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Occupy Portland was a collaboration that began on October 6, 2011, in downtown Portland, Oregon, as a protest and demonstration against economic inequality worldwide. The movement was inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement that began in New York City on September 17, 2011.
Describing this, the Portland Mercury stated that "the police continued spinning fear-mongering disinformation about the occupation". [41] On December 10, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported that protestors have been forbidding people from taking pictures or video from within the occupied zone. [2]
USA Today called the zone a "protest haven", [148] the World Socialist Web Site described the zone as an "anarchistic commune", [221] and The Nation called it "an anti-capitalist vision of community sovereignty without police." [222] Conservative commentator Guy Benson called the occupation of Capitol Hill "communist cosplay". [223]
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said he authorized police to use “all lawful means” to end an “illegal occupation” of a foreclosed home that became the site of violent clashes between cops and ...
The protests were initially precipitated by the murder of George Floyd, a black man, by police in Minneapolis. [2] [5] The New York Times reported that demonstrators in Portland, including some who identify as Antifa, the loose coalition of self-described anti-fascist activists, have had years of conflict with law enforcement. [11]
The longest US "re-occupation" started on 1 December 2011, when evicted activists from the Occupy Portland camp set up a table on the plaza of Portland's City Hall and lit a candle, igniting the 24/7 Prayer Vigil to Lift the Camping Ban, referring to the city's anti-"camping" ordinances that were cited during the eviction. [172]
Multiple people were killed in altercations with security [111] [112] and on July 1 the autonomous zone/occupied protest was officially cleared by the Seattle Police Department. Kenosha unrest and American athlete strikes, August 2020
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