Occupy Portland: the cops came back, to break up the GA

[FirstLight]

"this is what a police state looks like!"

"we are a peaceful protest, we are unarmed, we have rights"

send them prayers for safety!
there are some cops there with no ID

http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution

[dana_b]

1. "there are some cops there with no ID"

um... isn't that illegal?? Why is it that they can get away with these illegalities yet the protestors are trying to use their rights and are arrested for it? time to call the Portland mayor's office!!

I hope they put the tents back up (like Oakland did) soon!!

[FirstLight]

2. totally!

that's why the livestream people are telling us this i think. though i am sure all offices are closed on a sunday right?

[FirstLight]

4. cops have informed the crowd they are going to use chemical weapons and

something else, now i forgot the word...dammitt...like the rubber bullets i think

[dana_b]

7. the mayor's voicemail is full so we need to call the police desk

I hope the Portland people from last night are running down there.

[grasswire]

22. some police were from VAncouver WA and Hillsboro OR jurisdictions.

Reinforcements.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

3. The Constitution guarantees the right of peaceful assembly, but the powers-that-be don't want that

They're afraid of what the Constitution allows.

The powers-that-be know their thievery and criminality will end if the Constitutional right of peaceful assembly is allowed.

[FirstLight]

5. i know!

the guy talking to the police line keeps saying "the guy next to you, has brought a weapon to a peaceful assembly, he is inciting violence, arrest eachother, but not us...!"

[Sarah Ibarruri]

8. Exactly! And either this country's Constitution GUARANTEES peaceful assembly...

or the Constitution is being dismissed upon by the powers-that-be.

[Lizzie Poppet]

6. First violence of the morning...but some hope.

The first violence of the morning has occurred...and to no sapient being's surprise, it was the cops that initiated it. An Officer Poole punched a protester for the "crime" of holding both of his hands up, palms out. On video and still photo...

It looks, however, as if the organizers are going to try to get everyone to move to Pioneer Courthouse Square, a few blocks away (and a traditional Portland protest site).

[Sarah Ibarruri]

9. Of course! It's always the cops that incite violence in peaceful assemblies...

But in fairness to the cops, they've been instructed to do this shit, by the powers that want to keep things EXACTLY as they are.

[Lizzie Poppet]

15. True.

Most of the cops don't look like they want to be there one little bit.

Heading down there...might be able to update from my phone.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

25. Yup. It's their job, they're ordered to do certain things, and if they don't, they'll have no job

And there are already almost no jobs out there.

Update if you can. Thanks!

[saras]

16. Nuremburg says fuck fairness, they need to be held personally responsible, 24/7

They can always change sides if they don't like their instructions.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

26. True, but then they will have no jobs. People are trying to hang on to their jobs for dear life

This country has been turned into a disaster by the 1% and we're all suffering. I know, I know, they are on the wrong side by virtue of their jobs, but I'll bet if you went inside their minds, only a few of them believe in what they are being ordered to do.

[saras]

27. Like I should care? We already know that working for them is supporting them.

If you're working for their side 40 or more hours a week, it doesn't really matter what you do in your spare time, you're working for them, and you would be better off if you didn't split your own loyalties. It will make you crazy and weak, and easier for them to use.

It's not like they're ever going to give us good jobs again anyways. If we want real jobs we're going to have to make them without the help of the corporations.

My whole point is that, ultimately, it doesn't matter a flying fuck what authorities believe. What matters is what side they act for - what they DO. Their clubs hit just as hard, and their bullets kill just as dead. And once they understand that their job is oppressive, they have an ABSOLUTE MORAL OBLIGATION TO STOP DOING IT, or be treated by the whole world, through the indefinite future, like war criminals. It's their choice, and no one can soften it for them.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

28. I know, I know. I wish that would happen. Maybe it will. nt

[sakabatou]

10. Is there a photo/video of this out?

[Lizzie Poppet]

13. Livestream...link inside

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

The KGW live stream has interviewed both the still photographer who captured it AND the guy who got punched. I don't know if they're going to go back to that or not. Cops look like they may be getting ready to move on the protesters.

Getting ready to head down there, myself...

[Lizzie Poppet]

14. See the post below. Better stream.

http://www.koinlocal6.com/content/live/default.aspx

[dana_b]

11. better livestream HERE:

http://www.koinlocal6.com/content/live/default.aspx

[FirstLight]

12. better feed

http://www.livestream.com/occupyptown


the cops are announcing on the PA for them to get on the sidewalk and stop obstructing vehicular traffic, then the cops are in the way and all the protestors cant get on the sidewalk...


"who's streets? our streets!"

getting tense

[kestrel91316]

17. Livestream banner says police threatening to use "impact chemical weapons".

So they intend to shoot tear gas canisters directly AT protesters?? What, they want MORE SCOTT OLSENS????

[FirstLight]

18. i have a strange feeling

why can't the cops just let them HAVE that freaking intersection for sunday?

WTF?

because it is like allowing the commies to have a certain "hill" like in war...you can;t let them take back the street, cuz they would just take another one... right?

[FirstLight]

19. they are flanked on the sidewalk...

and yet they are forcing the people onto the sidewalk, there isn't enough room!

wtf?

[grasswire]

23. I think they are sort of being kettled...

...although the PPD spokesman said anyone who wants to go home is definitely free to go.

[FirstLight]

20. cops donning the gasmasks!

shit...really :( pray...now!

[sakabatou]

21. "Take off your riot gear, I don't see your riot here!"

[sakabatou]

24. Mmmm donuts