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Basically that is it. When it all started the streets flooded with people. They estimate there were 3,000-5,000 people there. A lot of people left after a while and the police waited them out. Then at 5am the police told the protesters that they had to clear the streets or they would be pepper sprayed. The protesters then retreated back to the parks they were occupying to begin with. Throughout the night they had build a makeshift barricade around part of the park. After they fell back into the park they took it down and piled all the junk up. Once they were off the street the police fell back and everyone pretty much called it a night.

Now the police and protesters are working to clean the streets and parks, but they protesters are going to stay in the parks (so they say). The mayor says they will fence off and close the parks to clean then and repair them when they feel it is safe. I have a feeling that means they will work with the protesters and have them move somewhere else and likely will let them stay there as long as they play by some ground rules. The mayor says he wants everyone to be happy. He wants the city to be happy with no problems. He wants the protesters to be able to do their thing and he wants the other citizens of the city to be able to get around without issues. Portland is a strange place, somehow I have a feeling they will figure something out that will be a little odd, but will eventually work.