On Sat, 22 Jul 2000 00:51:45 -0500 (CDT) Chuck0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ________________________________________________ > A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E > http://www.ainfos.ca/ > ________________________________________________ > >The Black Scare >Eugene anarchists have now become the boogie people for Portland. > >A peaceful May Day march by 350 protesters in Portland was met by >100 riot police who fired beanbag shotguns and slammed into citizens >with horses and ATVs. At least 20 citizens were injured, Willamete >Week reported. > >Portland Police Chief Mark Kroeker was called before the Portland >City Council last month for an explanation. > >"Kroeker blamed Eugene anarchists as the pretext for putting the >cops in riot gear," Willamette Week reported. "On May 1, the >anarchists were in Portland 'to incite violence.' As proof, he >offered an e-mail from a self-described Eugene anarchist; at most >it is a description of egg tossing and marching. Other than that, >his report contains no documentation of anarchist behavior -- just >the observation that there were people wearing black masks and >hoods in Portland." > >Eugene anarchists said after the event that the Portland police >created their own riot and Eugene protesters played only a minor >role in the demonstration. Lilly, 24, says she was among about 20 >Eugene protesters, some dressed as pirates, who traveled to Portland >for the May 1 event. At the large rally, "It was quite the minority >from Eugene," says Lilly, who declined to give her last name for >fear of police retaliation. The group hadn't planned any property >destruction. "Nobody I heard said they were going to do anything >up there," she said. > >"It was pretty low key until the police attacked," said Monkey, >22, who also did not give a full name for fear of retaliation. > >Lilly says she thinks the Portland police were all "roboed up" for >the protest because the Eugene police called and told them the >anarchists were coming. > >EPD fear-mongering about the anarchist menace led to a similar >overblown police response in April at a protest in Tacoma, according >to Seattle Weekly. The paper reported that the EPD called the Tacoma >police with "alarming" warnings of Eugene anarchists attending a >protest against Kaiser Aluminum's owner, logging and junk bond >baron Charles Hurwitz. The Tacoma police deployed 350 officers >against a protest by 50 activists, Seattle Weekly reported. > >Lilly and Monkey say it's silly for police and mass media to hype >Eugene as the "anarchist capital of the world." Many cities in the >U.S. and around the world have independent, large groups of >anti-corporate activists, they say. "It's happening everywhere," >Lilly says. 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