Alissa Azar on Nostr: On June 5th at a Portland Commitee on Community-Engaged Policing meeting that was DOJ ...

On June 5th at a Portland Commitee on Community-Engaged Policing meeting that was DOJ and city sanctioned, Portland police chief Bob Day was asked about his remarks about arresting activists for the sole purpose of identifying them, gathering information on their circles and using that information for "leverage." Chief Day lied and stated that "we don't arrest people for leverage" and that he wasn't sure what the question was referring to. He made these remarks one month prior to being asked this question. All cops do is lie. Good thing his remarks were all on video, not that there will be any consequences.

Reminder- not two weeks after these comments were made, activists were arrested and brutalized for jay walking and standing on sidewalks. There was no dispersal order given, nor was there even a protest really as the arrests started the moment people arrived and the cops didn’t let up until the group self dispersed. There was no vandalism, no destruction of property, no violence. Just police being the fascists they are and escalating as they always do. I say this not to condemn property destruction, but to remind people of the fallacy that “nonviolent” protests results in a non violent response from the State. It literally doesn’t matter.

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