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by NW Spotlight
24 year old Justen Charters, a Portland area conservative political activist, spent some time at the Occupy Portland [2] march yesterday. He estimated the crowd to be several thousand at one point.
Justen’s understanding is that Sam Adams allowed them to march in the streets without a permit, and to camp without a permit last night. The marchers stopped traffic, and Justen observed people getting out of their cars and sitting on the roofs.
Below is a video of one of Justen’s interviews with some of the people participating in Occupy Portland. He references a list of demands on the Occupy Wall Street web site, including a $20 an hour minimum wage (marcher: “That would be awesome.”) and free college tuition (marcher: “That would really be awesome”.)
The Occupy Wall Street web site [3] clarifies that the demands were posted by an individual, and are not an official list of demands.
Justen Charters is a 24 year old political activist. In the last six months, despite battling an immunity disorder, he has been a major contributor on social networking sites such as youtube, facebook and twitter. His youtube channel [4] has videos that are frequently featured on Patriot Action Network [5], one of the largest conservative social networking sites, and he’s one of the most followed bloggers on Red County [6].