Remembering when this was enough to get a university chancellor shitcanned

I've written on political dissent & violent policing for 15 years, particularly in NYC. Compared to Tuesday night, I have never witnessed, at the scene of a protest, the use of police power so disproportionate to the type of demonstration taking place. theintercept.com/2024/05/01/nyc…

“Reverse searches effectively cast a digital dragnet over a tech company’s store of user data to catch the information that police are looking for.” techcrunch.com/2024/04/02/rev…

The Oregonian 7 months in jail for a crime Kaady didn't commit.

City pays $25,001.

Sgt. Shiferaw, who has since been promoted, pays $0.

City Council does not even have to sign off since it's a judgment.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

Portland auditor finds Urban Alchemy violated lobbying regulations while working with Mayor Wheeler's office.

portland.gov/elections/news…

You can access and browse the records Kate Kaye on BlueSky at katekaye.bsky.s obtained on PPB's drone program. Thankful for reporters like Kate and their dedication to transparency.

PPB keeps saying they, 'support the First Amendment rights of our community' but don't mention they are currently under a DOJ settlement for unconstitutional policing.

We know they don't follow it or care about it.

Tackling professors. Charging cameramen with felonies. Creating fodder for Iranian propaganda....

American cops are back on their bullshit:

rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

I've covered campus activism since the late 90s. Nothing that's happening on campuses now -- sit ins, building takeovers, encampments -- is at all outside the standard vernacular of student protest.

What's unusual is administrators calling in riot cops on their own students

This is what happens when you get police involved. #CopsOffCampus

PSU president says, 'she cannot entertain property damage' while activists demand an end to genocide. Activists have committed to not damage books.

Police and Mayor Wheeler throw in, as usual, to defend property over people.

This is absolutely awful and is fully being done in defense of genocide.

Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy entrance to Portland State library oregonlive.com/portland/2024/…

NEW: SPD quietly ended its Bola Wrap Pilot Program soon after the technology failed to prevent cops from shooting a man holding a knife downtown last year. This Batman-esque device seemed like a dumb idea from the start.
thestranger.com/cops/2024/04/2…

Reposting due to Ara's continued hate campaign.