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Police have taken control of both Chapman and Lownsdale squares, taking advantage of a much-thinned out crowd of protesters to reclaim the parks that had been the home for six weeks to the Occupy Portland movement.

Early on, police encountered almost no resistance as they took down tents in both parks. As they moved to clear the final corner of Chapman Square, protesters resisted.

Updates from The Oregonian:

1:15 p.m.:

Protesters, fearing they'll be subject to tear gas if they stay, begin marching up Southwest Main Street toward Fifth Avenue. They're chanting: "We got sold out. Banks got bailed out."

1:01 p.m.:

A woman on a megaphone is instructing protesters to move to Pioneer Courthouse Square to continue the occupation there. Occupiers are now in the roadway on Southwest Fourth Avenue. Police are using speakers to warn them that the street will be reopened to traffic and that they will be subject to arrest.

12:56 p.m.:

Police have essentially cleared Chapman Square, moving people to the northwest corner of the park. About 75 protesters are on the corner, with about 100 or so onlookers behind them. Police look to moving people north, down Main Street. A couple of people were arrested about 10 minutes ago; reporters are not seeing significant numbers of people taken into custody.

12:41 p.m.:

Police in riot gear are using batons to shove a crowd out of Chapman Square. The crowd is resisting and throwing some objects at police. Some people are holding up their hands in peace symbols.

12:40 p.m.:

Police are ordering people to walk west on Southwest Main, on sidewalks. They're telling protesters they will be subject to chemical agents and "impact weapons" if they resist.

The loudspeaker on top of a white police truck blared: "Chapman square is closed for repair."

12:39 p.m.:

Police tell protesters: "If you wish to be arrested, sit down and remain peaceful."

12:38 p.m.:

People are locking arms, yelling, "We are peaceful people" and making peace signs. A row of Portland police in riot gear is standing as close as 10 feet away. Police are urging protesters to leave and asking those who want to be arrested to sit down.

12:33 p.m.:

Police told protesters over the loud speakers: "The park is closed. Sit down if you want to be arrested."

Police said they will use chemicals if people resist arrest.

12:31 p.m.:

Police in riot gear are advancing on the protesters' meeting at the corner of Chapman Square and ordering them to leave.

12:30 p.m.:

Police are on a loudspeaker now ordering remaining protesters to "immediately leave."

12:15 p.m.:

About 50 protesters had gathered in Pioneer Courthouse Square, where Occupy Portland had planned to hold a general assembly. The meeting was moved to Chapman Square in the meantime, so the protesters at Pioneer were heading back to the main protest site.

12:15 p.m.:

Portland police spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson on remaining protesters: "We can accommodate people who want to go to jail. We have that ability."

Asked what the timeline would be for arresting holdouts, he said: "No timelines, no ultimatums, no deadlines."

Officials wouldn't give their plans, but indications are that police plan to try to close down both parks before nightfall.

Lownsdale Square is now completely cleared.

12:01 p.m.:

Occupy protesters are beginning a meeting just inside the entrance to Chapman Square. Many spectators are gathered at the intersection of Fourth and Main as vocal protesters confront police. Main is blocked between Southwest Third and Fourth, half by a Water Bureau truck there to haul debris, half by police officers on bicycles.

12:01 p.m.:

Tensions are rising at Southwest Main Street and Fourth Avenue, with police and protesters face to face. Protesters are shouting in officers' faces, and police just hauled off a male protesters wearing a helmet.

11:54 a.m.:

Chief Mike Reese showed up at the southeast corner of Chapman Square in jeans and a black windbreaker. He told a reporter, "I can't talk to you right now" and then headed toward the Justice Center.

11:30 a.m.:

Portland police and city crews are dismantling one of the last symbols of Occupy Portland in Chapman Square -- the white tent over the eating area. In all, five tents are left in Chapman, including a large tarp-covered area and four small tents.

Several dozen protesters remain at the northwest corner of Chapman, but they are much quieter since the arrest of Kevin Workman, who was part of their group.

Park crews continue to clean out debris -- mounding it up on Main Street where a city backhoe scoops in into a dump truck.

11:25 a.m.

The small standoff between protesters and police along Southwest Main Street between Second and Third avenues has ended.

But a vocal, antagonistic group of protesters -- several dozen of them, some wearing bandannas on their faces and one in a gas mask -- have assembled at Fourth and Main. Some are sitting on benches smoking, and some are lighting candles. They show no sign of planning to leave as the camps in the nearby squares are taken down.

A couple of dozen police officers on bicycles have gathered along Main between Second and Third. They're standing and watching Chapman Square from a distance.

Both protesters and police remain in Chapman, with protesters appearing to be working to take down a large white tarp. The sidewalk near the elk statue, meanwhile, is so packed with debris that it's impassable.

11:18 a.m.:

Occupier Lucky McClish said he's searching for his 7-week-old puppy, Chubs, who was last seen in their tent. The tent has since been removed by police.

An officer said no animals have been found and if one were, the Humane Society would take custody.

"I'm not sticking around for the rest of this. I gotta find my puppy. He was keeping me sane," McClish said.