Portland Anti-Bush March and Actions Have BEGUN!

breaking news
21-Aug-2003 14:02: Standoff at Woolsey and Lombard after protesters tried to stop a Donor Bus and now protesters are being surrounded at Columbia Annex Park
21-Aug-2003 12:52: 12:52 Presidential Motorcade is moving. 1:10 footage of him at airport. He's supposed to arrive in Redmond at 2 pm
21-Aug-2003 12:23: 12:23 Police report that huge numbers of protestors are heading somewhere unknown. 12:47 Police note that protestors angry and heading downtown. Police told to take an hour lunch break and re-convene downtown for afternoon festivities.
21-Aug-2003 12:08: 11:53 KBOO: Woman arrested, around 40/50 yrs old, after climbing the 4 ft barrier. By the bluffs an american flag has been burned
21-Aug-2003 12:06: 11:47 Amy Pincus Merwin assaulted by Channel 8 videographer outside Chiles center after she wasn't allowed to bring her audio gear in, although another KBOO reporter did get in with video.
21-Aug-2003 12:05: 11:40 KBOO reporter inside Chiles Convention Center waiting for speech Doors are being tightly shut "to avoid getting teargas into the building." snipers on top of the Chiles building.
21-Aug-2003 11:43: KBOO reports that white house Resident has arrived at U of P, amid thousands of "boos".
21-Aug-2003 11:23: 11:18 portland IMC reporter was denied entry to the presidential luncheon, along with the reporters from Street Roots and KBOO who had gotten credentials ahead of time.
21-Aug-2003 11:22: Police report that group of "anarchists" have broken off from main march and travelling rapidly to U of P.
21-Aug-2003 11:10: 11:05 KBOO reported that presidential Plane has landed and motorcade is heading down WA State Hwy 14 is the travel route, and that hwy is closed down right now.
21-Aug-2003 10:56: 10:46 March has split at Menlow and Willamette, heading up Menlow. One person was detained. The other marchers just reached a barrier on N. Harvard St and Willamette where Pro-Bush "Love it or Leave it" protesters are.
21-Aug-2003 10:21: March has begun, and police are reporting a "critical mass" ride in progress elsewhere!
21-Aug-2003 10:04: Portland Indymedia Web Radio is now live on the air with coverage of the Bush protest.