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Volunteer medics apply milk to the eyes of a demonstrator to reduce his burning sensation after Port-
land Police used pepper spray to control crowds at a demonstration and march Friday evening that
followed the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump.
ing police “acted needlessly and
heavy handed.” He referred to
Portland’s police response as, “A
disgusting abuse of power.”
Saturday’s Women’s March,
however,
was met with a large
“We can all protest peacefully, and
c ontinued froM f ront
degree
of
police cooperation
exercise our rights.”
and
participation.
An estimat-
Police Chief Mike Marshman over
Organizers of Friday’s protest
the tactics police used, and threat- also recruited volunteer medics to ed 100,000 marchers descended
ened to shut down the city with help with first aid, along with sev- upon the Tom McCall
Waterfront on Trump’s first full
more demonstrations if Marshman eral observers from the American
day
in office. The action was in co-
wasn’t let go by Wednesday.
Civil Liberties Union of Oregon,
Lydia Tate, a 26-year- old Port- to ensure that free speech rights ordination with sister marches in
Washington, D.C. and other locales
land resident, said that she joined were not being violated.
the Inauguration Day protests to
One such legal observer, who across the nation and globe. It was
show that she is dissatisfied with asked to remain anonymous due estimated that more than one mil-
the newly elected president and to the possibility of professional lion marchers participated in 600
felt the need to show solidarity on repercussions, said people with events around the world in opposi-
behalf of basic human rights for an appropriate legal background tion to Donald Trump’s presidency.
Prior to the Women’s March in
everyone.
were as needed as a check against
Portland, labor groups also gath-
“We’re here, standing against unlawful police actions.
him,” she said as she marched up
“People need protection in ex- ered in Shemanski Park, down-
Southwest Taylor Street.
ercising their First Amendment town, to showcase union solidar-
ity with immigrant communities
Speaking as the crowd gath- rights,” he said.
ered itself once again into Pioneer
Then, just as he was describing and communities of color. It was
Courthouse Square, Louise
his own motivation for volunteer- a powerful counterweight to
Haughen, a 51-year- old Seattle ing, police set off a percussion Trump’s call for restrictive immi-
resident, explained that this was charge as a crowd control tactic. gration measures and his caustic
the first demonstration she had Police warnings of pepper spray campaign rhetoric about women
ever attended. She said she want- and rubber bullets followed and and minorities.
In total, more than 59 organiza-
ed to help sow national discontent the crowd retreated southward on
tions from the Portland area par-
with the new president and his ad- Fifth Avenue.
ministration.
McKelvey expressed his frus- ticipated in local protest actions
“I think he’s racist… And he is tration that police later deployed in opposition to the new Trump
going to bring us to war,” she said. the explosions and used pepper Administration. Backed by labor
unions, community centers, and
Haughen was in Portland visit- spray as a disabling weapon.
ing family, and said that by partic-
He said organizers complied faith-based groups, it was a united
ipating in a mass rally against the with an agreement to stay off front against the perceived threat
incoming Trump Administration, of bridges and freeways, claim- to civil rights.
Resistance