New photo to add to the “Crush the Occupy movement” gallery

by David Safier

You may have seen this photo already, of an 84 year old woman's face after being hit with pepper spray at an Occupy Seattle protest.

Now there's this from Portland, Oregon, of a woman getting a blast of spray in the face.

As an ex-Portlander who attended a few protests in my day, I can say, the police riot gear in the pic is typical of the city's response to protests. Portland came out in force during the Bush 1 and Bush 2 years, and the police dressed the part. That being said, the police always seemed to be a fairly decent lot, riot gear notwithstanding. But the Occupy protests are making city governments a little crazy.