I was lured out to the Tri-County Gun Club by four words: bike cops shooting guns. I found myself last Thursday afternoon standing in a gravel lot somewhere on the outskirts of Sherwood, flanked by 15 guys with giant calves and 9mm glocks. Some wore tiny black ankle socks stitched with “police,” one had a […]
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Saltzman: Shooting Has Potential To Escalate
Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman plans to attend police roll call at Northeast Precinct this afternoon, to talk with police and gang outreach workers about this morning’s shooting at the KC Food Market on North Killingsworth: FOOD MART: SCENE OF THIS MORNING’S SHOOTING Cops arrived on the scene at 10:50 this morning to discover that a […]
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Police Account of Road Rage: “No Indication that Bicyclist Was Dragged.”
**Post updated 8/14 at 7:28PM – New info from police at bottom** The limited info Portland Police spokeswoman Mary Wheat was able to provide about Thursday’s alarming road rage incident along East Burnside raises some major questions as to what actually happened. Wheat spoke with Officer Neal Glaske, who responded to calls from the scene […]
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Taser: This Is A Joke, Right?
I mean, seriously? Seriously? It’s a joke. Joke. Funny joke. Ha ha ha. IT’S A JOKE. RIGHT?
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“We Need to Get Smart on Crime.”
Portland police will embark on an “aggressive advanced gang patrol outreach” this weekend, after Portland has experienced seven shootings in the last seven days. At a press conference this morning, Lt. Mike Leloff emphasized that the string of shootings is not, from the police perspective, a gang war. “This is about people who are gang […]
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Cops Using Tasers More Against People Suffering With Mental Illness
Portland Police are using their Tasers almost twice 26 percent more against people with mental illness as they were in 2006 according to a new report. A use of force report released by the city in November 2006 showed only 26% of force used against people with mental illness was Taser use, but a new […]
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Cop Murders National Anthem
Seriously, I’m not the most patriotic guy in the world… but JESUS CHRIST! There really oughtta be a law about cops sodomizing the national anthem. (On the other hand, the reactions are priceless.) America and Videogum, we salute you both.
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Hey Kids! What’s Cooler than Drugs?
The Tigard Police Cadillac Escalade DARE mobile! Complete with spinning rims! Yeaaahhhhh! I spotted it last Friday night at the Beaver’s game (which seemed fitting to attend in the middle of the controversy over their new stadium) and it turns out the DARE mobile is exactly what it looks like – a confiscated drug dealer’s […]
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Best Weekend Ever.
Here’s the surprising news from the last three days: “It was a very peaceful weekend,” reports Mary Wheat, spokeswoman of the Portland Police Department. What? An estimated 5,000 people rode their bikes naked through the center of the city Saturday night, dancing in an abandoned warehouse until the sun rose at which point GLBT folks […]
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Cops Arrest Cop…For Alleged Weird Harassment
Update, 8:06pm: With photo from the cops… Original post: From the police bureau’s spokeswoman, Mary Wheat: On Friday, June 12, 2009, Joseph E. Wild, a 28-year-old, four year member of the Portland Police Bureau, was arrested at the Justice Center in downtown Portland. Officer Joseph Wild was charged with 71 counts of Official Misconduct in […]
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Rev. Phil, Take Note…
Next time you’re facing the threat of a Tasering by cops, sing back: Even though it didn’t happen in Portland, the video is pretty disturbing, because the guy doesn’t appear to present any threat to the officers. Instead, they Taser him for compliance. Bad. It’s against Portland policy, too.
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Jesus Malverde Legend Continues
Two years ago I wrote a feature about the patron saint of narcotics, Jesus Malverde, and how cops in East Portland were treating Malverde’s presence in homes as a sign of possible drug activity. At the time, the phenomenon was just emerging, but now it seems a Malverde icon is being cited by police and […]