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Black Bloc action in Portland for Oct. 22
Black Bloc action in Portland, OR, for Oct. 22 day against police brutality
<font size="+1" face=arial><b>Young people hold a parade to seek police accountability</b></font><br>
<a href="http://portland.indymedia.org/local/images/20011022bloc/cover818.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://portland.indymedia.org/local/images/20011022bloc/coversm.jpg" border="0" align="left">October 22 is a <a href="http://www.october22.org/" target="_blank">nationally recognized day of protest against police brutality. Events were planned <a href="http://www.october22.org/2001-assembly-points.php" target="_blank">all over the country. In Portland, about two dozen passionate young people gathered at 21st NE and Alberta for a local observance. Carrying handmade signs, and led by a young woman dressed as a raven, they marched throughout this mixed-race neighborhood, taking the streets most of the way. They brought with them a large puppet of the Grim Reaper, which represented the <a href="http://www.phillyimc.org/articles/01/08/22/1122241.shtml" target="_blank">connections between corporate power and the "criminal justice system".
<p>Reception by people in the neighborhood was positive for the most part, with many honking their horns as they drove past the small parade. Police presence was nil at the beginning of the march, but inexplicably heavy by the end. The first officer who arrived halted the parade by grabbing the arm of the puppet [<i>pictured, above</i>]. He then ordered everybody onto the sidewalk, but they quickly took the street again. In contrast to previous occasions, the officers did not attempt to break up the event, and the young people successfully made their statement for justice.
<p><b>Newswire reports:</b> [ <a href="http://portland.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=4133&group=webcast" target="_blank">"Police Accountability March" | <a href="http://portland.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=4135&group=webcast" target="_blank">"god bless the black bloc" ]
<p><b>More information:</b> [ <a href="http://www.october22.org/" target="_blank">October 22 Coalition | <a href="http://portlandcopwatch.org/" target="_blank">Portland Copwatch | <a href="http://www.phillyimc.org/articles/01/08/22/1122241.shtml" target="_blank">IMC News Blast on Prison-Industrial Complex ]
<a href="http://portland.indymedia.org/local/images/20011022bloc/cover818.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://portland.indymedia.org/local/images/20011022bloc/coversm.jpg" border="0" align="left">October 22 is a <a href="http://www.october22.org/" target="_blank">nationally recognized day of protest against police brutality. Events were planned <a href="http://www.october22.org/2001-assembly-points.php" target="_blank">all over the country. In Portland, about two dozen passionate young people gathered at 21st NE and Alberta for a local observance. Carrying handmade signs, and led by a young woman dressed as a raven, they marched throughout this mixed-race neighborhood, taking the streets most of the way. They brought with them a large puppet of the Grim Reaper, which represented the <a href="http://www.phillyimc.org/articles/01/08/22/1122241.shtml" target="_blank">connections between corporate power and the "criminal justice system".
<p>Reception by people in the neighborhood was positive for the most part, with many honking their horns as they drove past the small parade. Police presence was nil at the beginning of the march, but inexplicably heavy by the end. The first officer who arrived halted the parade by grabbing the arm of the puppet [<i>pictured, above</i>]. He then ordered everybody onto the sidewalk, but they quickly took the street again. In contrast to previous occasions, the officers did not attempt to break up the event, and the young people successfully made their statement for justice.
<p><b>Newswire reports:</b> [ <a href="http://portland.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=4133&group=webcast" target="_blank">"Police Accountability March" | <a href="http://portland.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=4135&group=webcast" target="_blank">"god bless the black bloc" ]
<p><b>More information:</b> [ <a href="http://www.october22.org/" target="_blank">October 22 Coalition | <a href="http://portlandcopwatch.org/" target="_blank">Portland Copwatch | <a href="http://www.phillyimc.org/articles/01/08/22/1122241.shtml" target="_blank">IMC News Blast on Prison-Industrial Complex ]
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Duh!
Second, the black bloc is dead. It's already been shown to be a tactic that is easily infiltrated by the cops.
Sad anarchists!!
If you look around the country, even on Indy, you will see that people all over, even internationally were observing this day against police brutality. Stalin doesn't have a monopoly on any certain day, nobody does. Unless you are an authoritarian. I reject what you say, and I reject to acknowledge in any way that Stalin owns Oct22. Fuck Stalin! (another dead white patriarchal colonizer).
My father was killed by the police. Oct22 is not about Stalin it is about myself and others acting and feeling in solidarity with the millions around the world who have and are suffering at the hands of police.
How many people in Oakland have died while in police custody?
Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin just gave a dazzling talk last night at the University of Oregon. If you don't know about him, you should look him up. You might learn something. SF Indy has some stuff on him.
Decolonize your mind!