I thought blocking maritime traffic was a federal offense? Where’s the Coast Guard? All those knuckleheads in kayaks need to be busted. Isn’t dangling from a bridge illegal?
From the youtube video, there appeared to be a very heavy police and/or Coast Guard presence on the water, escorting the tug through the loonies. I guess the police pulled up only enough protestors to create a gap for the ship.
As for why more people were not arrested, you have to understand that Portland, county and state politicians are not simply sympathetic to the loonies, they are loonies themselves.