Protestor Strikes Portland Police Horse

This information is in regard to a specific confrontation that occurred during the 12-hour N17 protest that occurred on Thursday, November 17, 2011. Around 4:30 p.m., Portland Police Officers were attempting to remove people from Southwest Yamhill Street so that vehicular traffic and light-rail traffic could resume. Many people were in the street in what was a very dangerous situation.
At the same time, officers were also preventing any additional people from entering the Chase Bank, located on the corner of 6th and Yamhill. Police were inside the bank arresting individuals who had entered the bank to protest.

Police made repeated loud-hail commands and officers on the ground reiterated those commands for people to clear the street and leave the area. A confrontation occurred between a group of protestors who would not disperse. Projectiles were thrown at police and an unidentified man struck a police horse.


During this confrontation, police deployed pepper spray on 20-year-old Elizabeth Evon Nichols. Nichols had been told by police repeatedly to disperse. Immediately following the pepper spray, officers applied water to Nichols' face. She was then arrested for Disorderly Conduct and Interfering with a Police Officer.


Nichols was also arrested by the Federal Protective Service (FPS) previously on Sunday November 13, after police removed her from a cement block in which she was chained during the clearing of Terry Schrunk Plaza.

The Police Bureau is releasing a police video that contains this incident in an effort to remain transparent to the community. The Bureau is also releasing a video of the horse being struck. Anyone with information about the identity of the person involved in this incident should call Central Precinct at (503) 823-0097.

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[TheUnicornsimage]

@johnrjantzenvideos If you were a good, law abiding citizen... you would move!

and @towersclimbers37... the first amendment does not give one the right to take up residence on either public or private property. Nor does it give one the right to prevent others from conducting their business, traveling the roadways, etc, etc, etc.

Our Founding Fathers are rolling over in their graves at the bastardization of their profound words!!!

[mn8aol]

Allow marxist ideology in our government and classroom and what do you expect?

[BoudicaSlade]

People: we are in a Stalinist dictatorship run by the Catholic Perverted gay childfucking church. Seriously... they sent a fuckn kid fucker from the local hospital to remove guardianship of my retarded adult son simply to destabilize me while they tortured me in fed court. They are Evil Beyond Comparison. Borgia is Alive and Well. Jesuits who rape/kill eat children and then proudly drink thier ass-blood simply call their Anal wipe FaggotFriends and Jewboy here goes to ... JAIL ! Fuck them.

[BoudicaSlade]

most of you are Blinded. Please: I obtained police a/v and posted it proving how wells fargo called police here on jul 18 to defame/crimainalize and then they SWAT arrested me on July 29 on a faked 911 call. some on this channel, all linked via 3w osunrise dot com... i just put in charges of Genocide, attempted Murder, kidnapping, etc against Wells Fargo et al. They are dead horsemeat for what they did to me in Eugene OR and captured / filed FBI in advance ! police are THAT stupid/arrogant

[TheUnicornsimage]

@jonhrjantzvideo You 'occupiers' are all about quoting the Founders - when it suits YOUR purpose... so I'll say it one more time....The First Amendment right to protest DOES NOT allow infringement on the rights of others.

Go home, take a shower and 'occupy your local voting booth.'

[johnrjantzenvideos]

@TheUnicornsimage If what your country is doing seems to you practically and morally wrong, is dissent the highest form of patriotism - Thomas Jefferson

[Craig5233]

These occutards accomplish nothing

[arnuga]

This video seems much more like an attempt by the police to excuse their poor behavior then it shows any real case of violence against a horse. The truly sad part for me is that this is a sidetracked conversation at best. The police suck at crowd control, always have, always will. So talking about it is just a waste of time.

[8myear]

@trog69 Tool.

[APoliticalGirl]

Too bad these horses cant do a capriole.

[jtcbrown]

@TheUnicornsimage : Yes, I'm sure George and company were all like "OK, now we can shoot the redcoats, jut don't block their commute to work."

[trog69]

@towerclimber37 And your obvious obsession with other guy's junk is not surprising, coming from a wingnut, since we all know that every single one of the Conservatives/Republicans are gay, using your pathetic logic.