Portland Mayor Sam Adams set a deadline of 12:01am this morning for the Occupy Portland folks to clear out of the two city parks that had been the location for the encampment. With a potential standoff with the Portland Police looming, a few thousand people came downtown and marched in support of the occupiers. I was there from around 11pm until 3:30am, the crowd was mostly peaceful and I believe only one arrest was made during that time. Here are a few of my favorite images; you can view my entire set of photos as well.
Amongst the piles of Occupy garbage was this doll.
Huge crowd at Third and Main.
Portland Police wearing helmets and standing in close formation as they attempt to prevent the crowd from shutting down Third Avenue.
[...] appreciate my friend Aaron Hockley’s images from the field because he was actually there. He didn’t give his bias, he just took some [...]