Occupational hazard: Brutal arrests in Re-Occupy Portland
At least one protester has been injured as riot police were clearing an OWS encampment in a downtown Portland park area in Oregon, USA, on Saturday night. The teenager was hit in the face with a police baton. Several others were arrested.Police say officers began detaining demonstrators at South Park blocks around 8:30pm after the park was closed 30 minutes early, AP reports.
Protesters are posting photographic evidence of police brutality during their raids. One of them shows 15-year-old Walker Prettyman, who was injured during the Occupy Portland protest in Shemanski Park. According to the young man, a police officer hit him in the face with his baton..... MORE
Source: RT.com
URL: http://rt.com/news/occupy-portland-arrests-park-985/
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hayz, hanggang saan kaya makarating itong occupy movement sa kalbong agila? sa totoo, noon una ay nabababawan ako sa pinaglalaban ninyo at ni hindi ninyo isinama ang kahyupang ginawa ng pamahalaan ninyo at nato dito. PERO mahalaga nga pala na magtagumpay kayo dahil kayo ang maaring magpatino sa dmnyo ninyong pamahalaan. :) ipaglaban ninyo ang karapatan ninyo dahil ang 1% ay walang karapatang angkinin ang halos lahat ng yaman at kita ng bayan ninyo. isa pa, di ba "democratic" country kayo, kaya bakit puro dispersal na nakakasakit (at may namatay pang unborn) ang ginagawa sa inyo?
"Eventually, despite the ban from the city officials put on overnight camping, Occupy Portland demonstrators set up their tents in the park in south-western Portland and vowed to stay through the winter.
"After Portland police arrested those protesters who refused to leave encampments Saturday night, OWS demonstrators moved towards City Hall and continued their protests without attempting to “occupy” any place, while riot police gathered in groups near the building."
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