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PHOTO BY CARI H.ACHMANN/T i IE PORTLAND OBSERVER
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A massive crowd fills Pioneer Courthouse Square to rise up against powerful banking and Wall
Street interests on the first day o f an Occupy Portland protest, downtown.
Wall Street Back Lash
excited so many people are like-minded.
It gives us hope for the future.”
te s t, O c c u p y P o r tla n d h a s a t­
K eri B runson, 34. an o th er n o rth ­
tra c te d p e o p le from all d iffe re n t e a st P o rtla n d re s id e n t, a g re ed .
w a lk s o f life w ho feel they hav e
B ru n so n a tte n d e d the rally w ith
fin a lly b een g iv e n a c h a n c e to h e r h o m e m a d e sig n th at a ttra c te d
e x p re ss th e ir d is sa tis fa c tio n w ith h e ig h te n e d a tte n tio n and a d m ira ­
p o litic a l d e c isio n s th a t fa v o r the tio n fro m th ro u g h o u t the cro w d .
w e a lth y in te re sts o f W all S tree t “ M y sig n is all a b o u t th e G O P
an d b an k s.
tak in g o rd ers fro m the K och b ro th ­
N o r th e a s t P o r tla n d r e s id e n t e r s ,” sh e said . “ U n fo rtu n a te ly ,
L a u ra S h e p a rd , 4 1 , an d h e r fo u r- c o rp o ra te in te re sts a re b u y in g o u r
y e a r-o ld d a u g h te r G a b rie lle , a t­ p o litic ia n s w h en it c o m e s to s h a r­
te n d e d the ra lly , w h e re th ey h eld in g th e s a c rific e s o f the tax b u rd en
to g e th e r a sign, w h ich read ‘D ow n c re a te d by W all S tree t.
w ith the G re e d .’
G u illerm o M ag allo n , 44, said he
“W e're here because we want to get w as at th e p ro te s t to g a th e r v o l­
the message out that the people should u n te e rs and su p p o rt the e c o n o m ic
be making the choices— not the few at rig h ts o f farm w o rk e rs an d o th e r
the top,” said Shepard. “W e are super low in c o m e A m e ric a n s.
co n tin u ed
fr o m fr o n t
B ob C risp in , 67, said he has
b e e n fig h tin g c o rp o ra te g re e d
sin c e the 1960s to c u rre n t d ay ,
w h e re he is n o w a re tire d h ig h -
te c h ie an d c le a n s h o u ses p a rt tim e
to “ b o ls te r” his re tire m e n t.
“T his is im portant to me because
it seem s to m e that the political right
is calling people on any kind o f
safety net ‘T a k e rs,’ but d o n ’t m en­
tion the people at the top w ho are
tak in g ,” he said.
A lthough there are several rea­
sons for w hy individuals felt the
urge to attend the rallies, m any resi­
dents said O ccupy Portland is the
beginning o f the m ission to find
com m o n ground and create a b etter
and m ore ju s t future for generations
to com e.
Portland’s 11th Annual
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Show Hours 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
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C ackamas County Department of Employee S ervi« Crawford Broadcasting, US Marine Corps. Seattle Works, KOIN TV 6,
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