By an Old Woman Who Votes
The average age of the 25 people arrested this morning for demonstrating Civil Disobedience on the Steel Bridge is fifty. Eight (corrected, not nine) were over sixty years old. It’s time for the spin masters at Portland’s City Hall to stop characterizing Occupy Portland as young and unrealistic. Some of us have weathered many struggles. From Civil Rights to Women’s rights, from Peace to Gay Rights, we have been on the front lines of every progressive political change in the past half-century.
photo by K. Kendall
Listen to us: the young idealists among us are more attuned to the realities on the ground than the politicians who continue to cast their lot with the banksters. The young, hard-working organizers who got this movement onto the ground and into the tents know what they’re doing.
By evicting Occupy Portland from the two tiny, seldom-used parks downtown, Portland’s mayor has betrayed the progressives who elected him, and if our Chief of Police thinks he’s going to ride into the mayor’s office on our backs, he’s more unrealistic than the greenest twenty-year-old.
Bernie Sanders is one of us. Listen up. The man tells it simply and clearly. He says the U.S. has the most unequally-distributed wealth in the developed world. Why is that? Maybe the Portland Business Alliance has an answer to that. Let’s ask them. I understand they’re bankrolling Reese for Mayor.
photo by K. Kendall
photo by K. Kendall
Way to go Elders!!! Thank you for your wisdom and sacrifice. Together, the generations are strong and informed.
I thanked a retired union man for joining us today, and he said, “Thank YOU for joining US!” So true! Thank you for paving the way, teaching us, inspiring us, and still marching with us!
Beautiful and REALISTIC! Thank you for giving voice to those who know.
The occupy movement is our last hope. Take to the streets America.
[...] example, the average age of the 25 people arrested were 50 years of age in Portland, Oregon on [...]
Would someone link to the actual data on this or do we just accept what we read now?
I agree, please include the names and ages of those arrested. It will give significant weight to your statements. I support this movement completely, but I do not trust un-verified information I read on the internet. Please post the names and ages of those arrested. Thank you.
http://www.kptv.com/story/16070571/portland-police-release-list-of-those
please do your own calculation
Well said! I occupied Santa Rosa, CA, and there were more than a few gray heads! Keep it moving!
List of those arrested in this action, as released by Portland Police Bureau, http://www.portlandonline.com/police/pbnotify.cfm?action=List
Flash News 49427
As BudG says, do your own calculation:
Update: Portland Police Make 34 Arrests Today – 11/17/11
Today, Thursday November 17, 2011, the Portland Police Bureau made 25 arrests on the east side of the Steel Bridge for Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree. The following people were arrested and given criminal citations to appear in court:
39-year-old Heather Anne Conroy
59-year-old William Kelsey
62- year-old William Magorian
35-year-old Tessa Brooks
68-year-old Johanna Brenner
68-year-old Joye Camacho
57-year-old Madelyn Elder
33-year-old Maro Sevastopoulos
58-year-old Lorene Scheer
26-year-old Katie Coomber-Bernard
37-year-old Elizabeth Elwood
54-year-old Elizabeth Campos
60-year-old Timothy Flanagan
67-year-old Michael Colvin
62-year-old James Partridge
68-year-old Peter Parks
50-year-old Craig Mahaffy
66-year-old Kent Sprang
56-year-old Robert Rossi
20-year-old Eduardo Rocha
42-year-old Troy Geary
33-year-old Aaron Giesa
47-year-old Nathan Bennet
30-year-old Steven Gilliam Jr.
42-year-old Samuel Davila
[...] fathers and mothers. The average age of the people who were arrested on the steel bridge was fifty, not the punks, anarchists, or homeless face the media has tagged onto this movement. The [...]