re: #9 EmmmieG

My objection to Occupy Portland isn’t about the violence, although the collecting of rocks to throw at the police does not thrill me.

Tonight rock throwing might be the least of the police’s concerns.

Police brace for conflict as Occupy deadline nears

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Occupy Portland demonstrators plan marches around the city on Saturday as authorities prepare to clear the movement’s encampment from a city park this weekend.

Portland police believe some demonstrators are building shields and makeshift weapons — including nails hammered into wood — for the expected confrontations when the camps close at midnight on Saturday.

Occupy Portland organizers have repeatedly said the movement is nonviolent and have appealed to demonstrators to resist peacefully.

But police say as many as 150 anarchists may come to Portland to take part in a possible clash with officers.

Fucking anarchist assholes.