Homeless people who were camped outside Portland’s City Hall since late April were swept away by police Thursday morning.
Officers at the scene said protesters were forced to move so cleaning crews could clean the sidewalk.The protesters want the city to suspend its anti-camping and anti-loitering laws. While protesting is legal, camping in front of City Hall is not.After the sidewalk is cleaned, police said they will allow people to walk or protest in front of City Hall again. However, they said officers will enforce applicable laws related to camping and sleeping.
May 18, 2008 at 5:41 am
I seriously question the “cleaning of the sidewalk” as an acceptable EXCUSE
Check out this sidewalk on 11th street only eight blocks away from city hall due west
Cleaning the sidewalk my foot!
We all know whats going on it has nothing to do with “clean” in reality it is more about playing “dirty”
check out how clean this sidewalk in Portland is maintained!
http://zebra3report.tripod.com/streetgarbage/