Justice Department Slams Portland Police for Unconstitutional Abuses
In violent crackdowns of police-accountability protests, the Portland Police Bureau saw all force as justified
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PORTLAND The Department of Justice has delivered a striking rebuke of the Portland Police Bureau for its brutal policing of last year’s racial justice protests, calling out the police for violations of bureau policy and the U.S. constitution, while criticizing a leadership structure that “lacks critical self-assessment” and broadly views “all force as justified.”
In the aftermath of the George Floyd murderer by Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin last May, Portland erupted in a months-long streak of nightly protest demanding racial justice and police accountability. (Portland protests also made national news after President Trump deployed federal officers, who clashed with protesters and swept suspects off the streets in unmarked vans.) The
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Candace Avalos
Avalos is the incoming executive director of Verde, co-founder of the Black Millennial Movement and chair of Portland’s Citizen Review Committee. A resident of Portland, she also serves on the city’s Charter Review Commission. Her column appears on the second and fourth Sundays of the month.
“Guilty.”
As we have collectively held our breath throughout the trial of Derek Chauvin, the answer we’ve been waiting for finally arrived. The jury confirmed what we already knew what the whole world saw with their own eyes that Chauvin, a Minneapolis police officer, murdered George Floyd in broad daylight.
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FILE Thousands gather at Pioneer Square in downtown Portland for the sixth day of demonstrations for equal rights and protesting against racial injustice in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a black man killed by police in Minneapolis. Sean Meagher/Staff
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Oregon activists and elected officials reacted in masse Tuesday after jurors convicted a former Minneapolis police officer of the murder of George Floyd, a Black man who died after the officer knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes.