[Imc-newsroom] [Sdas] Re: Portland 1; Bush 0 (fwd)

[Mark Enslin]

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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 21:26:48 +0000
From: eric hiltner <akaphrates at hotmail.com>
To: sdas at ojctech.com
Subject: [Sdas] Re: Portland 1; Bush 0




>From: Unru Lee
>To: Recipient List Suppressed:;
>Subject: Portland 1; Bush 0
>Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 07:50:06 -0800
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>>Thousand protest Bush in Porland; cops riot.
>>
>>http://portland.indymedia.org/
>>
>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 running for
>governor. 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

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