Testify! Civilian authority seeks to reclaim control of local police. Click here to read testimony submitted to Portland, Oregon Commissioners, 15… Read more Feds a Bad Influence on Portland Police
Mic Check: Whose Act are you Following?
A cautionary tale. Guns represent lethal power. Those with honest-to-God political power do not generally align with protest agendas. Who… Read more Mic Check: Whose Act are you Following?
Nets in Information Flow
Hold egalitarianism in your mind. Fairer equality of opportunity was a central demand by revolutionary American colonials. Now consider pending Federal… Read more Nets in Information Flow
Surveillance: whose eyes are where?
I ask you to consider copwatchers as documentary filmmakers. Given policing’s absolute lack of oversight by local authority, their in-the-field… Read more Surveillance: whose eyes are where?
Obstruction of Justice, Portland Style
Portland, Oregon’s All-white City Council bargained with Jeff Sessions: they got out of reforming racist police. US Rep. Karen Bass,… Read more Obstruction of Justice, Portland Style
Behind the City’s Terrorism Task Force Stands a TITAN Fusion Center
“The time is ripe for Portland to be part of a national movement to protect residents and citizens from further… Read more Behind the City’s Terrorism Task Force Stands a TITAN Fusion Center
Pardon Us, from Law Enforcement’s Civil Rights Violations
The Arizona Republic reported in September 2016 that, since Sheriff Joseph Michael Arpaio first took office in 1993, his antics… Read more Pardon Us, from Law Enforcement’s Civil Rights Violations
Holding Hands with Bigots De-legitimizes Local Government
“We had [City of Portland Police Chief Larry O’Dea] shoot someone and we didn’t have a city investigation for a… Read more Holding Hands with Bigots De-legitimizes Local Government
Sheltering White Supremacy in Portland Policing
“I’ve received dozens of emails from people who don’t support the amendment,” said Commissioner Eudaly, on 3 August. At issue… Read more Sheltering White Supremacy in Portland Policing
Gut Checkpoint
Injustice at the border. Two womens’ noble resposes. At the Facebook group ForWARD: For White Accountability in Racial Dialogue, a friend… Read more Gut Checkpoint