The rundown: Bicycle instructor at the police academy grapples with another officer during a training exercise that has already drawn criticism, falls to the ground and breaks his neck.
Not so nefarious, but plenty dangerous.
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“… he injured himself, to death, while we continued to beat him harmlessly”
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A public admission that they tear gassed peaceful protesters and then repeatedly lied about it for 2 years. Other people admitting to assault face criminal charges
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To our peaceful protestors: We are sorry we had to deploy gas near the Lee Monument…
HAD to?
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Mistake my ass, this is just laziness (and racism) which should have led to consequences for the cops involved:
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To push the law through, Kavanagh amended the bill so that it “only applies to filming during police-citizen encounters where there is a potential for violence, such as arresting or summonsing people, questioning suspicious persons, and handling emotionally disturbed people.”
oh, right. only the interactions where police really have to be recorded. thank god it’s still okay to film them while they’re marching in parades /s
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Other people have that special duty, just not cops
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Great, a law designed to kick against 1a and after Dobbs I have no confidence SCOTUS won’t strike it down immediately.
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Based on the headline, you might suppose the poor child was with the suspect in the car being chased.
Or you might know enough about the police to realize that they killed a bystander (and put another in the hospital) who had nothing to do with anything, they just happened to be in the way while the police were making life-threatening decisions.
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Two big defund-relevant articles today:
Portland Police are still under a consent decree from the DoJ. Unlike many pilice departments in the US, this one wasn’t about brutality and violence against BIPOC (though there’s plenty of that); it is about brutality against people with mental illness.
The other one outlines how PPB and the City of Portland has failed to make progress in 7 months on the investigation of a bigoted and pro-violence slide that was included in a training slide during the George Floyd protests.
They are dragging their feet on every aspect of the settlement with DoJ. At some point, the city just needs to dissolve the PPB and ask the state to fill the gap while a whole new structure and force is established.
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