A grand jury has indicted a Portland police officer with an assault charge, accusing him of hitting

[captain queeg]

a woman in the head with a baton during a protest in August.

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[captain queeg]

1. link to story

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-police-officer-indicted-assault-charge-from-august-protest/283-cceebea6-17c4-4be9-b72c-63f49e241c04

[kimbutgar]

2. These type of officers lost their humanity and look at their fellow citizens as enemy combatants.

[Blue_true]

4. Yes, they sure have and do. nt

[Blue_true]

3. She was actively retreating from him.

He chased her down, knocked her down, then delivered a blow that could have killed her. His ass should be fired.

[RockRaven]

5. There's a load of shit in that article where the chief says the cops are "held to a higher standard"

In fact, if ANY non-cop had performed that action at that place at that time, they would have been arrested immediately by one of the fucking cops who were right there.

Instead, the other cops did NOTHING, the department did NOTHING, and the chief comes out and claims "ZOMG! We totes never knew this happened!" -- which is probably true because all of the cops who were there are complicit scumbags who cover up each others' criminal behavior while hiding behind a badge.

And now we are supposed to sit here and get gas-lit by that fucking police chief about "higher standard" nonsense? The fact is -- despite the chief's effort to obfuscate by spewing lies to the contrary -- that cops unlawfully hurt people all the fucking time PRECISELY because they are held to a LOWER standard than the people they act unlawfully against.

[secondwind]

6. 😱😱😱

Omg, what an animal!!!