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. @KATUNews leads off their segment highlighting protest violence, says protests are "dominating downtown". false
"big chunk of Portland is tired of this" host slants
@tedwheeler actually pushes back, focuses on big picture
"movement is about justice"
https://katu.com/watch
"big chunk of Portland is tired of this" host slants
@tedwheeler actually pushes back, focuses on big picture
"movement is about justice"
https://katu.com/watch
next Q from @KATUNews propagandist : "vandalism", "destruction" .. asks mayor what his goons plan to do to stop this
what the hell is this
it's 6:07 and KATU is already making Wheeler look like a radical advocate for protest
now KATU suggests Feds should be here!
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what the hell is this
it's 6:07 and KATU is already making Wheeler look like a radical advocate for protest
now KATU suggests Feds should be here!
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damn local news is scary
I'll take the mayor over these newscasters
"You know who these people are. Why can't you go after them?"
- @KATUNews asks Police to hunt down city residents..
uhh they've arrested 500
KATU: "what can WE do to stop this"
Unbelievable
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I'll take the mayor over these newscasters
"You know who these people are. Why can't you go after them?"
- @KATUNews asks Police to hunt down city residents..
uhh they've arrested 500
KATU: "what can WE do to stop this"
Unbelievable
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KATU: "I'm sure the community would like that"
"concerned about what's going on downtown on a nightly basis"
@KATUNews can't even get basic facts right. there haven't been nightly events downtown.
He's just feeding lines to police leader. Again asking police to arrest ppl
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"concerned about what's going on downtown on a nightly basis"
@KATUNews can't even get basic facts right. there haven't been nightly events downtown.
He's just feeding lines to police leader. Again asking police to arrest ppl
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now @KATUNews propaganda hour, supposedly a "forum" about "race relations", but actually just a platform for ignorant host to proselytize, brings on @MultCoDA Schmidt
"You know Mike, 'folks out there believe' you should prosecute ppl"
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"You know Mike, 'folks out there believe' you should prosecute ppl"
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Now @KATUNews brings on MC Sheriff Mike Reese.. asks him leading questions to slam @MultCoDA. Reese declines the rightwing bait, says he and Schmidt are kindred spirits
6:18pm we're under 20 minutes into this horror show
KATU then baits Reese again to slam Schmidt
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6:18pm we're under 20 minutes into this horror show
KATU then baits Reese again to slam Schmidt
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Reese claims that police aren't there to arrest anyone, but to support peaceful protest.
now Katrina Holland brought on.. asked a slanted question where host from @KATUNews states her position - ignorantly - and then goes, "Is that true?"
Holland brings up context
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now Katrina Holland brought on.. asked a slanted question where host from @KATUNews states her position - ignorantly - and then goes, "Is that true?"
Holland brings up context
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6:23 pm
BLESS KATRINA HOLLAND
how you can come on to this broadcast and make it beautiful.. that's amazing
shame on you @KATUNews
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BLESS KATRINA HOLLAND
how you can come on to this broadcast and make it beautiful.. that's amazing
shame on you @KATUNews
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ED Mondaine begins, "I am in concert with Ms Holland" after @KATUNews tries to get him and Holland to agree that
"until this violence stops, we can't have a conversation"
GREAT JOB KATRINA HOLLAND it's a shame you have to put up with this garbage from KATU
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"until this violence stops, we can't have a conversation"
GREAT JOB KATRINA HOLLAND it's a shame you have to put up with this garbage from KATU
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. @JoAnnPDX
asked to address "violence" at protests
"find it fascinating that 4 ppl have spoken and nobody has talked about video of police BEATING peaceful protesters"
WARMS MY HEART
"nobody talking about 80 days of TEAR GAS"
@KATUNews "forum" on "race relations"
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asked to address "violence" at protests
"find it fascinating that 4 ppl have spoken and nobody has talked about video of police BEATING peaceful protesters"
WARMS MY HEART
"nobody talking about 80 days of TEAR GAS"
@KATUNews "forum" on "race relations"
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. @JoAnnPDX Hardesty is ALL OVER IT
describes reading PPB daily report, contrasting w newspapers and livestreams
"we can't talk about violence but not talk about police violence"
"they declaring a riot every night. we have had 1 riot. the first night"
YEP
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describes reading PPB daily report, contrasting w newspapers and livestreams
"we can't talk about violence but not talk about police violence"
"they declaring a riot every night. we have had 1 riot. the first night"
YEP
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Gabriel Johnson next on @KATUNews
"gonna say some things ppl don't want to hear. ppl here from Black community. i take tremendous issue w what Hardesty just said. i went down to fed courthouse..
"not talking about Black-on-Black crimes that happen"
Mr. Johnson choking up
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"gonna say some things ppl don't want to hear. ppl here from Black community. i take tremendous issue w what Hardesty just said. i went down to fed courthouse..
"not talking about Black-on-Black crimes that happen"
Mr. Johnson choking up
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Gabriel Johnson telling a story of Black people beating a Black man at a protest
Brings up Riot Ribs.
Wants Black community leading themselves out of this
@KATUNews supports this man's message of denigrating protests. Back to Lovell giving him chance to respond to Hardesty
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Brings up Riot Ribs.
Wants Black community leading themselves out of this
@KATUNews supports this man's message of denigrating protests. Back to Lovell giving him chance to respond to Hardesty
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Chief Lovell says we have high accountability and transparency
Same day PPB released stats where they skipped all the force they used on protests every day in June
"We don't use CS gas that often"
"When we do use force we use it as a last resort"
Wow dangerous
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Same day PPB released stats where they skipped all the force they used on protests every day in June
"We don't use CS gas that often"
"When we do use force we use it as a last resort"
Wow dangerous
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. @candaceforpdx "Honestly I feel a pit in my stomach as I listen to this conversation.. the lack of contextualization"
"ppl keep saying 'how are we gonna end the protest' "
"leaders need to take accountability for not taking decisive actions at the start"
*fire emojis*
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"ppl keep saying 'how are we gonna end the protest' "
"leaders need to take accountability for not taking decisive actions at the start"
*fire emojis*
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"Literally the entire reason people are out there is BECAUSE of police violence"
"our leaders chose to be the gatekeepers of the status quo"
"constantly asking marginalized ppl for answers @candaceforpdx
@KATUNews "So how do we bring police and protesters together" LMAOOO
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"our leaders chose to be the gatekeepers of the status quo"
"constantly asking marginalized ppl for answers @candaceforpdx
@KATUNews "So how do we bring police and protesters together" LMAOOO
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Now to answer that we have gesticulating white guy talking about trauma.. saying DOJ is gonna help LMAOOOOOO
He's like an advocate for White Fragility training or something
now Black man Michael Richards says protest nothing to do with Black ppl. he's welcomed back
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He's like an advocate for White Fragility training or something
now Black man Michael Richards says protest nothing to do with Black ppl. he's welcomed back
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Mr Richards saying we don't have police to help Black people with murders. "I don't care about this protest downtown"
"the truth is we don't have economic [justice]"
yep
"5% of us and we have no part of tax margin"
Mr Richards says Black ppl cut out of weed industry
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"the truth is we don't have economic [justice]"
yep
"5% of us and we have no part of tax margin"
Mr Richards says Black ppl cut out of weed industry
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"i'm not talking about POC, I'm Black, talking about Black people, we built this country and didn't get anything for it"
Mr Richards
claims Black ppl down there getting a check for being downtown.. accuses Mayor of being in on it
"get us on board w 100 million in tax money"
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Mr Richards
claims Black ppl down there getting a check for being downtown.. accuses Mayor of being in on it
"get us on board w 100 million in tax money"
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Mayor @tedwheeler invited back
Says he agrees w a lot of what Mr Richards says about economics being at the center of everything.. goes down the list.. 100% right
"I'd like him to work w me on initiatives we've put in place.. " mentions covid funds
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Says he agrees w a lot of what Mr Richards says about economics being at the center of everything.. goes down the list.. 100% right
"I'd like him to work w me on initiatives we've put in place.. " mentions covid funds
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Cameron Whitten giving a kind of polished, passionate presentation that ties together many branches of this tree
@KATUNews comes immediately back with DISGUSTING slanted line and segment
they reached out to 17 businesses for reactionary complaints about protesters
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@KATUNews comes immediately back with DISGUSTING slanted line and segment
they reached out to 17 businesses for reactionary complaints about protesters
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Margulis jewelers guy says white people are moving to whiter city, Bend
"we're gonna have a downtown desert again"
"ppl feel downtown is on fire"
WOW, I WONDER WHY, YOU DUMMIES
"Buildings are emptying out"
hmmmmmmm COVID19?
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"we're gonna have a downtown desert again"
"ppl feel downtown is on fire"
WOW, I WONDER WHY, YOU DUMMIES
"Buildings are emptying out"
hmmmmmmm COVID19?
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Margulis guy is claiming whitest city in the US is going to become Detroit
Maybe there was context for Detroit falling apart
equating protests with total collapse of economy and business
GREAT ANALYSIS @KATUNews
Maybe there was context for Detroit falling apart
equating protests with total collapse of economy and business
GREAT ANALYSIS @KATUNews
"I'm totally in support of Black Lives Matter, but I just want to go onto local news and claim they're destroying everything"
@KATUNews asks old white businessman what HE needs for support in this trying time
says he wants other ppl to be like the mayor
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@KATUNews asks old white businessman what HE needs for support in this trying time
says he wants other ppl to be like the mayor
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Katrina Holland is back (thank fvcking god)
"This is a RECKONING"
"alientation and disagreement are EXPECTED. we don't need to agree
"what we DO NEED TO AGREE ON is the outcome:
"state-sanctioned violence against Black bodies needs to END
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"This is a RECKONING"
"alientation and disagreement are EXPECTED. we don't need to agree
"what we DO NEED TO AGREE ON is the outcome:
"state-sanctioned violence against Black bodies needs to END
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Katrina Holland brilliant remarks, now @JoAnnPDX
"i am optimistic about downtown businesses. we're in a pandemic.. ppl aren't comfortable going downtown. going over an economic cliff"
"DT will be more reflective of community after the pandemic"
closing out the hour.
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"i am optimistic about downtown businesses. we're in a pandemic.. ppl aren't comfortable going downtown. going over an economic cliff"
"DT will be more reflective of community after the pandemic"
closing out the hour.
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i get the next stream lined up
open up and @LakayanaD is absolutely delivering brilliant passion
addressing the violence that is Black people living in this structural society.. countering w violence this broadcast @KATUNews and white people want to center on
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open up and @LakayanaD is absolutely delivering brilliant passion
addressing the violence that is Black people living in this structural society.. countering w violence this broadcast @KATUNews and white people want to center on
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"if someone comes up to this mic and talks about protests, we're not focusing on the right thing
"if white people were dealing with these issues they'd be solved
just a few snippets from brilliant @LakayanaD
@KATUNews goes back to Mr Johnson who badmouths ReimagineOR
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"if white people were dealing with these issues they'd be solved
just a few snippets from brilliant @LakayanaD
@KATUNews goes back to Mr Johnson who badmouths ReimagineOR
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Mr Johnson has a lot of passion.. seems like a lot of good depressing points but also a lot of cynicism.. blasts two of the guests trying to center Black economic and structural and policing justice
on to "police reform" and St Sen Lew Frederick.. "we're at the BEGINNING"
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on to "police reform" and St Sen Lew Frederick.. "we're at the BEGINNING"
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Sen @LewFrederick on @KATUNews says @JoAnnPDX is RIGHT ON TARGET in terms of police falsifying and slanting their reports on protests
says on the ground reports from trusted sources are like parallel universe from police official reports
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says on the ground reports from trusted sources are like parallel universe from police official reports
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reader says @KATUNews is owned by far right reactionary propagandists Sinclair
now we're on to James Buchal, a heinous republican who voluntarily reps far-right street gangs in court
advocates for community policing, liberal talking point https://twitter.com/phpress/status/1295540301797314561?s=20
now we're on to James Buchal, a heinous republican who voluntarily reps far-right street gangs in court
advocates for community policing, liberal talking point https://twitter.com/phpress/status/1295540301797314561?s=20
Buchal says a lot of "leftists" on govt payroll waving "flag of racism"
Lovell, brought back, says "yeah, those ideas do strike me positively", responding to far right radical's call to dismantle leftist govt
idea of "getting back to community policing"
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Lovell, brought back, says "yeah, those ideas do strike me positively", responding to far right radical's call to dismantle leftist govt
idea of "getting back to community policing"
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uh-oh.. we're on to the tragic talking point.. the $15 million reduction
KATU: "Were gang team and school cops successful?"
Lovell: "Yeah, they were our best programs"
Cops never offer any political concessions, but everything that comes is a scandal
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KATU: "Were gang team and school cops successful?"
Lovell: "Yeah, they were our best programs"
Cops never offer any political concessions, but everything that comes is a scandal
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KATU: "Mayor, Losing that gun violence reduction team was painful to a lot of folks. was that a good move?"
Wheeler: "Policing represents the failure point. when we fail on Ed, housing, health.. that drives criminal activity. police called on to resolve things"
nice!
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Wheeler: "Policing represents the failure point. when we fail on Ed, housing, health.. that drives criminal activity. police called on to resolve things"
nice!
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Wheeler says PPB are at breaking point. This week Lovell said they were doing great. Last time police said they were at breaking point, they brought in the Feds to attack the city.
"no correlation we can draw btw gun violence increasing and GVRT cut" mentions other factors
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"no correlation we can draw btw gun violence increasing and GVRT cut" mentions other factors
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Mayor @tedwheeler pushes back solidly on police's reactionary public relations spree to exploit violence for their own budget and political gains
"we're relying on police to do way too much to pick up where society fails"
rebuke of violent US anti-social-democracy liberalism
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"we're relying on police to do way too much to pick up where society fails"
rebuke of violent US anti-social-democracy liberalism
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Denise Nelson community member, businessperson
begins w how @tedwheeler said "civil rights movement lasted over 80 days"
she brilliantly pushes back on ppl saying "end these protests", appreciates those w courage to push back
"i'm goal-oriented"
advocates accountability
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begins w how @tedwheeler said "civil rights movement lasted over 80 days"
she brilliantly pushes back on ppl saying "end these protests", appreciates those w courage to push back
"i'm goal-oriented"
advocates accountability
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Professor Dr Nicholas Grier
confronts "Portland nice", says we need to confront how that works.. demands policy, CLEAR from city officials
GOOD FOR YOU
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confronts "Portland nice", says we need to confront how that works.. demands policy, CLEAR from city officials
GOOD FOR YOU
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ED Mondaine brought back and asked if he has hope (host hopes he says no)
Mondaine - who critically wrote for WaPo slamming the protests here as violent - says riots in 60's brought change and says 'if we stir from the bottom it rises'
mentions blue-collar worker
great stuff
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Mondaine - who critically wrote for WaPo slamming the protests here as violent - says riots in 60's brought change and says 'if we stir from the bottom it rises'
mentions blue-collar worker
great stuff
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"Portland is the perfect storm... my hope is together we're going to lead our NATION as we move forward"
Mondaine when he's on can really hit the nail on the head. inspiring
Interesting change of message, no?
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Mondaine when he's on can really hit the nail on the head. inspiring
Interesting change of message, no?
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Next speaker - missed his name - older black man
credits Mondaine, credits Sen Frederick, says we need to blend agendas
agrees "need an outcome in mind", "that's how buisness works"
powerful words! society has been slanted towards "inspiring words" not economic justice
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credits Mondaine, credits Sen Frederick, says we need to blend agendas
agrees "need an outcome in mind", "that's how buisness works"
powerful words! society has been slanted towards "inspiring words" not economic justice
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. @KATUNews asks @ULPDX board chair if these 80 days have impacted things
"I've been surprised at the degree of violence"
"we don't hear George Floyd's name
"Breonna Taylor is daughter of [family member]
mostly false characterizations but ok. george floyd chants constantly
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"I've been surprised at the degree of violence"
"we don't hear George Floyd's name
"Breonna Taylor is daughter of [family member]
mostly false characterizations but ok. george floyd chants constantly
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. @KATUNews thanks Michael Llewelyn of Urban League PDX for "summing it up well as I knew you would" by saying protest violence is the problem
Promise King, League of Minority Voters given the mic to help "those who don't find any hope in this" find hope
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Promise King, League of Minority Voters given the mic to help "those who don't find any hope in this" find hope
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. @tedwheeler Mayor Wheeler given final words
says he wants to find a way forward
if the answer is to build Black wealth equal to white instead of sic-ing the police on the problems.. that means we can't have liberal capitalism anymore
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says he wants to find a way forward
if the answer is to build Black wealth equal to white instead of sic-ing the police on the problems.. that means we can't have liberal capitalism anymore
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I'm signing off saying a heartfelt thank you to Steve Dunn for hosting that insane propaganda session and having the nerve to brand it a forum on race in Portland
To be serious, Black people of Portland largely overcame Dunn's white treachery; very impressive, inspiring + sad
To be serious, Black people of Portland largely overcame Dunn's white treachery; very impressive, inspiring + sad
