Members of Occupy Portland move into foreclosed house but police soon roust them

[Liberal_in_LA]

About 15 members of Occupy Portland moved into a vacant house in Northeast Portland two days after being evicted from the encampment in downtown Portland as part of an effort to continue the movement.

About a dozen Portland officers and a deputy district attorney showed up around 1:30 p.m. Friday and used a battering ram to enter the house at 1303 N.E. Roselawn St. and clear out the squatters.

A document on a table inside the house appeared to outline a strategy: "We have occupied a bank owned house in the northeast suitable to house 30 to 40 people (and encourage others to do the same)." The flyer also solicited "legal advice" and "people willing to act as immediate responders in the very likely event of police presence."

And police showed up.

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2011/11/members_of_occupy_portland_mov.html

[FirstLight]

1. that sux

maybe they can occupy some empty strip mall or closed school like in DC...but they need a bigger space and i guess it will have to be "public" in nature..:shrug:

[kcks]

2. let's

see if I understand this if a building is vacant that makes it open game for someone to move in. As for public buildings why only move into vacant buildings, why not all public buildings?