ICE Protesters – Portland Biohazard
Police finally were able to remove the ICE protesters from their perch in Portland, after they totally ignored the Mayor’s request to leave on Monday, according to Fox. Protesters were told they would be subject to arrest if they remained on Tuesday. What they left behind was considered a “biohazard.”
Police cordoned off the mess and began hauling off the junk. Couches, mattresses, tuna fish cans, makeshift toilets, liquor bottles, toys, even a book called “The Next Revolution: Popular Assemblies and the Promise of Direct Democracy” and of course, their wooden “wall” …all were removed. Police gathered the items of “utility or value” and told people they could claim them until September 1 at the Portland Police Bureau.
Here’s a closer look at some of the things left behind at what was the #occupyicepdx camp. More info on @fox12oregon pic.twitter.com/bNIdWMEHLt
— Marja Martinez (@MarjaKPTV) July 26, 2018
A city spokesperson just confirmed to me, Portland and Trimet will pay for the cleanup efforts at the site that was the #OccupyICEPDX camp. She says there is no cost estimate yet. pic.twitter.com/dMhGPpveHH
— Marja Martinez (@MarjaKPTV) July 25, 2018
The city has hired private contractors to clean up the mess left behind at the #OccupyICEPDX camp. They’re calling this site a biohazard. pic.twitter.com/Py2Zx9zjIZ
— Marja Martinez (@MarjaKPTV) July 25, 2018
SW Bancroft street is back open to traffic as the #OccupyICEPDX camp has been cleared. pic.twitter.com/JpKBE1ZuUS
— Marja Martinez (@MarjaKPTV) July 25, 2018
This happens every time the “occupy” movement “protests” some faction of something or another. They leave behind a garbage pit, as they did with the Dakota Pipeline protest, Occupy Wall Street, etc. The plan must be to bury people in garbage rather than address the issues they purport to want to fix.
The city of Portland hired private agencies, and the Sheriff’s department brought inmates to help clean up the pit that the radicals left behind. The city’s Mayor says he “supports” the protesters’ cause, even though he ordered them to leave. He told them that it was “time to move on” instead of camping out at the site for 5 weeks.
According to OregonLive,
“Police said protesters were subject to citation or arrest for charges including trespassing, illegal camping on public property and illegal structures on public property. The police statement said its explosives unit and Portland Fire & Rescue personnel were present as precautions.”
No arrests or citations were made, according to police, and most of the protesters left previously. By midafternoon on July 25, the streets surrounding the area were back open.
