• anthropicprincipal [any]
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    4 years ago

    https://www.reddit.com/r/Portland/comments/ms89e1/officers_responding_to_police_shooting_in_se/

    https://twitter.com/WrightKATU/status/1383176660661329922

    • spectre [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Lol according to this source, the police apparently flocked over to crackdown on the growing protest and have been pepperspraying them. The police spokesman basically said that the rest of the city should expect a delayed police response because they had to get everyone over to join in the pepperspraying

      https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2021/04/16/32802615/portland-police-shoot-person-at-lents-park

      • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        "We're sorry we couldn't respond to your call, have you considered blaming the uppity folks that keep protesting our murder spree?"

        • spectre [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Not to mention it was just a couple dozen people too