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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nThe remarkable photo above [hat-tip <\/i>Mother Jones’ Mike Mechanic<\/i><\/a>] was taken yesterday by Randy L. Rasmussen of The Oregonian<\/i><\/a> who reports the incident occurred in Portland, where the “police officer deployed pepper spray at SW Yamhill, between the JP Morgan Chase bank and Pioneer Courthouse Square.”<\/p>\n He says “The photo was taken from the southeast corner of the square, looking toward the intersection of 6th and Yamhill after a day of marching through downtown Portland, Ore., by Occupy Portland participants.”<\/p>\n Rasmussen goes on to report that “Several people were arrested” during the march to the Wells Fargo downtown branch in recognition of “N17,” standing for November 17th, the two-month “anniversary” of the Occupy Wall Street movement.<\/p>\n I’m guest hosting the Mike Malloy Show<\/i><\/a> tonight, so haven’t had time to confirm for certain, but I suspect one of those “arrested” was not<\/i> the officer pepper spraying the apparently peaceful demonstrator in the face.<\/p>\n Add this incident to the growing body of apparently unprovoked police abuse of peaceful citizen demonstrators in the Occupy movement, including (but not limited to):<\/p>\n This is not a Police State. It is a fully weaponized Military State<\/em>, at this point. Just ask the folks at Occupy Tampa if it feels that way to them<\/a>…<\/p>\n\n
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