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Aspectos silenciados sobre de la realidad norteamericana
PROTESTING BUSH IN OREGON |
23 Aug 2002 |
Portland
1, Bush 0
At
least 3000 people gathered in Portland today to protest pResident
George Bush. Bush was visiting the state to spread lies
about forest health and shake
down the local ruling class to raise bribe money for regional
crime lord Senator
Gordon Smith, who is the Republican incumbent for U.S. Senate.
The day of dissent started with a
tree-sit in a downtown park where thousands gathered in the
afternoon. Hundreds of police
officers, including many in full riot gear, staked out a nine
square block area around the Hilton Hotel where the fundraiser was
happening. Protesters had free reign throughout the rest of downtown
where they took the streets and blocked intersections. In the late
afternoon, police declared a state
of emergency to the glee of the protesters, and threatened to
arrest anyone who did not disperse. Police
then turned violent, shot
people with rubber bullets and peppersprayed
many others, including a 10 month old baby [ story: 1
| 2
].
When the sun set people danced
in the street and continued
to face off police. The general feeling among participants was
that it had been a
great day. Corporate media accounts, unsurprisingly, gave
different, often highly inaccurate, accounts [ 1
| 2
| 3
| 4
]. Watch the people's exciting video
account!
Audio reports: [ 1
| 2
| 3
| 4
] see also: |
http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?id=149495&article=32278
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/020823/168/23fox.html&e=3&ncid=705
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/020823/168/23fqf.html&e=1
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/020823/168/23er5.html
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/020823/168/23er2.html
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/020823/168/23eqj.html
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/020823/168/23em5.html
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/020823/168/23emg.html
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from chuck@tao.ca
Breaking news from the streets of Portland...
http://portland.indymedia.org/
8:30PM: More pepper spray as police try to force crowds out of downtown.
8PM: Sun sets and Protesters party in the streets.
7:20PM: Huge crowds on streets as sun starts to come down. Children pepper
sprayed. Bush mocks the dead to elicit laugh from crowd during speech. And
Japan's Foreign Minister calls Bush, "Totally An Asshole."
Portlanders
rock as they post video to IMC Site! Keep it coming - more pictures,
audio, and video!!! And Alan Graf calls for citizen's meeting tomorrow
morning.
6:30PM: Police Open Fire on Protesters. Pepper Spray, Batons, Rubber
Bullets used on crowd including babies, people in wheelchairs,
citizens.
6:20PM: Bush Speaking as Police Order "Big Pepper Spray" from
newswire
article.
5:15PM: 2 to 4 thousand People Protest shrub! Police say size of crowds
too big.
4:55PM: State of Emergency Announced
4:35 PM: News coming in that at least one protestor maced and riot cops
ready to go here.
3:40 PM update: Great $#@%ing Day in Portland! - 2 to 3 thousand people on
the streets!
3PM update on Shrub's visit here. According to news radio he has landed
and is on his way downtown where the protesters have started their march.
<< Chuck0 >>
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from pieman@pieman.org
The pig riot took place in portland yesterdayat an anti-bush protest makes me feel that now the intifada amerikkkana had emerged...the portland pigs hand in hand with shrub decided it was time to come down hard on free speech...well thery have problems now ...big time ...therfore the shit hits the fan!!! in fact today is the 32 anniversary of the murder of george jackson-a soledad brother framed on a murder rap due to his being a black panther...jackson was executed by stooges of reagan's gunernatorial reign in california
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