Occupy Clash Between Portland, Police :
PORTLAND, Ore. - Several hundred protesters, some wearing goggles and gas masks, authorities paraded in the middle of the street on Sunday, hours after riot police led the protesters occupy Portland in a couple of weeks old camps the nearby parks.
Police intervened shortly before noon and drove the demonstrators to the streets after dozens remained in the camp despite the representatives of the city. Mayor Sam Adams had decided that the camp was closed at midnight on Saturday, referring to unsanitary conditions, and the camp is to attract drug addicts and thieves.
More than 50 protesters were arrested on the afternoon of police action, said Portland police spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson, KGW-TV.
The number of protesters began to swell after the raid, and grew throughout the afternoon. By early evening, hundreds of agents wielding batons were shoulder to shoulder to hold back the demonstrators. The authorities back down as the protesters broke the stalemate by marching in the streets.In the first hours after the deadline for the expulsion of midnight, the anti-Wall Street protesters and their supporters had flooded the area of the park but the authorities of other cities across the country increased the pressure on the demonstrators, arresting dozens of people.At some point during the night, Portland and the crowd swelled to thousands. As dawn came, the riot police had retired, and most of the crowd had gone home, but the protesters, who were in the two parks from October 6 was still there, prompting organizers to declare a night and win business.
"We got up to state power," said Jim Oliver told The Associated Press.
Police then moved the protesters were held at noon, "General Assembly" meeting on their next moves. Official Speakers warned that anyone who objected to the arrest and threatened "may also include chemical weapons and impact." The protesters shouted "We are a peaceful demonstration."
"We talked about what we were going to do, and then they just started hitting people. It seems to me a waste of resources," protester Mike Swain, 27, told the AP.
A man was taken on a stretcher, he was awake and talking to paramedics, and traveled a peace sign for the other demonstrators who responded with cheers.
Choya Adkison, 30, told police after protesters moved into a false sense of calm. They thought they had time to rest, relax and regroup, she said
"Camp was totally vulnerable and helpless" when the police, she said. "I'm disappointed that you have created a sense of confidence and walked away completely."
City officials built temporary barbed wire on three adjacent downtown parks, preventing access to the protesters that officials for cleaning parks.
"I think most people go home or go to their day," Simpson told a television channel.
Even the police raid, the field was the shadow of what it was before Saturday. Most of the homeless campers were processed free food and accommodation offered by the Portland and Management. They are gone, when the field workers had crossed the field to help them find protection elsewhere.
And Saturday midnight deadline approaches for eviction, protesters began dismantling the tents.
At 4 am, dozens of police formed a line facing the protesters who took to the streets. Protesters in front of them seemed to be in the holiday spirit with some hits on drums and plastic buckets, another bell rings, while others danced in the streets like a man close juggling.
Sunday at an impromptu news conference, defended the mayor's order to clear the park, says it's his job to enforce the law and maintain peace. "It's not a game," said Adams.
Officials said that an officer suffered minor injuries when he hit some kind of bullet in the leg. The police had prepared for a possible conflict, warning that dozens of anarchists authorities may be planning a confrontation. Officers confiscated copies of the concrete blocks on Friday, saying he had been told some of the protesters were planning to use weapons to the police.
Also Sunday, the third time in three days, officials from the city of Oakland, California, warned the protesters not allowed to camp in the town hall square and facing immediate arrest. The police did not respond to requests for comment on whether the officers were preparing to evacuate the camp by force.
Notices of eviction by officials across the country called for an end to similar gatherings in the wake of three deaths in different cities, two cooking. Requirements of the growing pack of protesters in Oakland, when a man shot and killed Thursday near the camp.
Police said a preliminary investigation suggested changing the outcome of a struggle between two groups of men or near the camp. Researchers do not know if the men in the fight take part in Oakland, but protesters said there was no connection between the murder and the camp.
The shooting occurred the same day, a 35-year veteran, a former soldier apparently committed suicide in a store in Burlington, Vermont, occupy the camp. Police said a preliminary investigation showed that the veteran fatally shot himself in the head. He said the death raised questions about whether the protest would be allowed to continue.
In Other "Manage" The Development Of: :
Salt Lake City, Utah: Police arrested 19 people Saturday when protesters refused to leave the park one day after a man was found dead in his tent at the camp. Arrests after police came to move in the park in the early evening, where demonstrators were ordered to leave by the end of the day. About 150 people lived in the camp several weeks ago.
Albany, New York: Police arrested 24 protesters occupy Albany after defying curfew 23 hours in a park owned. The state police officers led the protesters with megaphones warning after they were breaking the law in Lafayette Park. They were charged with trespassing.
Denver, Colorado: They forced the demonstrators to leave the center of the camp and arrested four people for interfering policemen who illegally removed from his tent, said police spokesman Sonny Jackson.
San Francisco, California: Police said two demonstrators attacked two policemen in separate incidents during the March 1, Saturday. The police spokesman Carlos Manfredi said one protester has reduced the hand of an officer with a knife, while another protester shoved an officer, causing facial cuts. He said neither officer was seriously wounded and the attackers could not be located.
PORTLAND, Ore. - Several hundred protesters, some wearing goggles and gas masks, authorities paraded in the middle of the street on Sunday, hours after riot police led the protesters occupy Portland in a couple of weeks old camps the nearby parks.
Police intervened shortly before noon and drove the demonstrators to the streets after dozens remained in the camp despite the representatives of the city. Mayor Sam Adams had decided that the camp was closed at midnight on Saturday, referring to unsanitary conditions, and the camp is to attract drug addicts and thieves.
More than 50 protesters were arrested on the afternoon of police action, said Portland police spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson, KGW-TV.
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"We got up to state power," said Jim Oliver told The Associated Press.
Police then moved the protesters were held at noon, "General Assembly" meeting on their next moves. Official Speakers warned that anyone who objected to the arrest and threatened "may also include chemical weapons and impact." The protesters shouted "We are a peaceful demonstration."
"We talked about what we were going to do, and then they just started hitting people. It seems to me a waste of resources," protester Mike Swain, 27, told the AP.
A man was taken on a stretcher, he was awake and talking to paramedics, and traveled a peace sign for the other demonstrators who responded with cheers.
Choya Adkison, 30, told police after protesters moved into a false sense of calm. They thought they had time to rest, relax and regroup, she said
"Camp was totally vulnerable and helpless" when the police, she said. "I'm disappointed that you have created a sense of confidence and walked away completely."
City officials built temporary barbed wire on three adjacent downtown parks, preventing access to the protesters that officials for cleaning parks.
"I think most people go home or go to their day," Simpson told a television channel.
Even the police raid, the field was the shadow of what it was before Saturday. Most of the homeless campers were processed free food and accommodation offered by the Portland and Management. They are gone, when the field workers had crossed the field to help them find protection elsewhere.
And Saturday midnight deadline approaches for eviction, protesters began dismantling the tents.
At 4 am, dozens of police formed a line facing the protesters who took to the streets. Protesters in front of them seemed to be in the holiday spirit with some hits on drums and plastic buckets, another bell rings, while others danced in the streets like a man close juggling.
Sunday at an impromptu news conference, defended the mayor's order to clear the park, says it's his job to enforce the law and maintain peace. "It's not a game," said Adams.
Officials said that an officer suffered minor injuries when he hit some kind of bullet in the leg. The police had prepared for a possible conflict, warning that dozens of anarchists authorities may be planning a confrontation. Officers confiscated copies of the concrete blocks on Friday, saying he had been told some of the protesters were planning to use weapons to the police.
Also Sunday, the third time in three days, officials from the city of Oakland, California, warned the protesters not allowed to camp in the town hall square and facing immediate arrest. The police did not respond to requests for comment on whether the officers were preparing to evacuate the camp by force.
Notices of eviction by officials across the country called for an end to similar gatherings in the wake of three deaths in different cities, two cooking. Requirements of the growing pack of protesters in Oakland, when a man shot and killed Thursday near the camp.
Police said a preliminary investigation suggested changing the outcome of a struggle between two groups of men or near the camp. Researchers do not know if the men in the fight take part in Oakland, but protesters said there was no connection between the murder and the camp.
The shooting occurred the same day, a 35-year veteran, a former soldier apparently committed suicide in a store in Burlington, Vermont, occupy the camp. Police said a preliminary investigation showed that the veteran fatally shot himself in the head. He said the death raised questions about whether the protest would be allowed to continue.
In Other "Manage" The Development Of: :
Salt Lake City, Utah: Police arrested 19 people Saturday when protesters refused to leave the park one day after a man was found dead in his tent at the camp. Arrests after police came to move in the park in the early evening, where demonstrators were ordered to leave by the end of the day. About 150 people lived in the camp several weeks ago.
Albany, New York: Police arrested 24 protesters occupy Albany after defying curfew 23 hours in a park owned. The state police officers led the protesters with megaphones warning after they were breaking the law in Lafayette Park. They were charged with trespassing.
Denver, Colorado: They forced the demonstrators to leave the center of the camp and arrested four people for interfering policemen who illegally removed from his tent, said police spokesman Sonny Jackson.
San Francisco, California: Police said two demonstrators attacked two policemen in separate incidents during the March 1, Saturday. The police spokesman Carlos Manfredi said one protester has reduced the hand of an officer with a knife, while another protester shoved an officer, causing facial cuts. He said neither officer was seriously wounded and the attackers could not be located.
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