Police Find Body Armor, Rocks, Projectiles and Machetes During #Occupy Portland Raid (Video)

Portland police raided vacant homes occupied by the local Occupy movement yesterday.
They found body armor, drugs, rocks, projectiles and machetes.

KGW reported, via Orbusmax:

Police have raided several Northeast Portland homes taken over by anarchists who claimed they were part of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Police were tipped off about the situation Sunday. Responding officers found that the squatters had changed the locks on the homes.

Inside they found anarchist literature, drugs and weapons, including machetes.

Photos: Anarchists take over NE Portland homes

“There’s the body armor in there, the bucket of projectiles: broken up concrete, rocks,” Portland Police Sgt. Jeff McDaniel told KGW. “There was some body-armor-type stuff for someone who might want to fight the police for one of the protests.”

But he explained that most of the protesters were non-violent.

#1 November 28, 2011 at 2:50 pm
bg commented:

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vive la akbar revolution!! oh wait..

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#2 November 28, 2011 at 2:50 pm
Wm T Sherman commented:

Among the weapons recovered was a holiday fruitcake in a gym sock, a device believed to have been used in an attack that dented a police armored car.
#3 November 28, 2011 at 3:00 pm
Joe College commented:

These cops buy into that whole ’99%’ bulls**t. If they believe that stuff how far away are they from selective law enforcement based on social justice?
#4 November 28, 2011 at 3:02 pm
valerie commented:

Most of the crowd was non-violent the day Gabriella Giffords was shot, too.
#5 November 28, 2011 at 3:04 pm
valerie commented:

#3 November 28, 2011 at 3:00 pm
Joe College commented:

I think it would be good to know whether the cops volunteered that statement, or simply answered a question posed by a reporter.
#6 November 28, 2011 at 3:17 pm
Granny commented:

Sounds like terrorism to me . . . and if these people were conservatives rather than anarchists you can bet your last dime they would be treated as those “right wing terrorists” Big Sis tried so hard to warn us about.
#7 November 28, 2011 at 3:20 pm
bg commented:

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valerie #4 November 28, 2011 at 3:02 pm

and six others lost their lives, including a 9 year
old who was born on September 11, 2001..

it’s like the other 6 million victims who were slaughtered during the
Holocaust are hardly ever recognized as such, never mind mentioned..

however, seeing as how, in ratio, a majority of Jews at that time
were despicably slaughtered vs one Dem seriously wounded, it’s
more understandable.. /s/

at any rate, i’m glad she’s doing so well, and still
(whether she knows it or not) voting no doubt..

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#8 November 28, 2011 at 3:21 pm
vityas commented:

Fluffy bunnies are always non-violent and I’m shocked anyone would think otherwise.
#9 November 28, 2011 at 3:23 pm
USMC Thomas commented:

Law enforcement learned from the Sixties and have infiltrated OW and I wouldn’t be surprised to learn some of the people near the leadership to be undercover cops.
#10 November 28, 2011 at 3:25 pm
bg commented:

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valerie #4 November 28, 2011 at 3:02 pm

only ONE person was violent on that day..

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#11 November 28, 2011 at 3:33 pm
MrGoodWench commented:

Responding officers found that the squatters had changed the locks on the homes.
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and why would they do that ?
Who told them that doing so is not crime anymore?
#12 November 28, 2011 at 3:34 pm
Militant Conservative commented:

Very pathetic. Glad they can’t come I to my home.

Cops in My hood already know not to mess with the

home that flies the Texas flag in Georgia.

Powder is dry
#13 November 28, 2011 at 3:36 pm
Ladue Pundit commented:

We all know that #OWS crackpots will be exercising their “First Amendment Rights” when the political conventions convene next year.

I will predict right now that they will make The Democrats’ Chicago ’68 Convention look like a Maypole dance.

The Republicans should have chosen a small city like St. Charles, MO that has a large arena AND a conservative populace not willing to tolerate this lawlessness.
#14 November 28, 2011 at 4:42 pm
bg commented:

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OT..

hah, look at who i just received an email from..

Patrick Gaspard, Democrats.org

Democrats

Friend –

I’d like to tell you a story. It’s about two men, trapped in one body.

blah, blah, yada, yada, blech..

Thanks,

Patrick

Patrick Gaspard
Executive Director
Democratic National Committee

anyone else get one??

thanks..

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#15 November 28, 2011 at 4:45 pm
bg commented:

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oh crap, re: #14 November 28, 2011 at 4:42 pm bg

it was a Mitt Romney bash video.

must have accidentally deleted that while copy & pasting the letter..

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#16 November 28, 2011 at 5:01 pm
ogee commented:

Since when is breaking and entering and carrying weapons as well as body armor non violent?

They are now going to all get free homes and apartments compliments of the city’s use of tax payer funds. Frakin unbelievable. Yep..the news says “all the OWS homeless are slated to get the free goodies they were crying about. Pity the neighbors after these violent freeloaders move in.
#17 November 28, 2011 at 5:04 pm
ogee commented:

Heads up Jim-Bawney Fwank is resigning.
#18 November 28, 2011 at 5:49 pm
Practical Jane commented:

But he explained that most of the protesters were non-violent….

How does he know?
#19 November 28, 2011 at 6:01 pm
Buffalobob commented:

“But he explained that most of the protesters were non-violent.” Sargent Jeff…you’ve been in Portland too long.
#20 November 28, 2011 at 6:29 pm
daryl commented:

OT

That Herman does “spread the love” if all of these allegations are true.
I think this was the other shoe dropping.This was breaking all over the network and cable news shows at five.

Georgia Woman Claims 13-Year Affair with Herman Cain | Ginger White

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/ginger-white-claims-affair-herman-cain-20111127-es
#21 November 28, 2011 at 6:41 pm
gosh! commented:

Most are non-violent this is what i would expect them to say…………..coming from liberal Portland and their unionized police-force…………….I would except nothing less……….they got to keep up deception ……….
#22 November 28, 2011 at 7:17 pm
Militant Conservative commented:

Lawful conceal carry holders shall not conceal a

Firearm if wearing body armor. Bad law, must be

Why I ignore politicians laws like I ignore speed limits.

Second chance body armor and

Rockymountainradar.com . Cops don’t have a

Chance to pick your pocket. My armory would

frighten most milk toast sheeple in America.
#23 November 28, 2011 at 8:21 pm
Truth teller commented:

Militant Conservative-serious question. What is the bare minimum arsenal you would recommend? Gun brand and style if you can share.
#27 November 29, 2011 at 3:10 pm
An Anti-Fascist commented:

Your website is a joke.

You think those are weapons: rocks. a kitchen pantry. a bbq grill. machete. a bookcase. household items. the body armor is plastic snowboarding gear, not kevlar bulletproof vests.

Why were no arrests made? This is a tactic to get exactly your reaction. None of the overblown accusations they make on TV would ever stand a chance in a fair trial. They don’t take it to court – they let the media tell you their lies, so that they have public pressure to not be so wishy washy and then justify being as fascist as you are.

Go to hell
#28 December 1, 2011 at 2:49 pm
peart & associates inc commented:

Police Find Body Armor, Rocks, Projectiles and Machetes During #Occupy Portland Raid (Video)
In this article posted by Jim Hoft, although most of the crowd was non-violent. It is a good thing law enforcement made it a priority to investigate. And to take very dangerous items out of the hands of violent protesters.