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The Lawsuit that Broke the Council’s Back “We are not the same police bureau we were three years ago,” Portland Police Chief Bob Day told city councilors Thursday, August 7, after they approved almost $4 million to resolve two of the most rec...

www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/08...

Block & Build – But Make it Abolitionist w/ Andrea Ritchie With writer, lawyer, and co-founder of Interrupting Criminalization, Andrea Ritchie

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Oregon cop texted, scrolled TikTok while man gasped for air, collapsed in back of patrol car, suit says Wrongful death suit alleges police ignored Nathan Bradford Smith's signs of medical distress when he was left unattended in back of patrol car. His body temperature reached 107 degrees.

"Coos Bay police officer left a handcuffed man gasping for air and then slumped unconscious in the back of a parked patrol car while he responded to an intimate text about missed “snuggles” and watched TikTok videos inside the station, a federal lawsuit says. "

www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...

Event graphic with blue all caps text on a light green background, and an image of a chain breaking. The event title is: "Abolition Means *All* Carceral Spaces." Below is a grey box with black text: "Save the date: A virtual convening on disability justice for abolitionists October 28-29 hosted by the Beyond Do No Harm Network at Interrupting Criminalization, Disability Project at Transgender Law Center, and Community Justice Exchange." Logos for the respective organizations are in the upper left corner.

🗓️ Save the date! Mark your calendars for October 28-29 to join our Beyond Do No Harm network, Disability Project at the Transgender Law Center, and @commjusticeexch.bsky.social for this 2-day virtual convening, Abolition Means *All* Carceral Spaces.

Why you might not know that 2024 was America's safest year since the 1960s An overwhelming majority of Americans, 64 percent, believe that crime increased across the country in 2024, according to a Gallup survey conducted late last year.

"Both violent crime and property crime are at their lowest level since the 1960s."

Sadly, cops and their boosters thrive on fear to get paid.

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Chief Day, supported by city officials from Risk Management, presented false information in front of city council today.

Councilor Smith also called out Day's discretionary support of the murder of an innocent Black man.

Wilson has been silent.

Organizing the Already Mobilized - Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Craig Gilmore, Judah Schept, & Lydia Pelot-Hobbs - Inquest People involved with labor justice, grassroots community-building, and independent watchdogs make obvious allies for abolitionists—but how do we win them to our cause?

"Part of the work is remembering that alliances that we take for granted now were not a given before they were made."

- @lydiajean.bsky.social
(in a great piece that also features Ruth Wilson Gilmore, @craiggilmore.bsky.social & Judah Schept)
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PPB training states that cops holding and racking an AR-15 counts as de-escalation.

Today, Portland paid our highest settlement to the family of Manny Clark, an innocent Black man shot in the back by PPB.

PPB is looking to expand their mass surveillance capabilities.

For more info on ALPRs:.

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PPB protest settlements cost the city over $9.1 million since 2020 ​Protest-related settlements leave taxpayers on the hook for legal claims resulting from police violence

New records from the city's budget and finance office show settlements and litigation costs from police protest violence lawsuits have cost the city $9.1 million since 2020. Settlement money comes from the bureau's budget — in this year's brutal budget cycle, the city approved $308 million for PPB.

Another World Is Possible Activist Drop In Space: July — Interrupting Criminalization An informal accountability group or space for people who are and/or who want to take consistent community action and want to reflect with others, hosted by IC co-founder Mariame Kaba. (All times in ES...

🗓️June 27 at 4-6 PM ET: If you're looking for an informal but structured online space where you can reflect, co-work, and connect with other activists and organizers, our co-founder @prisonculture.bsky.social's monthly drop-in accountability space is happening on the 27th. Learn more and sign up:

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🗓️July 31 at 12-1 PM ET: Join us for a report launch and discussion on Shaping Reality: Building Information Power to Resist Authoritarianism, with IC's @dreanyc123.bsky.social and @lewispants.bsky.social, @catachresis.bsky.social & Vivian Anderson: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/events/all/i...

Police identify man who died in police custody in N. Portland last week Shortly after arriving, officers reported that they were starting CPR. The man was taken to a hospital, where he died “despite lifesaving measures,” police said.

Almost zero reporting on the Portland Police Bureau death in custody of Damon Lamarr Johnson on June 27, 2025.

From @oregonian.com - unclear why this hasn't received more attention.

www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...

Normandale Survivors Asked Police For An Explanation. What Portland Got Was a Partial Apology and More Excuses. [This opinion piece is being published to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the death of Deg, one of the victims of the 2022 Normandale Park shooting that left two people dead and another thre...

PPB only gives partial apologies and excuses.

www.portlandmercury.com/opinion/2025...

Video: How Los Angeles Police Officers Broke Protocols and Injured Protesters A Times analysis of videos and interviews with police, protesters and legal experts found that officers misused 40-mm sponge rounds at immigration-raid protests.

I contributed footage to this excellent visual investigation from @devonlum.bsky.social at the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

Portland staffer claims police target minorities "disproportionately." Here is the data A staffer for a local councilwoman blasting the Portland Police Bureau by making claims of racial disparities and refusing to credit officers for reducing gun v

"There is data that actually shows that we [Black folks] are still being pulled over at disproportionate rights that PPB hasn't been able to clarify or give us actual information on why this is actually still occurring."

katu.com/news/local/p...

Dems in every state send homeless people to camps or jail for the crime of homelessness while drastically increasing police budgets, expanding surveillance against people protesting racist policing, and voting to make deportation easier. I dunno, maybe staunchly opposing injustice isn’t their thing.

Oregon police erred in use of aerial surveillance camera for marijuana bust, appeals court says The ruling was lauded by civil rights advocates and privacy watchdogs.

Oregon State Police were found to be involved in aerial surveillance that constituted "warrantless and unlawful search."

ACLU of Oregon recently led efforts to block legislation that would have relaxed police use of drones. Timely.

www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...

The sheriff's office received no reduction in budget while county programs promoting multiculturalism, immigrant rights, health, and community-focused programs were cut.

Multnomah County Sheriffs office “forcibly removed hijabs from two Muslim women and photographed them without the head coverings while in custody."

www.koin.com/local/multno...

Portland ICE facility may have breached city permit rules, data shows Newly released data indicates Portland's ICE facility may have breached its permit.

www.kptv.com/2025/07/03/i...

Grand jury finds Portland police officer justified in killing man who had pellet air rifle Officer Andrew Young killed 28-year-old Nicholas G. Thorn of Portland on Oct. 4, 2024.

Eyewitnesses and neighbors present at this killing informed us that prior the police shooting him, Nicholas Thorn had shouted to them that the rifle was an air rifle.

They killed him regardless.

katu.com/news/local/g...

Well, the police unions got what they paid for out of DA Vasquez. All of a two weeks’ worth of an investigation into the shooting of man who appears to have ultimately been shot while running away. Nothing to see here, folks.

Read and follow

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Police, Prosecutors Seek to Limit Access to Police Personnel Files During Trials After a landmark ruling earlier this year, the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) is proposing changes to a key directive that could determine whether criminal defendants have access to information that cou...

PPB and DA Vasquez are working to further hide police files from the public.

www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/06...

Police Bureau Terminates Consulting Contract With Former Employee A no-bid contract between the Portland Police Bureau and one of its former employees will end early. During a May 16 phone call, Portland Police Chief Bob Day said that after questions from the Mercur...

Has there been any review or investigation into this? Does @mayorkwilson.bsky.social care his chief is engaged in deals for his friends?

www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/06...

Don't miss the fact that the county paid out $200,000 but there is no info on PPB ever discipling or investigating this sergeant.

In Multnomah County, homeless deaths are on the rise In Multnomah County, the number of deaths of homeless residents grew from 113 in 2019 to more than 450 in 2023.

Hear Street Roots' editor K. Rambo talk with @opb.org about their recent story on Portland's homeless encampment sweeps, copublished by @streetroots.bsky.social / @propublica.org last week. It's hard to ignore the policy choices that contribute to these outcomes.

www.propublica.org/article/port...