Oregon, Journalists Sue U.S. over Portland Arrests, Violence

Re:Oregon, Journalists Sue U.S. over Portland Arrests, Violence by nickysielicki on Saturday July 18, 2020 @02:02PM (#23883338)

If you’re looking to hear the other (pro-police) side of the story, I’d recommend checking out this video by YouTuber “Donut Operator”. He’s a former LEO and he makes pretty fair videos doing breakdowns of officer involved shootings and whether they were justifiable or not. He did some commentary on videos coming out of Portland.

https://youtu.be/5EgMijMhS_U

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Re:Oregon, Journalists Sue U.S. over Portland Arrests, Violence by wtfishackernews on Saturday July 18, 2020 @03:45PM (#23884227)

>pretty fair video

>title is "Fed bois are destroying Portland Antifa"

lol

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Re:Oregon, Journalists Sue U.S. over Portland Arrests, Violence by shostack on Saturday July 18, 2020 @02:10PM (#23883409)

What criteria are you using to determine his videos are "pretty fair?"

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Re:Oregon, Journalists Sue U.S. over Portland Arrests, Violence by nickysielicki on Saturday July 18, 2020 @02:15PM (#23883465)

He doesn’t defend police that hurt innocent people. His video on the George Floyd death doesn’t make any excuses for the officers. Plenty of other examples where he says the cops are in the wrong.

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Re:Oregon, Journalists Sue U.S. over Portland Arrests, Violence by aerovistae on Saturday July 18, 2020 @02:11PM (#23883428)

There is no "other side" for unidentified officers in unmarked cars with no accountability. There's no justifying that. This problem could be dealt with by forces who identify themselves and can be held responsible for violations.

Do you have some videos explaining the "other side" for the SS too?

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Re:Oregon, Journalists Sue U.S. over Portland Arrests, Violence by alexose on Saturday July 18, 2020 @03:57PM (#23884327)

Well said. The attempt to divide this into a binary issue is (sadly) predictable. Nobody here should support the use of these gestapo-style tactics from the federal government, ever. For anything. Full stop.

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Re:Oregon, Journalists Sue U.S. over Portland Arrests, Violence by cameldrv on Sunday July 19, 2020 @01:47AM (#23887293)

It's even more that they're unmarked. They also refuse to speak at all or identify what agency they work for or even that they are law enforcement officers. They are also fastidious about proper pandemic face covering

It's almost identical to Putin's little green men in Crimea in 2014.

I'm very curious how it would play out in court if someone seriously tried to resist arrest with one of these guys. Are you really legally required to comply with someone shoving you around who won't even identify themselves as being a law enforcement officer as they shove you into their rented minivan just because they have a tiny patch that says "Police"? What about if they're not even the police, they're a federal prison guard or something?

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