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Police Report Savannah Airport Center of Crime Ring
Major crimes are happening there and there are enough reports of the idiots running these things preventing the cops from coming in and doing their jobs. ----- I don't believe that...it's a cheap trick... in fact I made up the headline, but the map is true. Here is the same map (dates/kinds of crimes) for PDX centered on the Occupy Portland encampment The Occupy Portland encampment is in "Chapman Square" near the bottom of the map My point being one or a few news media reports with misleading headlines and/or visuals can sway public opinion. I think the link to the above maps can be informative about the background of any crime reports Last edited by Lamplighter; 11-12-2011 at 04:20 PM. |
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The other category of deaths seem to have been things that would have happened anyway -- a veteran suicide, and a drug overdose.
I imagine that, as winter sets in, someone will freeze to death, or die sooner than they might have, and it will happen in a tent in an Occupy instead of a corner of vacant building. Which is to say: the ills of society still exist. Ignoring them (or returning them to the previously-used methods of not regarding them) does not make them go away. |
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NY: 10/1/2011 — Police Arrest More Than 700 Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge
Madison, WI: 10-27-2011 — Madison Occupiers Lose Permit Due to Public Masturbation Phoenix: 10/28/2011 — Flier at Occupy Phoenix Asks, “When Should You Shoot a Cop?” NY: 10/18/2011 — Thieves Preying on Fellow Protesters NY: 10/9/2011 — Stinking up Wall Street: Protesters Accused of Living in Filth as Shocking Pictures Show One Demonstrator Defecating on a POLICE CAR NY: 10/7/2011 — Occupiers Rush Police … More Cleveland: 10/18/2011 — ‘Occupy Cleveland’ Protester Alleges She Was Raped NY: 10/10/2011 — ‘Increasingly Debauched’: Are Sex, Drugs & Poor Sanitation Eclipsing Occupy Wall Street? Seattle: 10/18/2011 — Man Accused of Exposing Self to Children Arrested 10/12/2011 — Iran Supports ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Portland: 10/16/2011 – #OccupyPortland Protester Desecrates Memorial To U.S. War Dead Portland: 10/15/2011 — #OccupyPortland Protesters Sing “F*** The USA” Chicago: 10/17/2011 — COMMUNIST LEADER Cheered at Occupy Chicago 10/15/2011 — American Nazi Party Endorses Occupy Wall Street‘s ’Courage,‘ Tells Members to Support Protests and Fight ’Judeo-Capitalist Banksters’ Boston: 10/14/2011 — Coast Guard member spit on near Occupy Boston tents Boston: 10/11/2011 — Boston Police Arrest Over 100 from Occupy Boston New York: 10/11/2011 — “You Can Have Sex with Animals.” New York: 10/15/2011 — Harassing Police with Accusations of Phony Injuries New York: 10/9/2011 – ‘Occupy Wallstreet’ Protesters Steal from Local Businesses New York: 10/25/2011 — Three Men Threatened to Kill 24-Year-Old Occupy Wall Street Protester for Reporting Rape Baltimore: 10/18/2011 — #OccupyBaltimore Discourages Sexual Assault Victims from Contacting Police Portland: 10/27/2011 — Occupy Portland’s Attempt At Wealth Redistribution Ends In Theft Los Angeles: 10/14/2011 – Anti-Semitic Protester at Occupy Wall Street 10/27/2011 — A Death Threat From an Occupy Wall Street Protester 10/27/2011 – Anti-Semitic Tweet From Occupier or Sympathizer Boston: 10/20/2011 — Occupy Boston Doesn’t Want Police Involved in Rape New York: 10/5/2011: Anti-Semitic Occupier Screams About Jews, Israel New York: 10/4/2011 — Occupier Taunts Jewish Man Boston: 10/2011 — Occupiers Block Street New York: 10/2011 — Occupier Tries to Steal Police Officer’s Gun New York: 10/27/2011 — Occupiers Block Traffic, Get Arrested Oakland: 10/27/2011 — Occupiers Throw Garbage at Police Oakland: 10/19/2011 — Abusive #OccupyOakland Protesters Ban Media from Tent City Eugene, OR: 10/19/2011 — Occupiers Displace Farmers’ Market Threatening Hundreds of Jobs Portland, OR: 10/18/2011 — Capitalist Offering Jobs at Occupy Portland Finds Few Takers NY: 10/20/2011 — #OccupyWallStreet Threatens Businesses, Patrons NY: 10/14/2011 — Violence Breaks Out During #OccupyWallStreet March Toward Stock Exchange NY: 10/14/2011 — Protesters March On Wall Street, Scuffle With Cops Oakland: 10/19/2011 — #OccupyOakland Protesters Threaten Reporter Oakland: 10/26/2011 — Occupiers Scuffle with Police Oakland: 10/24/2011 — Protesters Storm, Vandalize, Shut Down Chase Bank Dayton, OH: 10/22/2011 — Protester: ‘F*ck The Military, F*ck Your Flag, And F*ck The Police’ Chicago: 10/14/2011 – Protesters’ Message At #OccupyChicago Rally: ‘Destroy Israel’ NY: 10/23/2011 — #OccupyWallStreet Supporter Rants Against Israel, Jews NY: 10/22/2011 — #Occupy Kid: ‘Burn Wall Street, Burn!’ NY: 10/21/2011 — New Yorkers Fed Up With Noisy, Defecating Protesters Oakland: 10/21/2011 — Occupy Oakland Evicted After Reports Of Crime And Intimidation Oakland: 10/19/2011 — #OccupyOakland Out of Control: Rats, Graffiti, Vandalism, Sexual Harassment, Public Sex and Urination Chicago: 10/26/2011 – Occupiers Under Investigation by FBI for Links to Terrorism Cleveland: 10/29/2011 — Rape Reported at Occupy Cleveland Dallas: 10/24/2011 — Police Investigating Possible Sexual Assault Of Teen At Occupy Dallas Bloomington, IN: 10/26/2011 — Man Claims Occupy Bloomington Protesters Drugged, Handcuffed Him NY: 10/10/2011 — Sex, Drugs and Hiding from the Law at Wall Street Protests Glasgow: 10/26/2011 — Woman Gang-Raped Boston: 10/23/2011 — Occupy Boston Protesters Arrested For Dealing Heroin – With 6 Year-Old in Tent Portland: 10/16/2011 – Sex Offender Registers Occupy Portland Camp as Address Denver: 10/15/2011 — Occupy Denver Demonstrator Accused of Groping TV Photographer Lawrence, KS: 10/25/2011 — Sexual Assault Reported at Occupy Camp Minneapolis, MN: Bricks, Rocks, ‘Riot Supplies’ Discovered by Police Phoenix, AZ: 10/27/2011 — Neo-Nazis Patrol “Occupy Phoenix” With AR-15′s Chicago: 10/26/2011 — Occupy Chicago Invades City Hall 10/26/2011 — ACORN, Occupy Email Talks About Assault on Banks 10/26/2011 – OccupyWallStreet Strategy for Reports of Violence Against Cops Chicago: 10/26/2011 — Unrepentant Domestic Terrorist Bill Ayers Wows Occupiers Chicago: 10/25/2011 — Ayers Coaches #OccupyChicago, Callsg for School ‘Occupations’ 10/26/2011/ — Occupy Protests Have Jewish Leaders Concerned Wash DC: 10/27/2011 – OccupyDC Leftists Provoke Police – Hang Flag on Top of DC Statue Albuquerque, NM: 10/26/2011 — Occupy Squatters Riot With Police San Diego: 10/25/2011 — Flag Used as Chew Toy by Occupier’s Dog Oakland: 10/25/2011 — Occupiers Throw Bottles at Police NY: 10/27/2011 — Occupy Wall Street Protesters: Rush Limbaugh Is Bigger Threat Than Al-Qaeda 10/27/2011 — Occupy Wall Street Launching First Nationwide General Strike in America Since 1946 NY: 10/28/2011 — Fox 5 News Reporter Assaulted at OWS 10/28/2001 — Total Occupy Arrests Made Thus Far: 2750 Nashville: 10/28/2011 — 30 Arrests Made at Wall St. Protest NY: 10/20/2011 — Former Marine Tries to Taunt Police into Violence NY: 1023/2011 — Islamist Group Joins with Occupy Wall Street Los Angeles: 10/13/2011 — Roundup of Overt Occupy anti-Semitism NY: 10/12/2011 — There are No Anti-Semites at Occupy Wall Street. Except for This Guy Missoula, MT: 10/20/2011 — Drunk 11-Year-Old At Occupy Missoula, Adult Arrested Oakland: 10/28/2011 — Bounty Out On Police Officer? Manchester, NH: 10/28/2011 – Woman charged with pimping teen recruited at Occupy NH rally San Diego: 10/28/2011 – 40 Occupiers arrested Boston: 10/24/2011 — Occupy Boston Vandalism of Banks Boston: 10/25/2011 – Store Owner Suffers 4 Break Ins Since Occupy Boston Began Portland: 10/28/2011 — Portland Police: Buckets of Excrement Scattered Around #OccupyPortland Camp Seattle: 10/20/2011 — Two Possible Occupiers Charged With Assault Seattle: 10/18/2011 — Armed Felon Arrested at Occupy Seattle Seattle: 10/18/2011 — A Tent Fight and (At Least) One Arrest at Occupy Seattle Seattle: 10/17/2011 — Over 50 Cops Clear Westlake Occupation, Make Eight Arrests Seattle: 10/13/2011 — Cops Arrest Several Occupy Protesters Seattle: 10/13/2011 — Chanting Protesters Surround Police After Officers Arrest Two Denver: 10/29/2011 — Protesters Clash with Police at OWS Denver Austin: 10/13/2011 – Occupy Austin protesters arrested for blocking cleaning Crews Calgary, CN: 10/28/2011 — Occupiers do $40,000 in Property Damage Cincinnati, OH: 10/21/2011 — 23 Arrested, Remains of protests fill two dumpsters Sacramento: 10/19/2011 – 9 arrested in ‘Occupy Sacramento’ protest Sacramento: 10/13/2011 – Four More Occupy Sacramento Demonstrators Arrested Austin, TX: 10/22/2011 – Man Arrested After Knife Incident at Occupy Austin Camp Nashville: 10/29/2011 — Tenn. Protesters Arrested For 2nd Straight Night Austin, TX: 10/30/2011 – Austin Police arrest 38 Occupy Austin Protesters NY: 10/30/2011 — Woman Assaulted in Her tent Orlando, FL: 10/28/2011 – Occupy Orlando, police clash over use of downtown park
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Orlando, FL: 10/26/2011 – 2 Occupy Orlando protesters arrested for trespass
Orlando, FL: 10/22/2011 – Police arrest 19 Orlando protesters on trespass charges Asheville, NC: 10/30/2011 – Occupiers Clash with Homeless in Asheville Nationwide: 10/27/2011 — Pro-Occupy Site claims 2511 Arrests Thus Far Fort Worth, TX: 10/16/2011 — Arrests at Occupy Fort Worth Protest NY: 10/29/2011 — Three Incidents of Anti-Semitism San Francisco: 10/29/2011 — Anti-Semitic, Folsom Street Fair Types & Che Guevara Lovin Oklahoma City: 10/30/2011 — Death of Street Poet at #OccupyOKC Treated as Homicide Baltimore: 10/31/2011 — Woman Claims She was Raped at #OccupyBaltimore Boston: 10/31/2001 — Alleged Heroin Dealer Joined Occupy Movement Ottawa: 10/31/2011 — #OccupyOttawa Violent & Sexual Assaults Not Reported to Police Santa Barbara, CA: 10/5/2011 — Occupiers Defy Police Santa Barbara, CA: 10/6/2011 — 8 Occupiers Arrested Denver, CO: 10/31/2011 — Occupiers Taunt Police, Knock Motorcycle Cop to Ground Dallas, TX: 10/24/2011 — 23 Occupy Dallas Protesters Arrested After Bank Demonstration Richmond, VA: 10/31/2011 — Arrests of Occupiers in Richmond Dallas, TX: 1v1/1/2011: Man Arrested for Child Sex assault at Occupy Dallas Camp NY: 11/1/2011 — Protesters Flock to STD-Test Clinics After Occupier ‘Free Love’ Iowa: 11/1/2011 — Occupiers Intend to Disrupt Iowa Caucus NY: 11/1/2011 — Occupy Wall Street Costs Main Street Workers Their Jobs San Diego: 10/29/2011 — Businesswoman Closes Shop After Threats By Occupiers Palm Desert, CA: 11/1/2011 — Occupiers Arrested Tampa, FL: 10/24/2011 — Six Occupiers Arrested Tampa, FL: 10/27/2011 – Two More Arrested In Connection to Occupy Tampa Movement Tampa, FL: 10/29/2011 – Occupy Tampa Protesters Arrested After Scuffle With Police Oakland, CA: 11/3/2011 — Rallies Turn Violent Seattle, WA: 11/2/2011 — Cops, Protesters Clash Oakland, CA: 11/3/2011 — Protests Degenerate Into Chaos Tulsa, OK: 11/2/2011 — Occupiers Clash With Police Sacramento, CA: 11/2/2011 — Occupiers Smash County Vehicle Windows Philadelphia: 11/2/2011 — Occupiers Arrested Charlottesville, VA: 11/1/2011 — Underage Drinking at Occupy Charlottesville Site Portland: 11/2/2011 — Occupier Shoves Police Officer into Moving Bus Oakland: 11/2/2011 — Malkin’s Collection of Vandalism and Menacing Signs NYC: 11/3/2011 — Occupier Busted In Tent Grope, Suspected In Rape NYC: 11/4/2011 – 16 OWS Protesters Arrested at Goldman Sachs HQ Oakland, CA: 11-3-2011 — Occupy-Friendly Business Vandalized Asheville, NC: 11/3/2011 — 24 Occupiers Arrested Raleigh, NC: 10/28/2011 – Eight at Occupy Raleigh Arrested After Standoff NYC: 11/4/2011 — Deranged Homeless Man Goes on Violent Rampage In Zuccotti Park Dallas, TX: CPS Seizes Baby From ‘Occupy Dallas’ Site Wash DC: 11/4/2011 — Occupier Uses Child as Human Shield — Video Wash DC: 11/4/2011 — Occupiers Try to Storm Americans for Prosperity Event — Video Omaha, NE: 11/3/2011 — Three Occupiers Arrested Atlanta: 11/3/2011 — Protester Turns On Fellow Protester With Knife Los Angeles: 10/28/2011 — Drug Use and Property Damage Boston, MA: 11/4/2011 — 3 Charged With Dealing Crack; Occupy Boston ‘Deteriorating’ Boston, MA: 11/4/2011 — Occupiers Storm Israeli Consulate; Anti-Israel Chants — Video Vancouver, CN: 11/5/2011 – Occupy Vancouver Death Dooms Protest Camp Fort Collins, CO: 11/4/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Setting Fire to Condo Complex … $10M Damage Chula Vista, CA: 11/6/2011 — Underage Girl Missing From Occupy Protests Los Angeles, CA: 11/5/2011 – Two Assaults Raise Concerns About Crime at Occupy L.A. Dallas, TX: 11/5/2011 — Eight Arrests at Dallas Bank Protest Olympia, WA: 11/5/2011 – Two Occupy Protesters Arrested Seattle, WA: 11/3/2011 — Occupiers Cost City $426,000; Most of it Police Overtime Olympia, WA: 11/2/2011 — 3 Occupiers Arrested for Suspected of Robbing Local Wine Merchant Worcester, MA: 11/6/2011 — 25 Occupiers Arrested Milwaukee, WI: 11/2/2011 — Photojournalist, Two others Arrested at Protest … Video Milwaukee, WI: 10/20/2011 — Police Confront Occupier –Video … Arrested Wash. DC: 11/5/2011 — Rampaging Occupiers Attack 78 Year-Old Woman — Video Rochester, NY: 11/3/2011 — 161 Occupiers Arrested at Park NYC: 11/5/2011 – Police Clash With Occupiers, 20 Arrested at Courthouse Protest NYC: 11/5/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Vandalizing McDonald’s; Wanted Free Food Asheville, NC: 11/5/2011 – Four Occupiers Arrested Honolulu, HI: 11/6/2011 — Police Arrest Half-Dozen Occupiers Waikiki, HI: 11/7/2011 — Two Dozen Occupiers Arrested Portland, OR: 11/7/2011 — Occupiers Arrested for Threatening Restaurant Employees Portland, OR: 11/7/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Threatening Security Staff with Hammer Augusta, GA: 10/28/2011 — Occupier Arrested in Knife Threat Portland OR: 11/9/2011 — Police Suspect Occupiers in Molotov Cocktail Attack Sacramento, CA: 11/7/2011 — Homeless Clash With Occupy Protesters At Park New Orleans: 11/8/2011 — Man Dead for Two Days Found in Occupy Encampment San Diego: 11/7/2011 — Occupiers Splatter Vendor Food Carts with Blood, Urine Los Angeles: 11/7/2011 — Occupiers Shut Down Burger King — Video Atlanta, GA: 11/6/2011 — Occupiers Arrested After Attacking Police St. Louis, MO: 11/9/2011 — Occupiers Hack Into Mayor’s Website Oakland, CA: 11/8/2011 — “Dangerous” Occupiers Hurting Small Business Owners Vancouver, CN: 11/8/2011 — Occupiers Bite Two Police Officers Wash DC: 11/8/2011 — Occupiers Use Children to Block Traffic — Video Portland, OR: 11/9/2011 — Occupiers Threaten Citizen-Journalist – Video Wash DC: 11/8/2011 — Occupiers Use Racial Taunts Against Black Security Guard — Video Eureka, CA: 11/9/2011 — Occupier Defecates in Bank – Video Wash DC: 11/5/2011 – Occupiers Menace Children, Female Reporter – Video Portland, OR: 11/8/2011 — Occupiers Menace News Crew – Video NYC: 11/8/2011 — Occupier: ‘I Wouldn’t Give a F**k if 9/11 Happened 911 More Times’ NYC: 11/8/2011 — Small Business Owner Threatened, Terrorized By Occupiers San Francisco, CA: 11/10/2011 — Occupier Threatens Park Ranger Burlington, VT: 11/10/2011 — Veteran Shoots Self at Encampment Oakland, CA: 11/3/2011 — ‘Occupy Oakland’ Goes After Cop NYC: 11/10/2011 — EMT Assaulted at Occupy Wall Street San Diego, CA: 11/10/2011 — Occupier Attacks Woman with Camera Berekely, CA: 11/10/2011 — 39 Occupiers Arrested Westwood, CA: 11/9/2011 — 11 Occupiers Arrested for Blocking Traffic Fresno, CA: 11/9/2011 — 40 Occupiers Arrested Toledo, OH: 11/1/2011 — 2 Occupiers Arrested Houston, TX: 11/9/2011 — 10 Occupiers Arrested NYC: 11/8/2011 — Hobbyist Photographer Describes Assault in Zuccotti Park Oakland, CA: 11/10/2011: Fatal Shooting Over Drugs Oakland: CA: 11/10/2011 — Protesters Attack News Crew Covering Fatal Shooting Pasadena, CA: 11/10/2011 — Occupiers Announce Plans to Disrupt Rose Bowl Parade Tampa, FL 11/10/2011 — Three Occupiers Arrested Portland, OR: 11/10/2011 — Occupiers Billed for Police Car Vandalism Olympia, WA: 11/11/2011 — Occupiers Asked to Pack Up After Assault, Drug Arrests Denver, CO: 11/11/2011 — Occupiers Storm BlogCon11 … One Arrest Salt Lake City, UT: 11/12/2011 — Protest Shut Down After Body Discovered In Tent San Francisco: 11/8/2011 — Shoplifting, Fights On The Rise Around Encampment San Francisco: 11/10/2011 — Occupiers Accused of Ferry Building Thefts, Filth San Francisco: 11/10/2011 — Protester Busted For Gun Violation Arrested Again Mobile, AL: 11/9/2011 — 18 Occupy Protestors Arrested Hot links available to each event: http://biggovernment.com/jjmnolte/20...-sheet-so-far/
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If you flood the area with cops with a low-tolerance brief, crime statistics will rise.
If you make a list of sound-bite headlines you'll come up with plenty. Look deeper. No doubt there are criminals hiding amongst the legitimate protesters. But when you see these reports of "man arrested at OWS for ..." ask yourself, did the other protesters cooperate with the police in identifying and detaining? Or did they resist this? I'm yet to hear of a case where someone accused of a non-protest related crime was protected by the protesters. Most of the people at Occupy movements are there with the aim of saving society, not preying upon it. The actions of a few, who may just be using the crowd for their own purposes, should not blind us to that. Here's an analogy. Consider Merc's list of headlines. Now imagine a corresponding list of every bad headline about the US military, both the misdeeds actually committed and the unfair accusations. I'm talking anything from thrill killing in Afghanistan to a bar brawl in Okinawa. Should this list taint the reputation of all military people as a bunch of thugs who should be ignored? No. Absolutely not. Nor should the actions of the fringe at OWS taint the whole movement. ETA: actually came here to say ... feel the love, man:
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The Police Report for the Downtown District of Savannah shows a 15 % increase in violent crimes (YTD 2011 over YTD 2010). Week ending 11/5/11 Violent Crimes up 15% ---------------Homicide----Rape---Robbery---Assaults-----Total YTD 2011---------6---------6---------113---------56---------191 YTD 2010---------4---------3----------12---------69---------165 Did the 2-day Occupy Savannah event cause this 15% increase in violent crime ? Of course not. With respect to your link to PDX, it is just such a headline that I have been saying is misleading. That report covers PDX Police Districts 832, 840 and 850. These are shown in the pic below. Those three areas make up the entire downtown Portand business district, inside the freeways. Everyone can interpret the map as they please, but it's my opinion that if Occupy Portland caused such an increase, it would surely appear as a different pattern on the map above, centered on the encampment area. The number for District # 830 only could be more informative. Although there were 0 "trespass" cases in 2010, I'm reasonably sure the 37 cases in 2011 cases are connected to Occupy PDX. Those are almost half of the total (90) used to get the 18% Merc, my hope is that you're take another look at these links, and maybe change your views a bit.... Sure, that'll happen ! ![]() . |
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As you watched a massive section of the Portland police force trying to oust protesters this morning, where were those cops not working? What happened to the response time for crimes happening outside those districts? Or were the police paid overtime for this effort? Quote:
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were a big deal in his justification for ordering officers to disband the Occupy Portland protesters on Thursday (11/17/11). He was responding to a question from a reporter asking if the PDX police were able to respond normally to 911 calls for help from the public. Chief Reese made something of an emotional reply about taking 3 hours to respond to a report of "rape". The Republic Associated Press Nov 20, 2011 Portland police chief sorry for saying Occupy Portland slowed police response to rape call Quote:
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“Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo”
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Well I did enjoy watching them getting kicked out at 1 am in the morning. Does that count?
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I've been up since 5:30 watching the Occupy Portland coverage on TV.
It's was reported that the police sent a few officers into the encampment at midnight, telling the people to leave the park. The police lined up in riot gear in the crosswalk of east-west Madison St. The crowd was in the street of north-south 3rd Ave. This apparently went on from midnight until 6 am, when the police told the crowd to get back on the sidewalk and apparently gave permission to go back into the park ! Within just a few minutes, 3rd Ave was clear. A crew with buckets from the crowd walked along the street picking up debris. The crowd began laughing and chanting to a drumbeat. "WHO'S BLOCKING THE STREET NOW " After about 20 minutes, the police were still in the line across Madison. Protesters on bicycles started riding up 3rd Ave along with a few cars. Then a larger number of bicyclists came down Madison across 3rd to the police line. They obeyed the traffic signals... and the police line broke away and they proceeded on down Madison. As the police line broke up, the crowd started cheering and chanting: "YOU'RE PART OF THE 99 PERCENT" One officer was injured in the leg during the night, taken away in an ambulance. Police Lt King did an on-mic interview saying "He is recovering". All in all, the whole thing seems to have been non-violent. A few protesters were arrested during the night. The odd thing is the crowds have gone back into the city park. Some of the barriers in the park are being taken down Lt King spoke about this saying "Eventually they will go home" It's 6:45 and the area seems crowded, but peaceful. . |
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At 7:00 am, the media are interviewing themselves.
The protestors have signs and are tweeting "VICTORY" The Mayor is thanking the police for their service Crews from Occupy PDX are putting trash into dumpsters Traffic is flowing on the streets. The best descriptive I've heard is the atmosphere is "relaxed" |
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IN MY OPINION
The 'occupancy' movement seems to be making a shift from the rather muddled agenda of pouting about debbil rich-folks to 'let's hunker down 'here' because we can and want to'.
That is: 'occupancy' seems less and less about 'we are the 99%' and more and more about 'I wanna sit, stand, squat, 'here', so, make me move'.
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