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lsd4all · 09-09-2002, 01:34 PM

Hi, I submitted this story for two reasons:

1) I think this photo speaks for itself.
2) I live in Portland, OR.

I like living here eventhough it rains 80% of the time. anyway, in the last few years the police have made some very bad decisions when it comes to controlling large crowds (protesters, rioters, mayday paraders, etc). I think the biggest black-eye for the cops started at the May Day parade in 2000.
<a href="http://fruitiondesign.com/eae/archive/mayday_1.php3">mayday 2000</a>

And more recently, president Bush was here to speak about his plan to cut more trees down to help "prevent" forest fires from causing so much damage, only to be greeted by a few thousand protesters. I work downtown right next to the hotel he was speaking at and I saw all the protester/police confrontations first hand.
<a href="http://www.koin.com/webnews/20022/20020829_bushvisit.shtml">bush's visit protests>bush protest</a>

A quick note about Critical Mass in portland. Within the last year, there have been many incidents between the riders and the police. The unfortunate thing is that it only takes a few bad apples to ruin the whole event.

I don't hate the police and I know there are many sides to every story but this abuse of power by the police has got to stop.

09-09-2002, 01:34 PM	#6
lsd4all Non-Newbie Sort Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: portland, orygun Posts: 6	there's more to the story Hi, I submitted this story for two reasons: 1) I think this photo speaks for itself. 2) I live in Portland, OR. I like living here eventhough it rains 80% of the time. anyway, in the last few years the police have made some very bad decisions when it comes to controlling large crowds (protesters, rioters, mayday paraders, etc). I think the biggest black-eye for the cops started at the May Day parade in 2000. <a href="http://fruitiondesign.com/eae/archive/mayday_1.php3">mayday 2000</a> And more recently, president Bush was here to speak about his plan to cut more trees down to help "prevent" forest fires from causing so much damage, only to be greeted by a few thousand protesters. I work downtown right next to the hotel he was speaking at and I saw all the protester/police confrontations first hand. <a href="http://www.koin.com/webnews/20022/20020829_bushvisit.shtml">bush's visit protests>bush protest</a> A quick note about Critical Mass in portland. Within the last year, there have been many incidents between the riders and the police. The unfortunate thing is that it only takes a few bad apples to ruin the whole event. I don't hate the police and I know there are many sides to every story but this abuse of power by the police has got to stop. Last edited by lsd4all; 09-09-2002 at 01:48 PM.