Police Arrest 12 at Post Office Rally

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Fri, 05/25/2012 - 12:00am
Postal Service Rally & Arrests

Police arrested 12 people at the University Station Post Office in downtown portland, yesterday. Nearly a hundred people were at the demonstration, protesting cuts to the United States Postal Service and calling for Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe’s resignation. Portland Police made the arrests at about 7:30, an hour and a half after the station was supposed to close.

KBOO’s Jennifer Kemp was on the scene, and spoke to protesters from both Jobs for Justice and Occupy Portland.

 

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