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Portland, Oregons mayor announced just before the weekend that the citys police department is investigating itself over a training presentation featuring a meme encouraging cops to use violence against left-wing protesters.
The meme shows an officer in riot gear beating a protester described as a dirty hippy. The message, addressed to demonstrators in the form of mock Bible verses, suggests officers would christen your heads with hickory, And anoint your faces with pepper spray.
And once thou hast been cuffed and stuffed; Once though hast been stitched and bandaged, it continued, Perhaps thou shall learn, Im tired of your shit. Amen.
The department said it began looking into the training presentation in September after the image was discovered during a legal review. But it wasnt until late on Friday that Mayor Ted Wheelers office alerted the public and published the presentation, noting that it would soon be released in the course of a lawsuit over the citys response to racial justice protests in the summer of 2020.
https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2022/01/portland-police-violence-meme/
Demovictory9
(32,449 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,000 posts)...like pork chops & applesauce or tacos & salsa!
History is rife with that connection, isn't it?
Demovictory9
(32,449 posts)Hekate
(90,645 posts)ZZenith
(4,121 posts)By itself.
Boomerproud
(7,952 posts)Oh wait , I'll be dead by then.