More than 30 Occupy Portland protesters gathered at Salmon Street Springs Fountain late this morning for a rally and march in protest of the National Defense Authorization Act.
Protesters took issue with the $662 billion defense spending bill, singling out language in the U.S. Senate version that says U.S. citizens suspected of terrorism can be detained indefinitely.
"The thing that concerns me is reflections on McCarthyism, where anybody suspected of being a Communist was detained and abused, essentially," said march organizer Terris Harned, 32. "Our main concern and our main goal is to raise awareness. This bill has very much flown under the radar, and we don't think people have been made aware enough about it."
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Occupy Portland: Protesters march against national defense spending bill | OregonLive.com
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