Add Armando Perez to the growing list of top cops who have been busted in America since June of this year. Photo source: Greenwich Daily Voice, September 10, 2020 Until September 10 Armando Perez was Chief of Police in Bridgeport, Connecticut. On that day Perez and Bridgeport’s acting personnel director, David Dunn, were arrested and …
Trust is a fragile thing, easily lost and not easily restored. Cops toss more and more of it away every day. We've had an especially long list of incidents this year, exposing cops who have violated policies and attempted to deceive the public. Here's another example, reported by National Public Radio. These incidents occur throughout …
A picture is worth 10,000 words.
Credit: OregonLive/The Oregonian Fox News recently published a list of American police chiefs who have retired, been demoted, or been terminated around the country since the murder* of George Floyd by four Minneapolis cops. This list comes from the Fox story. I suspect that it's not complete, and that more resignations and terminations are on …
I'm heartened by PPB's new "Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement" (ABLE) training program -- and by OregonLive's mention of the similar "Ethical Policing is Courageous" (EPIC) training at New Orleans Police Department. This welcome news comes from the Portland Police Bureau, via OregonLive. Here's the story, verbatim, with kudos to the OregonLive and The Oregonian …
Continue reading New intervention training for Portland cops
Not even children are safe. This is another of the countless examples of the institutional racism that Americans of color suffer under, every day -- and have for 400 years. The WAPO article is well written, and deserves to be read completely. Tumalo Lookout comments follow below the story. Reprinted verbatim from The Washington Post and the …
Continue reading Isaiah Elliot: A Black child, a sheriff’s deputy, and institutional racism.
Reprinted verbatim from Black Enterprise. I'll return to this article soon, and to CNN's interview of Barr for an in-depth discussion. There's a lot for critical thinkers to talk about here, including government propaganda and institutional racism. ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM BARR STATES THAT POLICE ‘SHOOTING UNARMED BLACK MEN IS SIMPLY A FALSE NARRATIVE’ by Cedric 'BIG …
Continue reading Official Government Propaganda: shooting unarmed black men is a “false narrative.”
First published in The Tumalo Lookout Aug. 27, 2020. Guest Column: Support Shane Nelson for sheriff BY MICHAEL THORNTON 1 hr ago I’m a member of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Citizens Advisory Panel (CAP). My comments do not represent the opinions of any other CAP members, Sheriff L. Shane Nelson, or the Deschutes County Sheriff’s …
Why didn't former Bend Police Chief Jim Porter recommend Schaier to replace him when he retired? Simple: Schaier isn't ready for the job. Yet Porter would have us elect Scott Schaier for Deschutes County’s next sheriff. Don't be persuaded by Porter's endorsement. Mr. Schaier may have a lot of enthusiasm, good ideas, and potential as …
Who convinced Schaier that he's ready for the job? Photo Source: NPR. In order to accept Porter's endorsement of Schaier for Sheriff, we'd have to believe that Schaier is ready for Porter's old job of police chief -- and not even Porter would admit to that. Retired Chief of Police Jim Porter would have us …
Continue reading Porter’s poor judgement and dubious motives
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