Occupy St. Louis faces eviction at 3 p.m. today

Mayor Sam Adams this morning gave the Occupy Portland encampment an eviction notice of 12:01 a.m Sunday to clear the camp. At a press conference at City Hall, Adams, standing with Chief Mike Reese and City Commissioner Nick Fish, cited the rise in crime around the encampments in ordering demonstrators out of the encampments.

"Crime, especially reported assaults, has increased in the area," he said. "Occupy has had a considerable time to share its movement's message with the public but has lost control of the camps it has created."

The two downtown squares will be closed temporarily beginning in the early hours of Sunday morning so officials can clear and restore them. Once the squares reopen to the public, the mayor said the city will enforce all city laws in the parks and on the sidewalks.

"I want to make clear: this action is not an action against the Occupy Portland movement," he said.

Sam Adams, Mayor
Commissioner of Finance and Administration
City Hall @ 1221 SW 4th Avenue, Room 340, 97204
Phone: (503) 823-4120
E-mail: Samadams@portlandoregon.gov

Police Bureau
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Phone: 503-823-0000
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