Occupy Houston protestors being handled in private. Korgasm December 12, 2011 8:40 PM, Korgasm December 12, 2011 8:40 PM Korgasm on USTREAM. Occupy FW Arrest 12/8/2011. My Occupy LA Arrest, by Patrick Meighan. ChSFh.jpg (540×960) Police Respond to Video Showing Plainclothes Cops at Occupy Portland Meeting. Last week, I wrote a story that looked at Occupy Portland's growing tactical awareness that the Portland Police Bureau has been—and will continue to be—keeping close tabs on the movement, either by openly attending or watching meetings, but also by relying on information passed along by sources among Occupy.
One question was whether the bureau was also sending plainclothes officers to Occupy events and meetings. Police spokesman Sergeant Pete Simpson told me "there was no need" because so much of what Occupy does is out in the open. Turns out that may not have been exactly gospel. In the comments of my story, someone posted the following video, which clearly shows to plainclothes officers attending an Occupy general assembly days at Tom McCall Waterfront Park before the big launch march on October 6. I sent Simpson a link last week and reminded him about what he said in the paper.
Occupy Portland - Cleanup interrupted by POLICE VIOLENCE! 5050-1322853230-10.jpg (950×633) Mpapaya December 6, 2011 6:54 AM, mpapaya December 6, 2011 6:54 AM mpapaya on USTREAM. U.N. Envoy: U.S. Isn't Protecting Occupy Protesters' Rights. WASHINGTON -- The United Nations envoy for freedom of expression is drafting an official communication to the U.S. government demanding to know why federal officials are not protecting the rights of Occupy demonstrators whose protests are being disbanded -- sometimes violently -- by local authorities.
Frank La Rue, who serves as the U.N. "special rapporteur" for the protection of free expression, told HuffPost in an interview that the crackdowns against Occupy protesters appear to be violating their human and constitutional rights. "I believe in city ordinances and I believe in maintaining urban order," he said Thursday. "But on the other hand I also believe that the state -- in this case the federal state -- has an obligation to protect and promote human rights. " "If I were going to pit a city ordinance against human rights, I would always take human rights," he continued.
"One of the principles is proportionality," La Rue said. Occupy Portland: Protesters march; photo of bloodied teen makes rounds. View full sizeRay Whitehouse/The OregonianWalker Prettyman, 15, was photographed Saturday night during confrontations between police and Occupy Portland protesters downtown.
Prettyman told the photographer he had been hit in the face with a police baton. A few dozen Occupy Portland protesters marched downtown and hung out at Shemanski Park on Sunday, hours after confrontations with police led to 19 arrests. The arrests Saturday night came after protesters set up a camp in the park, in the South Park Blocks behind the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Tensions rose after police in riot gear moved in about 8:30 p.m. and took the camp down. Most of those arrested were cited and released. Sunday's events were decidedly more low-key. Protesters spoke against the $662 billion defense spending bill, singling out language in the U.S.
(Part 3 of 4) ***PORTLAND POLICE BEAT WOMAN*** Portland Police invade Shemanski Park 12.3.2011. Boston Police Steal OccupyBoston's Kitchen Sink! Cops turn Violent, NYPD drag girl across the street. #OccupyWallStreet. OPD Starts "The Thanksgiving Potty Police-Riot of 2011"
Nov2011. Arrests at Occupy Wall Street, November 17. Prior To Occupy. Anti-Tear Gas Mix.