: “many younger people, lacking entertainment and work, often attended the protests, with some gathering regularly to socialize and drink and a portion of those then engaging in criminal activity.
The DOJ hits PPB for practices it describes as unconstitutional and violations of PPB policy. In particular, it denounces the bureau’s failures to deliver individualized warnings before resorting to violence, writing that “PPB policy and the Constitution require adequate justification and feasible warnings for each use of force.” The Portland police routinely use an LRAD truck to make blanket demands that protesters disperse under the threat of violence.
In practice, PPB will often declare a riot and then bull-rush protest crowds, throwing slow-moving individuals to the ground and sometimes clubbing them. DOJ writes that “PPB policy requires that officers attempt to de-escalate to avoid employing force” and that “PPB’s policy requirements are not suspended by a riot declaration.
Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell did not respond to a request for comment. Civilian oversight of the bureau rests with Wheeler, who also did not respond to questions fromIn his tenure, Wheeler has shown little appetite for clashing with the police; indeed, his top adviser on public safety is a former PPB commander, who used to lead the local police union.
Not quite a buried lede per se, but the last two paragraphs about the Mayor dogwhistling white vigilantism, and a major uptick in violence against protesters (and the vandalization of the Holocaust Memorial) are a grim reminder of how Portland's elite refuse to change on racism.
Thank you for writing this. Much of national media ignored us after the Feds left while the LE violence against the community did not. The mayor has decided to ignore the issue & only speaks out when national media hurts his ambitions to make Portland corporate-friendly. Fuck PPB
Pretty sure I've seen footage of cops from said department hitting random protestors in the back of the head while they were just walking around... so 'justified' is an interesting word to use
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