Portland is the largest city in the country to not equip police officers with body-worn cameras. Author: Kyle Iboshi (KGW) Updated: 6:54 PM PDT July 16, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. The U.S. Department of Justice is pushing Portland Police to equip officers with body-worn cameras. The request is one of several changes that DOJ lawyers want the city to make in order to satisfy a 2014 settlement agreement over police reform.
On Thursday night, a civil rights lawyer from the Department of Justice spoke with a community group. Attorney R. Jonas Geissler described the value of body cams, illustrated by the June 24th shooting of Michael Ray Townsend at a North Portland motel.
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Amongst those many controversial incidents is the one involving Jacobs, who was working as a photojournalist at the time. The assault on Jacobs has led Budworth to be indicted for criminal assault. While the police have dubbed it political , others have slammed the cops for attacking the press. However, the unit Budworth was a part of has decided to stick with their colleague, leaving the city without a unit to respond to protests at the moment.
Portland police disperse a crowd on September 23, 2020 in Portland, United States. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
Who is Corey Budworth?
Little is known about the 40-year-old Budworth, as we couldn t find a public Facebook account in his name. According to records, he joined the PPB in July 2015, and was serving on the force s Rapid Response Team (RRT) at the time of the Portland protests in 2020. The incident with Jacobs was not the first time Budworth was in the press, but previously he was noted for his community service.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) â A Multnomah County grand jury has returned an indictment against a Portland police officer accusing him of hitting an Oregon protester in the head with a baton in 2020.
The indictment marks the first time in the county an officer has been prosecuted stemming from force used during a protest, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. Months of demonstrations over racial injustice last year led to accusations that officers were heavy-handed in their response.
Corey Budworth is charged with misdemeanor fourth-degree assault. He’s accused of âunlawfully, knowingly and recklessly causing physical injuryâ to Teri Jacobs on Aug. 18.
Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt called Budworthâs use of force excessive and lacking any legal justification, and said in a statement that âthe integrity of our criminal justice system requires that we, as prosecutors, act as a mechanism for accountability.”