SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Officials have told protesters in a state park on the Capitol grounds in Salem their tents and other structures have to be out by the end of the month.
Parks and Recreation Department officials say the camp’s food and medical structures at Willson Park are open all night and are attracting unruly people.
The department told the protesters Monday their permit to demonstrate would end at the end of the month. The park is open to pedestrians 24 hours a day, and state officials say the protesters can be there if they don’t camp or have structures.
The Salem Statesman Journal reported (http://stjr.nl/slA27c) the notice followed incidents involving a fistfight between two protesters and a 16-year-old runaway girl who claimed to have been living at the site for a week.
