cops using batons right now in portland

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pushing, some hitting -- full riot gear

[Electric Monk]

1. Live video link

http://occupystream.com/

Click on the OR tab

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7. Additional link, KGW television:

http://www.kgw.com/live-stream

[Hissyspit]

14. SCREENSHOTS:

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2. some apparent arrests

KATU is the only channel

Now reporters have been ordered to move

[Sarah Ibarruri]

3. God, I hope people are recording this. We need some good lawsuits against the City. nt

[grasswire]

4. protesters sitting now

drumming, lots of screaming, batons hitting people who are just standing there

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5. police bullhorn warns that chemical agents might be used

if they don't disperse

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6. Park cordon:

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9. Much better picture:

[Hissyspit]

15. Ha. Pottery Barn Ad.

[wundermaus]

8. live streaming link - to Portland OR

http://www.occupystreams.org/item/occupy-portland

[grasswire]

10. not all of them are kids -- many other older people too

4th and 3rd Main are totally blocked

[grasswire]

11. citizens are sitting on police cars

police spokesman on phone now says the parks are cleared; citizens that wanted to be arrested are being accomodated.

[Obamanaut]

13. "kids" as in 12 year olds, or are those "kids" young adults, as in grown men

and women, generally over the age of 18?

[Obamanaut]

27. None of the images in this thread show any obvious 'kids', just adults. nt

[grasswire]

32. I'm sorry.

I guess I think of college students as kids because I raised two that are just now 19 and 20 and I think of them as "the kids". I saw many people in that crowd that I would call "kids" -- not in any disrespectful way.

[Generic Other]

12. KGW in Portland

http://www.kgw.com/live-stream

Cops are threatening to use mace.

[grasswire]

16. citizen requiring medics

someone hurt

[maddezmom]

17. man on the ground behind cops....looks serious

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18. Cop looking at everything but a peace sign:

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19. Tearing down tents.

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20. ...

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21. They've linked arms and look like they're expecting what usually comes next.

(hanging my head in shame)

[grasswire]

22. still people are standing in solidarity..

..in resistance, while the news channel is only talking about the trash removal and the park restoration.

[Hissyspit]

23. More people showing up.

[sarcasmo]

25. +1

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24. "Police warn crowd to move." "Police warn crowd about chemicals."

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26. They're using a bulldozer to clean up the park.

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28. Evidently, Salem police have been called in. These ones look ready to bust heads.

These guys are camping at the foot of the police line:

[grasswire]

33. some from Beaverton, too

Those are the ones that seem more beligerant.

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34. Some of the local cops looked seriously like they didn't want to be there at all.

The outsiders were easy to tell: they seemed to want to be there, for bad reasons.

Thanks for the info.

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29. Baton Farm.

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30. From laconicsax last night, the police scanner site:

http://audio7.radioreference.com/oh_multnomah

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31. ...

[lebkuchen]

35. Wouldn't happen in Germany today

just get a license, and the policemen's job is then to protect the protestors.