Thread compiling a number of the stories from the last day or two.

1/ Another chapter in the deeply-reported story showing the absolute worst racism imaginable, widespread among a typical suburban Portland police department (2 ex-PPB guys), and covered up many city officials. https://twitter.com/elliottyoungpdx/status/1339598909316816897
2/ Here’s the “OIR report” on West Linn conduct. OIR is not known for going hard on these institutions.

Good to keep in mind when cops and officials try to claim there’s not a racism problem in their departments and structures (as just happened tonight). https://beta.documentcloud.org/documents/20429325-oir_report_west_linn_report_final
oir_report_west_linn_report_final

https://beta.documentcloud.org/documents/20429325-oir_report_west_linn_report_final
3/ Kudos to those who worked for this, and for this footage to document the St John’s Village.

See Zane’s thread for more: https://twitter.com/pdxzane/status/1339690181079650304
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More on the project https://twitter.com/pdxzane/status/1339691359003791362
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Whoops messed up the thread

Article on terrible covid-19 outbreak in eastern Oregon prison. https://twitter.com/pdx_resistance/status/1339787436096847875
The fund should be safe, and most of it has already been distributed and is very very unlikely to be reeled back in. Though some are challenging it, it has a lot of backing including from business groups and the governor. https://twitter.com/oregonian/status/1339761058278494210
Prayers to this family in this terrible tragedy that none of our community members should have to face.

7/ https://twitter.com/oregonian/status/1339687445781245954
CW: everyday life with violent, trigger-happy US law enforcement

Portland CopWatch and others are having a difficult time keeping track of all the people Oregon officers and federal officers have been shooting lately

8/ https://twitter.com/oregonian/status/1339578673301741568
Today in “reading beyond the Oregonian’s headlines”:

The survey shows that 52% of the 600 people the pollsters spoke with didn’t even know what Measure 11 is.

Not sure how that means voters support stiff, mandatory prison sentences but hey such is life in mass incarceration.
9/ https://twitter.com/oregonian/status/1339342702601760769
The O’s attempted recap of the very moving community discussion at City Council on Wednesday over Emanuel Displacement.

Portland, led by Black Portland, showed up again in some brilliant, inspiring ways.

10/ https://twitter.com/oregonian/status/1339594384103239683
Alex Zee’s recap of the fight for payments to displaced families:

(tags: EDPA2, Emanuel Displacement, Prosper Portland)

11/ https://twitter.com/alex_zee/status/1339655224022089729
Another important piece of reporting on officers unable to respond to some calls promptly, and how they’re emotionally responding.

12/ https://twitter.com/alex_zee/status/1339708921515106304
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Have you heard of Garrett Felber?
He’s a professor who just got fired by racists at Ole Miss, causing an outrage.

Among many responses nationwide, multiple of his publishers are responding by opening up his work on southern incarceration for the public.
Here’s his ebook: https://twitter.com/brndnpr/status/1339652702696042499
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A mentally disturbed ex Marine wrote a manifesto, drove 80 miles and walked into a Spokane Democrat headquarters with a backpack full of fuel he claimed was a bomb, then began terrorizing the occupants including another ex Marine https://twitter.com/danielwinlander/status/1339630331540860930
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“In testimony before the U.S. House of Reps Intel Committee, former intelligence chief Brian Murphy accused department leadership of urging him to "blame Far Left groups in an exaggerated fashion" for violence during summer protests in Portland, OR.” https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN28R33L?__twitter_impression=true
U.S. whistleblower was pressed to exaggerate leftist role in urban protests, lawyer says

A former acting chief of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's intelligence office has told Congress that DHS leaders pressed him to overstate illegal border crossings from Mexico and overplay...

https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN28R33L?__twitter_impression=true
Police “unions”.

BAD.

Heading into Portland’s negotiations with its police “union”, does Portland have a set of demands based on decades of experience, endorsed by a powerful set of dozens of groups?

Yes. It’s here, and in city officials’ hands:

https://www.uniteoregon.org/policing 

16/ https://twitter.com/jamiles/status/1339671059214286858
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