This story is part of our feature about the many protest events on May 1, 2012. Visit the feature page to see more. by Nick Caleb Dear Occupy Portland, local activist community, and broader Portland, On May Day, we witnessed the lengths to which the Portland Police Bureau, and by extension the City of Portland…
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M1: An Open Letter to Lt. King, Chief Reese and Mayor Adams
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This story is part of our feature about the many protest events on May 1, 2012. Visit the feature page to see more. by Kip Silverman I am getting tired of hearing Lt. King and others from the PPB speak about “the tone of occupy has shifted” (OPB’s Think Out Loud May 1) which is…
M1: A Letter Regarding the May Day March
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This story is part of our feature about the many protest events on May 1, 2012. Visit the feature page to see more. by Victory Woodhull Hello there, My name is Victory and I participated in the unpermitted march on May Day. I wanted to offer a critical perspective on the effectiveness of the day…
M1: Video: Portland Police Beat Protesters, Pull Their Hair, Drag them in the Street, Attack Media
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The Downside of Spontaneity When the Police Plan to Act Up
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by Adam Rothstein On the night of Saturday, April 21, a group of Occupy Portland activists briefly “re-occupied” Chapman Square, spurred by a Facebook post sent that very evening. The media, the city, and the Police have, as usual, engaged in their own misguided interpretation of events, attempting to spin it as a trash-talking, beer-drinking…
Teacher Given Jail Time Urges, “Don’t Be Intimidated”
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By K. Kendall Father and middle school teacher Jonathan Zook is not guilty of resisting arrest; not guilty of disorderly conduct; not guilty of assault, according to a jury of six. However the jury concluded on April 19, 2012, after two days and a morning of testimony, that Zook is guilty of “interfering with a…
Zook Trial Day 2: Kids Are The 99% Too!
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By Kendall If you’re wondering what it’s like to watch the cops rush your father, rough him up and haul him off to jail in the middle of what you imagined to be a peaceable exercise of your First Amendment rights, Jonathan Zook’s 11-year-old son can give you one answer. Zook, a middle school teacher with…
Police Violence Against Occupy Comes to the Midwest
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This story is from the Occupied News Wire. It was originally published in the Occupied Chicago Tribune. by Blaise Sewell Just a few months before the NATO summit in Chicago, police clashed with protesters at the Occupy the Midwest conference held in St. Louis in mid-March. The excessive force used against Occupy demonstrators echoed the…
Video: Portland Mayoral Candidate Eileen Brady Thinks Beating Citizens is the “Best of Portland”
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Video by Occupy Portland Media Coalition
The Battle to Re-Occupy Minneapolis
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This article is from the Occupied News Wire. It was originally published on Occupied Stories. By Osha Karow MINNEAPOLIS, MN – As planned, groups met Saturday, April 7th in both Loring Park and Peavey Plaza at 12-noon. Around 2:00pm Minneapolis Police officers came to Peavey Plaza to state to us that we were in violation…
