New photo shows the weapon allegedly used to attack Portland cop, which led to fatal shooting of transient.
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456 Pages, Still No Photo of the “Razor Knife”
Interviews released today with 17 witnesses of the police shooting in Hoyt Arboretum, including several who were inside the Arboretum office and saw most of the incident, back up the basic elements of Officer Jason Walters’ story of how he wound up shooting homeless man Jack Collins. According to numerous witnesses, Officer Walters told Collins […]
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Officer Walters Confronted With Knife: “I Was Scared.”
The police records released today include a transcript of investigator’s interview with Officer Jason Walters, the police officer who responded to the 911 call of a drunk transient in Hoyt Arboretum on March 22nd and wound up shooting Jack Collins. The interview provides an interesting insight into the thinking of the officer before he pulled […]
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Police Recordings from Jack Collins Shooting
This morning the Portland police released the 911 calls relating to the shooting of Jack Collins. The calls do not reveal any new, game-changing information, but they are interesting to listen to and paint a more detailed picture of what went down at Hoyt Arboretum two weeks ago. LISTEN Original 911 call from Hoyt Arboretum […]
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“All reports and 911 calls” from Jack Collins Shooting
Today the police have released “all reports and 911 calls associated with the March 22, 2010 officer-involved shooting.” They are on two cds, sitting on my desk. This afternoon we’ll be digging through the reports and posting new and interesting details as we find them. Check back for updates!
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Cop Union “Ransacked” After Copocalypse
So Scott Westerman tells KGW. Also, here are six of the eight people arrested on Monday night:
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Liveblogging The CopocalypseโFrom The Safety Of My Downtown Condo
Okay, most importantly, hats-off to this guy: Read the rest after the jump. Now, which version do you want? The FOX 12 version, or the Indymedia version? Because I can guarantee that we’re going to get a nice, juicy selection of write-ups on this evening’s farce. The anarchist/police accountability (depending on whose side you’re on) […]
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How to Apprehend (and Sexually Harrass) a Criminal
Now, I’m not the kind of guy to give advice to cops on how to do their jobs (I’ll leave that to our very knowledgeable commenters). However, I can’t help but think that maybe some of the cops’ recent troubles may have been lessened if they had only watched the following completely radical old-school police […]
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Black Bloc Protest Tonight: “‘Blocking up’ simply put scares the shit out of cops.”
Let’s hope it’s a little more impressive than last week’s so-called “protests.” 5pm, South Park Blocks. Y’all keep your ‘revolutionary’ paws off my condo, now. D’ya hear? There are simple preparations to take to ensure a more successful bloc.-Know the area well, scout it out before hand with your affinity group for targets and escape […]
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Bike-Throwing Cop Protester Held on $250,000 Bail
Indymedia Anti-police protestor Joel Dow The state is moving forward with pressing charges against the 26-year-old protester accused of throwing his bike at a motorcycle cop during Tuesday night’s anti-police protest. As seen in this video, protesters were marching along a residential street in SE when one of the officers closely following the group on […]
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Human Rights Panel on Portland PD: “You belong to me. You are my police force.”
The debate over police accountability and the recent shootings has been so polarized that it was refreshing last night to hear the serious and articulate individuals of the city’s Human Rights Commission weigh in on the need to reform police oversight (details on the proposed reforms here). Officer Natasha Haunsperger, Sgt Anthony Passadore and Assistant […]
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Jack Collins Confessed History of Sexual Abuse to Police 11 Days Before Shooting
Wow. A story that broke this afternoon in the Oregonian adds to the image of police shooting victim Jack Dale Collins as a man struggling with depression and other serious mental health issues. According to the police report of the incident, which police initially said was confidential, 11 days before Officer Walters came across Collins […]