Woman pepper sprayed in Occupy protest by Portland police files suit

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Lawyers for a woman who was pepper sprayed by Portland police during the Occupy protests nearly a year ago filed a $155,000 lawsuit Friday morning in Multnomah County Circuit Court against two officers and the city on Friday.

The complaint accuses two Portland police officers -- Doris Paisley and Jeffrey McDaniel -- of using excessive force against Liz Nichols, 21, who was arrested on Nov. 17 outside Chase Bank on the corner of Southwest Yamhill and Sixth Avenue. The suit says that Nichols followed the instructions of a Portland police sound truck and stayed on the sidewalk but that Officer Doris Paisley pushed her nightstick against Nichols' throat and shoved her backward. When Nichols' shouted her objection, her attorneys say, Officer Jeff McDaniel blasted her in the face with pepper spray.

Portland police declined to comment and referred all questions to the city attorney's office.

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