Portland Street Medics describe police brutality and arrests at RNC

Posted by Brenda Norrell - September 6, 2008 at 11:33 am

... "Four members of the Portland Street Medic Collective who had travelled to the RNC to provide medical care to the radical community were arrested on 9-1-2008. All are now released pending court dates in October," R. Westlund said in the Portland Street Medic statement ...

"The four medics helped with the evacuation of at least five patients, including one with a broken hand from being hit with police weaponry, one with an injured ankle from being hit with police weaponry who needed physical support to walk, and one who was blinded by pepper spray. This assistance left the medics at the very back of the crowd and among the worst victims of chemical weapons as they fled the scene ...

"Three of the Portland Medics, David Drew, Jr, Tracy Maier, and R. Westlund are charged with Misdemeanors in the 1st degree of "presence at an unlawful assembly and refusing to leave." They face 90 days in jail and fines up to $1,000. The fourth, A. Oliver Hayes, is charged with a Gross Misdemeanor in the 3rd degree of rioting, and faces one year in jail and a fine of $1,000.

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/brenda-norrell/2008/09/portland-street-medics-describe-police-brutality-and-arrests-rnc

Then put on trial and then jailed.