They blocked out road and pedestrian traffic on the upper deck and for a while, the lower deck pedestrian traffic. And why? Because they wanted to keep traffic clear for buses, Max and the Amtrak / rail freight operating. Meantime, vehicular traffic has been severely backed up since 7:00 am, because police have blocked it on the Steel Bridge.
Now, if I was in charge of the Occupy Portland march, I'd take advantage of the Max free fare zone and cross the Steel Bridge via Max.
Instead, they walked around to the lower pedestrian deck to cross the Steel Bridge -- why didn't the police keep the lower deck open from the start, and redirect protesters from the very beginning?
Seems like Portland Police wasted a lot of time. Oh well, I suppose they anticipated thousands, and not the three or four hundred folks that were intent on marching across the bridge.
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