According to Reuters reports Portland Police arrested more than 50 people on Sunday as the authorities cleared out and blocked off encampments of the Occupy movement that has been protesting nationwide over economic issues.
The Portland actions were among several by authorities around the country over the weekend to try to close down encampments occupied by demonstrators for weeks.
Encampments sprang up in several cities in recent weeks in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement that began in New York in September to protest what demonstrators see as economic inequality and undue political influence by corporate interests.
In Portland the authorities had issued an eviction notice, and then moved to empty the camps and fence them off. Many protesters left on their own after the notice, but others chose to stay….
Find out more at http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/14/us-usa-protests-idUSTRE7AB05L20111114
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