Alex Zielinski
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Alex Zielinski
@alex_zee
But, why? Portland city govt reporter, Oregon Public Broadcasting
Past words: @portlandmercury @sacurrent @wcp
Past lives: TX, DC, CA
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- It doesn't feel like standard practice for a mass shooting to take place and police to refuse to confirm/deny whether the shooter has been arrested more than 24 hours later.
- I canāt emphasize this enough: These are not federal police. This is how Portand officers treat their own.Portland Police bull rush, trample people in the street.
00:00 - It's remarkable to be 100 days into nightly demonstrations on the streets of Portland and see no significant change in how police respond to them. It's like some dystopian version of Groundhog Day.
- On the eve of Indigenous Peopleās Day, protesters in Portland brought down statues of both Teddy Roosevelt and Abe Lincoln.
- Double rainbow over Southeast Portland Is almost TOO MUCH for today.
- A critical, comprehensive read for anyone trying to get up to speed on the recent Portland protests:
- Hi Portland! I see a lot of you are getting interested in how our police bureau works. As someone whoās reported on Portland cops for a few years, Iām THRILLED. To help get you up to speed, I thought Iād share some past stories Iāve written on policing in Portland:
- Replying to @alex_zeeLarnell's father, Darnell Bruce Sr. speaking to Coutier: "What you did was bigger than us. The ideology you have is bigger than us. This world doesnāt belong to anyone, we all have the right to be here."
- Hereās the thing: An assault by a member of the public against a building ends in a felony charge. An assault by a police officer against a member of the public ends in a stern talking to. Maybe a promotion.Replying to @tedwheelerA police officer was filmed repeatedly striking an individual at a protest. Even the building where I live, along with dozens of other families, was violently attacked. These acts range from stupid, to dangerous, to criminal. The violence must stop.
- Another reminder that these aren't federal police āĀ this is how Portland officers have handled protests since Day 1.
- 11:30 am in Portland, OR ā these dudes are handing out free beers and bumping Woody Guthrie.
