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Definitely Not Sorry
The tone of this month’s Rap Sheet is clearly repentant and cowed. Willing to work with, not against. Keen to examine and be introspective. Oh, no. Wait. It’s the opposite of that. Some gems:
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Think Out Loud On Cops & Public Perception
“What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word ‘police’?” asked Emily Harris, opening this morning’s Think Out Loud on OPB. “An Oregonian columnist says there’s an innate disconnect between the police and the people they serve,” Harris continued—referring to Anna Griffin, who’s on there this morning. Tweet your responses with […]
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BREAKING: Saltzman Backs Down
The Portland Police Association has decided today not to release the results of its no-confidence vote in Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman and Police Chief Rosie Sizer. It appears, from statements just released, that Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman has reversed his decision to suspend Officer Christopher Humphreys, and instead, plans to place him in a desk […]
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Seattle Manhunt Spirals Into Near Insanity
People are going INSANE right now in Seattle where a massive manhunt is going down for Maurice Clemmons, the suspected shooter of four Lakewood cops, who is apparently wounded and on the run in the city. Citizens are panicking about bloody pieces of gauze found on the street, “scruffy black people” are being pulled over […]
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Happy Anniversary, Battle in Seattle
Ten years ago today, I hailed a cab out of a riot. It had been a long day. I smelled of teargas and pepper spray. I’d given away my gas mask and all of my medical supplies. I had worked the barricades in downtown Seattle that day as a medic—pulling people out of the teargas […]
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The “I am Chris Humphreys” Photosho-mpetition
Here at the Mercury, we were thinking it was pretty risky for the police union to have all those t-shirts and signs printed up for the rally yesterday with the “I am Chris Humphreys” slogan so blatantly plastered across them. What might happen, we wondered, if those signs and t-shirts got into the wrong hands? […]
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Community Rally Responds To Cop Union March: “Some Rotten Apples That Need To Be Exorcised.”
“There are many officers who do a fantastic job, a tremendous job,” said the Reverend Doctor LeRoy Haynes, Vice President of the Albina Ministerial Alliance (AMA) this morning. “But there are some rotten apples that need to be exorcised from the Portland Police Bureau.” Haynes made the remarks at a rally this morning on the […]
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Minnis Out At State Saftey Agency—Under Criminal Investigation By Attorney General
KROGER VERSUS THE NAZI SMOG MONSTER: ILLUSTRATION BY ZACK SOTO The Oregonian is reporting that John Minnis, a former Portland Police Bureau officer and head of the state’s Department for Safety, Standards and Training—the regulating agency for cops, security guards, and rent-a-cops alike—has resigned in the midst of a criminal probe by Attorney General John […]
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Cop Union: 650 March On City Hall
Update, November 26, 12:51pm: Some understandable attempts to influence the poll by the union chief, from the “Support Chris Humphreys” Facebook page. Update, 1:50 WILL YOU “STAND WITH” THE POLICE UNION AFTER TODAY’S MARCH ON CITY HALL?<iframe src="https://podcasts.portlandmercury.com/blogpolls/2009/11/will_you_stand_with_the_police_union_after_todays.php" width="100%" height="200" style="border:1px solid #CCC;"? Original Post: “Will you stand with us?” That was the question posed […]
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Commissioner Saltzman Releases Statement on Cops
As the police union rallies downtown this morning and takes a vote of “no confidence” on Commissioner Saltzman and Chief Rosie Sizer, Saltzman released this statement through the police bureau’s media list: I have the utmost respect for the men and women of the Portland Police Bureau. Confronting child abuse and family violence, solving crime […]
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Portland Police Love Kids, Tricycles, America.
LATE BREAKING FEEL GOOD STORY OF THE DAY #2! Last week the Portland Police announced a story worthy of Tiny Tim: they were on the hunt for a very special tricycle that some heartless bike thief heartlessly stole from twin autistic teenagers. Portland Police Officers from East Precinct are asking for the public’s help in […]