How the police were treating the protesters:
Quickly, three other officers on bicycles joined in pinning Jordan H., including one single officer in full riot gear who ran over, whose name tag identified him as Officer Thurman. They had him on the ground, on his stomach. I was no more than ten feet from them, and I was alone, having run forward with my camera to see what was happening. It was too dark on that patch of street for a photo, but the officers were quite visible in the light from the porch of the house. I heard the officers yelling at Jordan, telling him to take his arm out of the backpack he was wearing. “I can’t! It’s stuck!” he protested. Without giving him a second chance, Officer Thurman, with his knee squarely on Jordan’s shoulder blades, pulled back him arm and punched Jordan three times in the kidneys. I heard his fist hit flesh with a sickening thud, as the other officers held their prisoner by the arms.
Officer Thurman - photo by Paul
Suddenly, I was frightened myself. I realized that there was no one else around. These officers could turn on me, and arrest me, and break my camera. They could haul me off to jail, and beat me. They could do whatever they wanted to me, say I did whatever they wanted to say I did. And no one could stop them, because they had badges, and I only had a camera.
I put on my toughest, most official, reporter-sounding voice, and asked the bicycle officer who was eyeing me and keeping me back (though I had no desire to get any closer) what Jordan was charged with. He would not tell me. I asked to verify Officer Thurman’s name. He would not. Thurman got up, and saw that I was interested in him. I asked him his name directly, and he would not tell me. He said, “I don’t need to talk to you.” He walked back to the van he rode in on, accompanied by other officers, without ever telling me his name. I ran after him, and as soon as he got into the direct light, I took a good look at his name tag, to solidify it in my mind. Later, when I saw him again, I took a picture of his face. He was easy to spot, being about 6’5”, and with a large black helmet marked with the number 82.
All but one that were arrested so violently were cited and released. The remaining apparently had a warrant.
Interview with a responsible person at Genoa restaurant. The door glass was ruined but the Occupiers made arrangements to provide funds for the repairs.
I did leave out one video made by a James O’Keefe wannabe. The same guy that heckled Michael Moore and then tried to paint it as Occupiers doing so. It was extremely strange that this person was on hand for all incidents of violence and was not once challenged or molested by the police...
We have a description of the wannabes vehicle and his license number so we will know when he is on scene from now on as he tends to use disguises.
I'm sure more video will be produced as soon as people upload them.
Here is PPB's version:
On Monday February 6, 2012, Portland Police officers arrested 10 people related to an anti-police brutality march that started at Colonel Summers Park in Southeast Portland.
Two of the arrests were juveniles: A 15-year-old male and a 17-year-old male were arrested for Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree and Interfering with a Police Officer.
The eight adults arrested are as follows:
29-year-old Justin Pellingra
Charges: Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Interfering with a Police Officer and Resist Arrest
27-year-old Emmalyn Garrett
Charges: Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree and Interfering with a Police Officer
21-year-old Joana Levy
Charges: Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree and Interfering with a Police Officer
18-year-old Maggie Debusk-Kneidek
Charges: Interfering with a Police Officer and Resist Arrest
25-year-old Jose Moreno
Charges: Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree
28-year-old Nefi Martinez-Bravo
Charges: Interfering with a Police Officer
22-year-old Taylor Sharpe
Charges: Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree
27-year-old Jessie Glaub
Charges: Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree
All adults were given citations and released, other than Jose Moreno who was booked on an unrelated warrant.
Although there were multiple reports of vandalism along the march route, no arrests have been made in connection with the property damage.
My question is since many of these arrests involved the police running into the crowd en masse and tackling a singled out protester is how that protester could be construed as interfering?