Occupy Portland hits town with cast of thousands (10,000?) for massive, peaceful demonstration

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Occupy Portland hits town with cast of thousands (10,000?) for mass...

At the beginning of the march, police estimated the crowd at about 4,000, but it reached critical mass at Pioneer Courthouse Square by mid-day. The square -- which holds about 10,000 people -- was elbow-to-elbow full with people spilling out onto surrounding streets.

It was a day for the angry masses in Portland: Even the city's iconic capitalist symbol got roped into the populist act. Pioneer Courthouse Square's Umbrella Man in his bronze business suit sported a peace symbol, a "We are the 99 percent" sign attached to his outstretched hand and a mask from "V for Vendetta" revolutionary fame.