Read the whole thing here.

Having an Emergency? Don’t Call the Police
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The fact is, we at The Skanner News simply have to warn our readers away from calling the police when they are in a crisis situation. We cannot have faith that innocents won’t get caught in the firing line when trigger-finger officers arrive in force. We need to start solving our own problems.

There is a sense in the community of desperation at this situation never seems to change because there are no consequences to the officers who do the shooting.

We should be more like our Asian brothers and sisters and solve our own problems. We as adults need to talk to these young men to de-escalate the situation ourselves. In fact Campbell’s family was trying to do that very thing. His young cousin told The Skanner News they had talked him into putting the gun down and giving himself up to the police — sadly he was dead by the time they were able to pass through roadblocks to the scene. It’s a shame anyone called 911 at all.
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We are watching with interest how the tragic death of Aaron Campbell is soon to play out on the national stage. But in the meantime — if you are in crisis in Portland, think twice before you bring in law enforcement.

Matt Davis was news editor of the Mercury from 2009 to May 2010.

8 replies on “Skanner Editorial: Readers, Don’t Call Cops”

  3. If you are a minority, or have mental health issues, or are poor, yes, this is good advice. If you can afford private security guards, the feel free to call the police to supplement them.

    It is a lot like most 3rd world countries, the “services” are actually only available to the rich, the rest of the people have to fend for themselves.

  4. Matthew, I think what you mean is that the article advocates the Third World model. Emergency services are, in fact, available to anyone.

    Of course, I’m also the last person that’ll advise going to a gov’t agency for help, so I’m torn on this one.

  5. not only should minorities of color be reluctant to call the PPB, but also people who have medical issues like diabetes (remember the PPB nutjob that tazered a woman in diabetic coma?) or hypoglycemia or any number of conditions that people of low-IQ are apt to mistake for your being “drunk”, “belligerent” , “uncooperative”, “threateningly agressive “seeking suicide by cop” or any number of their groupthink current fantasies rolling around in their heads.

    Due to the current conditions, it makes perfect sense to NOT call the PPB and deal with whatever on your own, as you are more likely to survive it and only it you survive do you really have chance of successfully confronting the whatever….

  6. Excellent advice, and a huge [EDITED: UNNECESSARILY ABUSIVE LANGUAGE] to the PPB, as well. Perhaps once they understand that they’re no longer being called to taze and shoot people in the back so often anymore, they’ll figure it out, get all butt-hurt about it, and stop acting like sociopaths.

  7. Meh. Cops have never bothered me. Guess we shouldn’t have enslaved that race, which reduced their socioeconomic position, causing them to be bitter, causing policemen to react the way they do. Oh well. Maybe next civilization it’ll work out better.

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