across the nation. reporter: yeah they have. arrests reported in this weekend in occupy movements in cities like denver, salt lake city and also st. louis. two cops were hurt up the road from us in san francisco while trying to clear the crowds. one was hurt after being shoved by a demonstrator. another reportedly cut on the hand with a knife. eviction orders also issued for oakland. city leaders urging people to pack up and leave after a man was shot and killed last week near the camp. despite these growing reports of violence, many of the demonstrate tores say they are not going anywhere. i believe that this is the first time i felt that hope of real string, the way that our politicians have been controlled by the top 1%, banks. the way that corporations seem to be able to break the law with impunity while we get arrested for, i don t know, last time they told for camping?
the occupy wall street protesters are in portland this time apparently declaring victory after a tense standoff with police. take a look at this. the showdown taking police after some refused to dismantle their campsite at a downtown park as police ordered. casey stegall live in los angeles with the latest. they did defy the order? reporter: they did. this is not just happening in portland but a couple other cities across this country as well. several cities have also issued eviction orders for some of these protesters. midnight was the deadline for the people to pack up and leave the camp in portland, oregon. still about thousands of people took to the streets there. using pallets and old furniture to create makeshift barricades in an attempt to block traffic. the crowds mostly cleared at the time.
that if i came to the door to put somebody out, which is my job throughout chicagoland area here, what would i say if they say, well sheriff the banks are saying these documents have been done in some cases fraudulently, sometimes just irregular. they are not all together. what are you doing about it? nothing. well sheriff, did you inquire whether this document that you re putting me out with was one of the ones that was done appropriately or not appropriately. no. sheriff, how could you do that? and so that s basically what i ve explained to people. all i m asking the banks to do is inform me that the foreclosure documents, the eviction orders i m supposed to be carrying out are ones that you have reviewed and they were not in the ones that you selfconfessed to that were a disaster. i would suggest to you that it s the least we should be doing here in trying to be using common-sense really. jenna: you know, sheriff you said something really interesting there in that answer. you say
then maybe renting is the best option for you. it s all about an individual personality. if you want to handle the extra taxes, the upkeep, and maybe it s time to redefine the american dream a little bit if renting is the better option. shep? shepard: molly line live for us centerville, mass tonight. thank you. a sheriff in illinois is ordering deputies to stop evicting from foreclosed homes until the bank can prove they are legal. the cook county sheriff tom darke has lashed out at three of the nation s leading lenders. darke is preparing to run for mayor of chicago, i might add. he says if he doesn t receive affidavits from the banks verifying the eviction orders, he won t enforce. they this comes after some lending lenders, acknowledge that employees had indeed signed off on foreclosure documents without even having first read them. one in every 254 homes in cooke county received some type of foreclosure filing. for more on the foreclosure crisis, log on to foxnews.com.
protesters staged a sit-in again at the brooklyn bridge. here s what you just saw there was them projecting 99% onto buildings in downtown manhattan. they clashed with police at zuccotti park, the base camp of occupy wall street, where police had executed mayor bloomberg s eviction orders earlier this week. there were reports of violence from lower manhattan today. one police officer reportedly suffered a laceration on his hand after someone threw something that was made of glass at him. there were disturbing images today of a bloodied protester, reportedly bloodied by police at zuccotti park. the new york times reporting this evening that more than 200 people were arrested in new york city today. five people charged with felony assault. seven officers and ten protesters reported to be injured. one of the people arrested was, interestingly, a retired philadelphia police captain named ray lewis, leading to this striking photograph. one of the other largest protests today was in los