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Title: Oregon Occutards cut and run
Source:
NY Post
URL Source: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/nation ... viction_q8Ez8PORPqVQB89fVj2OhL
Published: Nov 13, 2011
Author: NEWSCORE & AP
Post Date: 2011-11-13 17:45:47 by Happy Quanzaa
Keywords: Obama-doma-ding-dong, Obama, occutards, moonbats, kooks
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PORTLAND, Ore. -- Police in Oregon dismantled two "Occupy Portland" protest campsites Sunday, just hours after protesters declared victory following a standoff with officers. Protesters did little to resist as police took down tents in Chapman and Lownsdale Squares, according to The Oregonian. Portland Commissioner Nick Fish said the two parks would likely be fenced off later Sunday and closed to the public for about a week. About 3,000 people gathered in the streets around the parks as the 12:01am Sunday deadline to leave the parks -- demanded by Portland Mayor Sam Adams -- approached. While the majority chanted about their peaceful intentions, a minority armed themselves with sticks and rods in preparation for a possible police advancement, The Oregonian reported. One officer was injured by a projectile thrown from the crowd and one protester was arrested as police donned riot gear and threatened to use pepper spray to control the area at around 1:45am local time. As the standoff continued over several hours, the crowd reportedly began to sing and dance in the street. By 6:45am, protesters left the streets and returned to Chapman and Lownsdale Squares. Police began dismantling the two campsites at around 8:30am, according to KPTV. Adams has said he supports the "Occupy" protest movement, telling the Oregonian he looks forward to its "next phase, next iteration, of really finding a way to act on its mission." His spokeswoman, Amy Ruiz, said Sunday that the dismantling of the campsites did not signal an end to "Occupy Portland." "We're not quite finished yet," she said. "This isn't about keeping score. It's about keeping peace." For the second time in as many days, Oakland city officials warned protesters Saturday that they do not have the right to camp in the plaza in front of City Hall and face immediate arrest. The eviction notices come as officials across the country urged an end to similar gatherings in the wake of three deaths in different cities, including two by gunfire. Demands for Oakland protesters to pack up increased after a man was shot and killed Thursday near the encampment site. "Your activities are injurious to health, obstruct the free use of property, interfering with the comfortable enjoyment of (Frank Ogawa Plaza), and unlawfully obstruct the free passage or use of a public park or square," the notice read. Oakland officials first issued the eviction notice Friday after first pleading with protesters to leave the encampment. Police officials have said a preliminary investigation suggested the shooting resulted from a fight between two groups of men at or near the encampment. Investigators do not know if the men in the fight were associated with Occupy Oakland, but protesters said there was no connection between the shooting and the camp. The shooting occurred the same day a 35-year-old military veteran apparently committed suicide in a tent at a Burlington, Vt., Occupy encampment. Police said a preliminary investigation showed the veteran fatally shot himself in the head. They said the death raised questions about whether the protest would be allowed to continue. In other cities: — In Salt Lake City, police arrested 19 people Saturday when protesters refused to leave a park a day after a man as found dead inside his tent at the encampment. The arrests came after police moved into the park early in the evening where protesters had been ordered to leave by the end of the day. About 150 people had been living in the camp there for weeks. — In Albany, N.Y., police arrested 24 Occupy Albany protesters after they defied an 11 p.m. curfew in a state-owned park. State police officials hauled away the protesters after warning them with megaphones that they were breaking the law in Lafayette Park. They were charged with trespassing. — In Denver, authorities forced protesters to leave a downtown encampment and arrested four people for interfering with officers who removed illegally pitched tents, said police spokesman Sonny Jackson. — In San Francisco, violence marked the protest Saturday where police said two demonstrators attacked two police officers in separate incidents during a march. Police spokesman Carlos Manfredi said a protester slashed an officer's hand with a pen knife while another protester shoved an officer, causing facial cuts. He said neither officer was seriously hurt, and the assailants couldn't be located. Read more about the Portland protest: www.oregonlive.com/portla..._occupy_portland_cam.html Read more: www.nypost.com/p/news/nat...QB89fVj2OhL#ixzz1dczwRvSs
Cops clear 'Occupy Portland' camps,
hours after protesters claimed victory
An 'Occupy Portland' protester hauls garbage away from a
camp in Protland, Ore. Demonstrators claimed victory in an
overnight standoff over eviction, but were thrown out later
today. 
Police arrest an Occupy Wall Street protester in Portland, Ore. While numbers swelled to thousands, there
was not the violence seen in other demonstrations.
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