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The Multnomah County Courthouse was buzzing with Occupiers and their lawyers on August 16 as they awaited Judge Cheryl Albrecht’s latest ruling on matters relating to numerous Occupy Portland arrests, interactions and altercations over the past year. Beginning on August 23 and continuing through November, Occupiers and their supporters will flood the courthouse as...
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Those of us with violations cases under Judge Albrecht have our next hearing on THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 9AM (courtroom to be announced). Trial dates are likely to be finalized at this hearing, so it’s important that you attend to make sure you’ll be in town for your trial date. Some dates were already tentatively...
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The Black Working Group is an organization that formed out of Occupy Portland Newly founded community center targeted by police Community members respond with overwhelming support for the center Contact: Lobo (Adrian Guerrero), (925)609-4815 Portland, OR – Sunday night, August 5th, at approximately 11pm, six officers from the Portland Police forced their way into a...
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**UPDATE: The end time is 1PM, not 1:30PM as previously reported.*** From our friends at Portland Copwatch- Hello Occupy friends and others in the community: The Citizen Review Committee’s Crowd Control Work Group is holding a special meeting next Wednesday, August 8 at noon to hear testimony from people who have experienced police violence...
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From the Arrestee Solidarity Workshop:
Join us for a multi-city traveling workshop being hosted by the City of Portland (Mon, July 23, 5pm – 7pm). That’s right! Your tax dollars help us to put on this workshop, by having it take place on the Plaza of City Hall in lovely downtown Portland. Traveling facilitators will conduct role playing and discussions around issues relating to arrests as they are happening, custody wisdom, and post-arrest support. Contact Jimmy at: opdxradio@gmail.com, but be warned, he doesn’t spend much time at the computer, so getting back to you might be tricky. Better yet, just show up and warm us with your presence. This, like Mike says, “is gonna happen”!
Where: City Hall
When: Monday July 23, 5pm – 7pm
These workshops are important to attend and can help people be more prepared for traumatic and chaotic situations, such as the one caused yesterday by Anaheim, California police:
Action Alert! Sister Annette Steel, an elderly African American active with Occupy Northeast the Black Working Group, is facing an eviction trial today at 3:30pm at the Multnomah County Court House, Rm 528. Her ex parte hearing this morning failed to move the judge to merge her claim (against the banksters who are fraudulently...
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May Day arrestee meeting on Friday, 5:30 to 7pm. Stu Sugarman’s Office – 838 SW 1st Ave., Ste 500. Take notes and gather evidence now while it is fresh. Write statements about what happened on May 1st and the circumstances regarding your arrest. Collect all pictures and video possible. If you have not checked...
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Thank you to all who came out yesterday to make May Day a spectacular show of love, solidarity and strength from the protesters and a showing of ignorance, hate, and fear from the Portland Police Department. If you captured any footage that could be useful in court, please contact the ELK Legal Krewe at...
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A Message from Portland Copwatch
Friends
It looks as though the Citizen Review Committee is moving quickly to start its new Work Groups; after Tuesday’s Use of Deadly Force work group, then Wednesday’s CRC general meeting (agenda still hasn’t arrived), on Thursday next week they will hold the first meeting of their Crowd Control work group. It is open to the public. I should note that CRC Chair Jamie Troy’s office at NE 42nd and Sandy isn’t very large, but it could prompt them to find a larger meeting space if plenty of people showed up.
They were moved to start this group (after having it sitting in their “tracking list” for years) after hearing all the tesimony from Occupy Portland folks at their last public forum.
–dan handelman
portland copwatch
Portlandcopwatch.org
And here’s a couple of videos of Portland’s Police in full shame.
Polie Chief Mike Reese will be speaking at PSU. Come out and ask the questions that need to be asked! Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 5:30-7:00pm Portland State University Smith Memorial Student Union (SW Park & Harrison), Rm. 296 1.5 General CLE credits For questions, please contact Sarah Radcliffe: sarah.radcliffe@lasoregon.org, 503- 224-4086 Program Topics: · The...
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