The Arrest of a Portland Protester Could Change How Prosecutors Charge Unruly Suspects

On May 1, 2012, five months after the end of the Occupy Portland camps, Catherine Garcia went into the streets of downtown Portland to protest Wall Street bailouts. It didn’t go well: She was arrested by Portland police after allegedly leaping onto the back of her boyfriend while a cop was trying to handcuff him. … Continue reading The Arrest of a Portland Protester Could Change How Prosecutors Charge Unruly Suspects