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unusual facts about Port of Tacoma protests, March 2007



Port of Tacoma protests, March 2007

These convictions were the first convictions of any arrestees in Port Militarization Resistance actions.

Beginning 2 March 2007, Stryker vehicles and other equipment from the 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, based out of Fort Lewis, was convoyed onto the grounds of the Port of Tacoma, to be loaded onto the Iraq-bound USNS Soderman.

Throughout the protests, PMR organizers made use of Internet media, especially the website YouTube.

Of them, one had been shot with a rubber bullet at point blank range, and another had been struck with a Taser three times as he was pinned down.


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