There is some serious corruption in the @PortlandPolice and it must be rooted out. @JoAnnPDX has been a leader in advocating for police accountability, leading the ballot measure that passed with 92% of Portlanders voting in favor of it.
wweek.com/news/city/2021…
wweek.com/news/city/2021…
The police took a report of a hit-and-run that claimed the driver was Commissioner Hardesty. Even though it was soon clear that was impossible, even though cross-racial identification is notoriously bad, even though it was a corrupt act, someone leaked it to an anti-Hardesty PAC.
The @PortlandPolice are notoriously violent. Their Use of Force policy is worse than nothing, excusing any act of violence. When Kendra James was killed, even though the evidence showed the officer who murdered her was lying about where he was when he shot her, the DA pointed out
that his claim that he feared for his life did not have to be reasonable. He said we could all think it was ridiculous he feared for his life, it did not matter. All that mattered is his claim he feared for his life.
Well, that's license to murder. And so it has been.
Well, that's license to murder. And so it has been.
This week the City of Portland voted to pay over $2 million for the murder of Quanice Hayes. The officer who murdered him received no discipline. None.
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