Legal Suit Against the City of Portland

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What a joke. This is a dog and pony show. And kids should never be brought into a protest that the protesters themselves have dubbed 'little Beruit " for obvious reasons.
Get a life and grow up Mr. Graf. The '60's are long gone.
While the rest of us work for a living, you are busy touting how you think things ought to be.
You are a disgrace. No one with an ounce of sense gives a rats ass about how you see the world. As far as the police accountabilty, twice now the petition that has been proposed for the ballot has fallen short of the number of signatures required to place it on the ballet. You might take that as a HINT.
Radical extremists had their time, and their time has passed, in light of current world events.
The number of folks at that protest were less that 1/2 of one percent of the population of Portland, something that you might also take as a HINT.
Smoke some weed and have a little pow-wow in a run down house in S.E. Portland, make a little noise, listen to KBOO and rant and rave all you want, but dont embarrass yourself in public anymore.
No one gives a big flying f&%k except your own lil band of misfits.
Life will go on, and I guarentee you, you will soon be forgotten.

This clown, Mr. Graf, is nothing but a has been hippy left over and a terrorist in disguise in my opinion.

Thanks to you and your goon squad, Mr. Graf, for a hearty laugh.

Get a life first, then get a real job.

Maybe then someone will care about what you have to say.

If you only knew how utterly stupid you appear to most.

Oooooooo-weeee! Officer Jack and Officer Mikey are worried about police accountability!

After reading the comments by "Jack" and "Mikey," I can only conclude that Congress' budget-slashing has even been extended to Bush's new incarnation of COINTELPRO. I'd heard that the USA PATRIOT Act removed the restrictions that had made it illegal, but I never imagined that the new version would be this stoopid and sloppy. Just goes to show that you've got to be very careful about evaluating what you read on an open publishing site...

Jack:

If you're so confident that no one gives a flying f&$k about these complaints, why are you so upset?

I think those such as yourself who erotically embrace the ideology of the Empire are scared to the bone that the truth will set them free. The thought of true freedom is intolerable to those in spiritual bondage.


Mike:

By "a real job," I assume you mean that the only legitimate mode of existence is to whore yourself. Who do you whore yourself to?

I am a highly compensated whore. I sell a good portion of my life juice to a collection of "investors" who managed to accumulate some extra $$$ so they can rip off much of the value of my labor. I do this so that I can eat, clothe and shelter myself. Occasionally in my weaker moments I also buy crap which I have been brainwashed into thinking will make me more powerful, sexy or superior. It's the American Dream/Delusion.

But the difference between you and me is that I resent being a whore and I struggle to wrestle the world from the whoremonger masters. You, on the other hand, resist the recognition of your actual station in life, because I suspect that the truth of it would be too agonizing for you.

So, while you may or may not be getting paid to f&#k the left, you probably are a whore, but don't know it.

I was somewhat hesitant to respond to the negative comments on this page, but I believe accurate communication can change minds so here goes.

First, regarding the comments that I should get a job, or a real job. Well, I agree that many lawyers do things that are not really necessary or they just make things more complicated than they need to be. You won't get any argument from me there. However, you should know that some of what I do is represent disabled Vietnam Veterans and even every now and then Portland Police who were dumped by the government and hung out to dry without any means of supporting themselves. These folks come to me as their last resort and I feel honored to get to zealously work to get them money for their basis needs. If you don't think that is work, well what can I say.

Second, I bet we can agree on some basic things. We all breath air, right? We want our air to be pure enough so we only need gas masks for demonstrations and not for everyday living. For many years, large mega corporations have polluted our air so much that we now have major problems in terms of cancer rates and asthma and lung disease. I am sure we all don't want that to continue, yet George doesn't think there is a pollution problem. He refuses to sign the Kyoto treaty which is very mild in terms of restrictions. So, do you think it is ok to disagree with him over this issue without getting pepper sprayed??

How about pension funds and jobs. Does it make you mad that the CEO's that put George and Bill in power have robbed your pension plans blind along with putting many workers out of work, while they buy expensive mansions in Texas where they can hide behind the Texas bankruptcy laws.
Is it ok to disagree with those actions without getting hit over the head?

And how about our water? If you are old enough, do you remember the time that we could actually drink out of the faucet and not have to worry about the health risks. Hmmmm, does any of this bug you?


There is more-much more, but I have to say that after losing my grandparents to the Nazis, somewhat due to the fact that not many people said anything at that time, I now feel compelled to open up my mouth and say what needs to be said because I see great similarities between those times and what is happening now, especially in terms of suppressing dissent.

If you are a cop and are reading this, I want you to think about what was termed in the Nuremberg trials--the Eichmann defense: "I was just following orders." That defense didn't fly. Humanity in its most profound moment agreed that we all-individually and collectively have a responsibility to the rest of mankind, even if we would get fired or worse expressing those views.

I know that most cops are decent human beings and feel quite uncomfortable going after people the way that the A-22 protest went down. But not saying anything, not coming forward is the equivalent or your approval of these tactics.

It might be your kids who are in the streets next. Some things are worth more than protecting your right to go to Walmart.

Thinking is dangerous and that is what I am asking you to do. Not too much to ask for, is it?



Alan Graf