupy Portland tonight with a shout. More like 2,000 shouts, emanating from the massive crowd that has assembled—vuvuzelas and all—in the two downtown parks and Main Street. While several dozen police wait on SW 3rd Avenue, no […]
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“Occupy! Multiply!” Occupy Portland Preps for Long Night, Mass Arrests
Update 11:55am—The crowd at Occupy Portland is now an estimated 2,000 people taking over both parks and Main Street in between. THIS FEELS LIKE NEW YEAR’S! Even though the official eviction time is midnight, police will likely hold off on enforcing the eviction for a few hours, as they did in Jamison Square two weeks […]
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Occupy Portland Marches Through Downtown
In the last hours before Occupy Portland faces eviction from two downtown city parks at midnight tonight, a throng of about 200 people gathered to march from Pioneer Square to the camp, with their picket signs wrapped in Saran Wrap to protect them from the rain. Part of the march stopped in front of the […]
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Occupy Portland: Everyone’s Putting On a Happy Face… For Now
Denis C. Theriault The raided “relaxation tent” at Occupy Portland. Remember yesterday’s pre-eviction statement of Occu-panic from the Portland Police Bureau? We understand a call has gone out to Oakland, Seattle and San Francisco and perhaps other cities encouraging people to come to Portland and engage in resistance. People in the camp are expecting 100-300 […]
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Friday Night Occupy Portland Update!
First things first: For more immediate updates on the state of things at the Occupy camp tonight and tomorrow morning, follow @theriaultpdx (that’s our news editor, Denis). If you can handle some unfiltered occupy (“So! You had a conversation with the cops about capitalism!”) check out the Occupy Portland livestream. So far on Eviction Eve, […]
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Clergy Planning to Monitor Occupy Portland Eviction
Talk has been bubbling for a few hours that clergy members would come down to Chapman and Lownsdale squares, and Terry Schrunk Plaza, for Sunday morning’s eviction of Occupy Portland. A while ago, the Rev. Chuck Currie and the Rev. Kate Lore, of the First Unitarian Church—which has been very sympathetic to occupiers, offering showers […]