Arm
1. A weapon, especially a firearm: troops bearing arms; ICBMs, bombs, and other nuclear arms.
Arm·ing
1. To equip with weapons: armed themselves with loaded pistols; arm a missile with a warhead; arm a nation for war.
"Police say Portland protesters arming for fight"
http://news.yahoo.com/police-portlan...023239672.html
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"Portland police warned on Friday that anti-Wall Street protesters in the city were fashioning makeshift weapons with wood and nails, in advance of a planned move by authorities to clear their two encampments over the weekend."
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Yep, those are some fierce arms they got there
Meanwhile-
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In reaction to the police warning, activists involved with Occupy Portland put out their own statement denying any plans for violence.
"The Portland Police have been engaging for the last several weeks in a campaign to defame and confuse the message of our movement by attributing the actions and statements of individuals to the movement as a whole, and they continue to do so," the activists' statement said.
Occupy Portland activist Adriane, who declined to give her last name, also disputed the information from police.
"I don't know anyone that is going to engage in violent behavior," she said.
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