Occupy Portland - Midnight Eviction - Live Stream

[Crow]

It's 3:00 am

The occupation continues
Reports of the smell of marijuana

The smell of marijuana? Oh dear.

I'm a little surprised how the police are acting down there. No issues here with the 'Occupy Seattle' protestors, since the city has lended support:

We are providing a permit for protest activities at Westlake Park which will allow them to have an organizing tent that can remain overnight. As a condition of the permit, protestors will have to allow for cleaning of the park, protect park property, accommodate the other existing permitted events, and protect access to businesses.

We are making City Hall Plaza available for those that wish to stay overnight, with reasonable restrictions on the tents so as to allow free use of the plaza during the day. Unlike Westlake, City Hall also has restroom facilities available. Both the permit and the ability to set up tents at City Hall Plaza would last for two weeks, at which point we can assess whether the arrangement is meeting everyone’s needs and should be extended.

Perhaps the city of Portland should take a cue from us? Best of luck to you in Portland.

[Joe234]

They have moved to Pioneer Square. General Assembly meeting now.

Live coverage here
http://www.kgw.com/live-stream


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[EricHill78]

Lmao Seattle I knew that marijuana line would get you wet!

I watched a couple minutes of the feed there. I think I saw PP handing out flyers about his snus order. Two for one!

[Joe234]

They just said three people were arrested in a car with some weed, fireworks
and a Ball canning jar. They said the jar could be used to put projectiles in.
No weed smokers cure their pot in them.

[EricHill78]

Joe you drive by there all cool like, with your windows down blasting SoCa for the cause!

[Joe234]

Joe you drive by there all cool like, with your windows down blasting SoCa for the cause!

Funny you say this. I am 50 miles away. However when I was in Portland three weeks ago I did drive through the center of Occupy Portland with my windows down blasting Reggae for the cause. Have you been following me?

[bpc720]

I live about 10 mins from their camp...went out to it while it was still their and found nothing but kids asking for communism. I thought the protest ended very well...no violence and the protestors were working with the police to clean up the park. drove by the park this morning and it is totally cleared out.

what part of oregon you live in joe?

[Snusdog]

I heard AT&T and Citi Bank were offering to sponsor the rally in Detroit

[EricHill78]

I heard AT&T and Citi Bank were offering to sponsor the rally in Detroit

They should make a bumper sticker "Life could be worse, you could live in Detroit"

LoL Joe that's cool.. gotta represent!

[justintempler]

Adults who want to be taken seriously shouldn't use words like twinkles.

[sgreger1]

Oakland Mayor’s Legal Adviser Resigns Over Raid and Says: “Support Occupy Oakland, Not the 1% and its Government Facilitators”

Oakland Deputy Mayor Sharon Cornu has just resigned!


Police beat students at occupy Berkeley

[Joe234]

I live about 10 mins from their camp...went out to it while it was still their and found nothing but kids asking for communism. I thought the protest ended very well...no violence and the protestors were working with the police to clean up the park. drove by the park this morning and it is totally cleared out.

what part of oregon you live in joe?

The stagnant city of Salem

[sgreger1]

I have to agree with Lx, while I think they don't really know what they plan to accomplish (since occupying a park will not make corporations change how they do business or end government corruption), and most of the people at these events are people whom I generally would not agree with politically, I still fully support this because I think anything that gets citizens out in public saying "We're mad as hell, and we're not going to take it anymore" is a good thing.

I hope this keeps up for some time, and I hope eventually the government does something stupid like shoots someone Kent State style because that may be all we need to kick off a real revolt against the government (not that I want anyone injured but that's usually what it takes). I went to Occupy SF and it was mainly hippies talking about rediculous demands like "we're not leaving until the wealth is dristributed equally, until corporations stop running on greed, until healthcare and education are completely free." etc etc, but I think their hearts are in the right place. Kudos to them for going out there and protesting government and letting their voices be heard.


However, my general sentiment re: greedy corporations is that I don't blame a shark for smelling blood and going after it. In other words, I think any corruption in corporations is generally the fault of the government. Corporations are on a mandate to make as much money as they can and so they will use everything at their disposal to accomplish that, they are sharks tasked with finding blood and acquiring it. Government is supposed to be the regulating agency that makes sure the environment is ripe for businesses to be successfull but to also keep things "fair" in a sense, i.e. NOT PICKING THE WINNERS AND LOSERS (i'm looking at you Obama). I think a small but effective government could eliminate most of these problems. Right now government is too big and large central powers are inherently corrupt and it always ends the same way. It's too easy to be corrupt when you are but one head on a giant beast with many more heads, all of whom are vying for enough blood to sustain their particular head.

First step: Vote Obama out, vote Ron Paul or someone less corporate/bought out to replace him. If Obama wins 2012 than these protestors may as well go home, nothing is going to change.

[shikitohno]

Sgreger, something tells me if you see a candidate who you like now voted into the white house, you'll be sorely disappointed about how bought out they already were, or how quickly the become corrupted if they weren't already. You put too much faith in politicians to actually do what you are told they want to do. I see all the people who bitch and moan about Obama doing the exact same thing with Ron Paul that the liberals did with Obama. "Oh my god, if he gets elected, magic. Everything will be better. What do you mean a large number of his planned actions are actually under Congress' authority? Shut up, you're just a hippy, Ron Paul's going to be different, I tell you." Don't be too disappointed when it dawns on you that Ron Paul and the others are politicians. They're most likely lying through their teeth, and at best making promises that can't be kept.

[lxskllr]

Sgreger, something tells me if you see a candidate who you like now voted into the white house, you'll be sorely disappointed about how bought out they already were, or how quickly the become corrupted if they weren't already. You put too much faith in politicians to actually do what you are told they want to do. I see all the people who bitch and moan about Obama doing the exact same thing with Ron Paul that the liberals did with Obama. "Oh my god, if he gets elected, magic. Everything will be better. What do you mean a large number of his planned actions are actually under Congress' authority? Shut up, you're just a hippy, Ron Paul's going to be different, I tell you." Don't be too disappointed when it dawns on you that Ron Paul and the others are politicians. They're most likely lying through their teeth, and at best making promises that can't be kept.

Paul in office likely WON'T be better for me personally, and least not in a tangible sense. I do trust his ethics, and think his position will be better for the country as a whole. If Paul was allowed to do exactly what he wanted, things would be painful for awhile, and a lot of people wouldn't get what they want, but it would make us stronger as a country, and freer as a people. Freedom isn't cheap, but I'm willing to try paying the price. So far, I haven't been happy with the cost of slavery.