AntiWar Protesters/Police clash in Portland

A satellite of protesters, ignoring designated protest route, get into some friction with the police, who pepper spray, throw down and arrest some of them. This was after about 15,000 Portlanders had peacefully completed their march, in conjunction with thousands more around the country. From this angle, it's hard to tell what ignited this incident on the corner of Park and Morrison, one block west of Pioneer square. Everything seems downright pedestrian until something unseen happens that shakes the bees nest into a frenzy of action. You just miss seeing two streams of pepper spray before a girl shows up in pain and a fellow protester washes pepper spray out of her eyes with a water/antacid mixture. Police on foot, bikes and horses are mobilized to the area as a standoff ensues, blocking the light rail train tracks and stopping traffic on Broadway - on one side, a line of protesters yelling across the tracks at a wall of silent police who are blocking them from continuing up Park street. A squad of 20 or so police in riot gear drive up and warn the protesters to disperse, then jog up to the line to confront them. Eventually, protesters start to trickle down Morrison towards the Justice Center where the protest continued into the night.......

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• anti
• war
• protest
• peace
• march
• 18
• 2007
• m19
• portland
• oregon

[DecapitateCapitalism]

We the people have the right to protest at any place, time, and using whatever methods necessary. Anyone who disagrees with me doesn't deserve to live with freedom, or at all for that matter.

[modockid]

you know what would be funny if the cops were busy with an"instagator , and the the 15,ooo protesters arrest and handcuff the cops for obstruction of freedom of speech , that would be cool

[houston56able]

Hahaha look at all those white, hipster pussies get laced and maced.. My fav? That red headed hipster bitch that got in the eyes

[pdxpaul1]

a bumble bee is a private security dick not a cop.,this is average behavior of portland police here in this liberal city what a fucking joke portland is police beat up people and shoot them and nothing ever happens to them,and its been this way for 40 years

[Ultimist]

@leathalprey Spoken by someone who I'll bet has never seen any kind of warfare.

[Ultimist]

@jamesamon2007 What about if a police officer pushes a citizen? Does that police officer deserve to get his ass kicked?

[RaiKonCA]

Protest whatever you want, come near my Property with that and ill use any method necessary to kill you.

[popemobil74]

@DecapitateCapitalism I agree with you except for the "...using whatever methods necessary" I don't believe that a protest should be violent. Something unseen happened in this protest which caused this incident to happen I do agree that everyone has a right to protest at any place and time but protesting does put police on edge put yourself in the police shows you are grossly out numbered and you need to stop the threat or your lives could be in danger. That is how i feel about the subject

[johnathon15walters]

stupid fucking hippies...they don't understand war is keeping us from being attacked and killed on our home land..they think love and peace is the answer to everything..morons..there lucky they don't protest around here..there wouldn't be any left..

[tigerwoodsisadrunk]

LOL must hurt

[PortlandFD]

@leathalprey

They'd probably hate it more...

[leathalprey]

Yaaa! Get ur asses beat by guys on bikes bitches. U stupid protesters should be killed u fuckers! Go to Iraq and then tell me what you think about war. SUCK IT!!!