Live feed for Portland Occupy protests (they are due to be evicted, by police, at midnight tonight).

This is just in from abc news:

Tensions were increasing early Sunday in Portland, where as many as 200 protesters ignored a midnight deadline to abandon an encampment or face possible arrest.

Occupy Portland protesters dismantled large sections of their encampment amid a heavy police presence on Saturday, but dozens of tents remained after midnight.

abcnews.go.com...

People are starting to do more and more stupid stuff.. some people have dismantled police flood lights and are climbing statues and trees..

reply to post by ozarkdeathstar


200 protesters? lol... 5-6,000 ..


The party is also growing.. it being all over the news (all shows pushed back) and radios .. people who were avoiding it are pouring into the squares .. it's getting bigger and bigger.

reply to post by ozarkdeathstar


Lol.. Yeah, my brother said the guy on Fox news said he didn't know why the people were there.

I love it.
News lies live tonight,on the news.

The police might be waiting for the media helicopters to go away before they make their move. This seemed to be the case with Oakland. Just a thought...

Official Police twitter blog (never been on twitter before )
twitter.com...#!/portlandpolice

Originally posted by GogoVicMorrow
reply to post by ozarkdeathstar

 

Lol.. Yeah, my brother said the guy on Fox news said he didn't know why the people were there.

I love it.
News lies live tonight,on the news.

edit on 13-11-2011 by GogoVicMorrow because: (no reason given)

It really is astounding just how blatant they can be with their lies.

200? 1000? Seems basic math changed sometime tonight.. or Network news is biased

reply to post by Rockpuck


I dont believe these are ALL protesters.

Lots of lookie loos...........

As long as its peaceful,everything is alright.

I hope all the real protesters understand that Portland Police,are not Oakland Police.

Got to give them credit...........

Both sides.

reply to post by Rockpuck


Police said the fire truck is for putting out a tent fire.
Thanks for the twitter feed.

I doubt that helicopter is going anywhere unless
if it has to refuel..

The mayor is going to look like a complete ass hole
and foolish..

Another stream:

www.ustream.tv...

A bit less jerky than LiveStream

Latest :

12:29 a.m.: Portland police reporting that at fire truck is responding to area for smoldering fire in a tent.

12:29 a.m.: Eviction deadline has brought more people to the downtown squares than any other time in the past five weeks.

12:28 a.m.: KOIN camera crew accosted at Madison and Fourth by man who then took off. Some crews have brought security.

12:25 a.m.: The Rev. Kate Lore, social justice minister for the First Unitarian Universalist Church, and the Rev. Chuck Currie of the United Church of Christ, who organized a vigil at the corner of Southwest Fourth and Madison, said they intend to stay the entire night, fearing that when the people leave, the police will move in and there might be violence.

Currie said he is deeply proud of the people who have been talking about social values and how they have been nonviolent. “We’re here tonight to be a symbol to protesters and police that we want everyone to be peaceful all night.”

Was that a firetruck they just drove in there?

For possible water attack or something? Towards the stream?

reply to post by sonnny1


Absolutely. But then again, Portland also has to really strive to improve their public relations .. you know, given the number of people they've murdered over the past 2 years......

reply to post by Rockpuck


Agree.

Maybe this is a start.

Originally posted by hadriana
Was that a firetruck they just drove in there?

For possible water attack or something? Towards the stream?

Reports are that it was sent into deal with a fire in a tent.

reply to post by gimme_some_truth


They've been targeting the media centers first, to knock out communications (and witnesses) so if I were them, I'd watch out for that fire truck. They can hold a lot of water.

Originally posted by VariableConstant
Another stream:

www.ustream.tv...

A bit less jerky than LiveStream

This stream just reported 10-20,000 people....?

I have three streams going. Surprised my crappy connection is able to handle it.

reply to post by hadriana


I agree,that was a thought I had when I first saw the firetruck pulling up.... Similar thought, anyway.

if the firetruck is for anything other than putting out some tent fire... all you'll accomplish is getting people to hate and distrust the fire department... like they hate and distrust the police.

sound thinking