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grasswire

(50,130 posts) Thu Jul 30, 2015, 05:53 PM Jul 2015

Breaking: Portland police, fire, and Coast Guard facing off against Greenpeace activists [View all]

KGW-TV is live (might be able to stream from their web site).

The Coast Guard has created a joint command allowing Portland Police and Fire Dept. to act to enforce federal law.

The bridge is shut down to all traffic. Police are all over the place. Protesters are loud and active. Kayak protesters are in the water. Activists are hanging from the bridge. Coast Guard cutter in the water. Fire department may attempt to take down those hanging.

The Shell ship attempted to leave its docking this morning but turned around and went back.

But now things have heated up significantly.

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Breaking: Portland police, fire, and Coast Guard facing off against Greenpeace activists [View all] grasswire Jul 2015 OP

Thanks for the heads up! Watching it live now on the tv machine neverforget Jul 2015 #1

the high wire rescue team is getting in place grasswire Jul 2015 #5

Just confirmed he's going to be one of the firefighters rappelling neverforget Jul 2015 #9

WOW grasswire Jul 2015 #10

Lol! no kidding! make for great footage neverforget Jul 2015 #11

Interesting development. Rex Jul 2015 #2

live stream G_j Jul 2015 #3

Thank you very much for this information. oldandhappy Jul 2015 #36

Is this the same ship that had the 3' hole in the side? n/t Suich Jul 2015 #4

Yes, repaired at Vigor dry dock MissB Jul 2015 #8

Thanks! Suich Jul 2015 #18

one protester just arrested grasswire Jul 2015 #6

police boats occupying the center channel... grasswire Jul 2015 #7

MORE KAYAKTIVISTS ARRIVING! nt G_j Jul 2015 #12

This is going down about four miles or so from my house. Lizzie Poppet Jul 2015 #13

It's downstream from my back yard. grasswire Jul 2015 #14

They are all heroes, and I wish I lived nearby so I could resist the Motherfrackers Zorra Jul 2015 #15

me too! G_j Jul 2015 #17

... Zorra Jul 2015 #20

there are interviews of the kayaktivists hopemountain Jul 2015 #37

more fire dept arrived grasswire Jul 2015 #16

Mayor Hales is on the bridge and a P.A. system is being set up. grasswire Jul 2015 #19

KGW TV later corrected this. grasswire Jul 2015 #50

protesters are being offered the chance to leave voluntarily nt grasswire Jul 2015 #21

firefighter has been lowered down... grasswire Jul 2015 #22

The protesters seemed to have lowered themselves past their equipment G_j Jul 2015 #23

To you locals... EX500rider Jul 2015 #24

your concern G_j Jul 2015 #25

More like reality then concern.... EX500rider Jul 2015 #26

I suspect that it can be rerouted. Igel Jul 2015 #33

It's a reasonable question. Igel Jul 2015 #32

people second guess every Greenpeace action G_j Jul 2015 #39

meticulously planned out you say? retrowire Jul 2015 #46

Main channel of the Willamette. Lizzie Poppet Jul 2015 #28

So does the block the majority of the commercial shipping or is that downstream? EX500rider Jul 2015 #30

It woudl block a very great deal of it. Lizzie Poppet Jul 2015 #34

uh......... grasswire Jul 2015 #38

It's not really the access over the bridge... Lizzie Poppet Jul 2015 #47

Zowie. Thanks. oldandhappy Jul 2015 #27

All heroes including the firefighters AllFieldsRequired Jul 2015 #29

+ Infinity (NT) Octafish Jul 2015 #31

the river was closed to traffic grasswire Jul 2015 #35

I'm cheering for Greenpeace! Omaha Steve Jul 2015 #40

The way I see all this fredamae Jul 2015 #41

yes nt grasswire Jul 2015 #44

Thanks so much... Thespian2 Jul 2015 #42

"But now things have heated up significantly." < Of course, this is what such activists were trying jtuck004 Jul 2015 #43

+1000 tex-wyo-dem Jul 2015 #45

What we need to be talking about is the economics of living in the future. What we had jtuck004 Jul 2015 #52

And now the kayaktavists are back in the middle of the Williamette neverforget Jul 2015 #48

LOL grasswire Jul 2015 #49

Did you see the guy with the shark floaty? neverforget Jul 2015 #51

I used to be a canvasser for Greenpeace Downtown Hound Jul 2015 #53

For real, even sadder when you consider how much of that money raouldukelives Jul 2015 #54

Wonder what their total fine bill ended up being for their great effort in Portland. lonestarnot Jul 2015 #55