Portland - No more gang designations, because minorities.

[DBTrek]

Portland police to halt, purge all gang designations

Portland police next month will end their more than 20-year-old practice of designating people as gang members or gang associates in response to strong community concerns about the labels that have disproportionately affected minorities. The Police Bureau recognizes that the gang designations have led to "unintended consequences'' and served as lifelong barriers for those who have shunned the gang lifestyle and tried to get jobs, said Acting Tactical Operations Capt. Andy Shearer.

A review by Oregonian/OregonLive reporter Carli Brosseau last year found that of the 359 "criminal gang affiliates'' flagged in Portland's database as of last summer, 81 percent were part of a racial or ethnic minority. She obtained the list, names removed, only after appealing the city's attempt to keep it from public view. . .

. . ."This is too long coming,'' said Mayor Ted Wheeler, who serves as the city's police commissioner. "It was the right thing to do.''

Wheeler, who recently selected the first African American woman to serve as the bureau's new police chief, said the decision shows that city police are committed to rebuilding trust with the community. . . .

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/inde ... purge.html

Wow.

[TheReal_ND]

Could have sworn I made this thread already

w/e

[TheReal_ND]

Wait


HERE IT IS

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viewtopic.php?f=63&t=2631&p=101775&hili ... nd#p101775

THIS THREAD IS A BIG FAT PHONY

A BIG FAT PHONY

BUMP MY THREAD. ABANDON THIS SHILL THREAD

[Hanarchy Montanarchy]

I was just in Portland.
That place could use a little less Law and Order, frankly. Total snoozeville.

[C-Mag]

I was just in Portland.
That place could use a little less Law and Order, frankly. Total snoozeville.

I was just in Portland too. I found the drivers quite polite, especially compared to driving in Cali.
This story was just breaking there, no backlash by locals that I saw at all. They just went along with it.

BTW, great thread DBtrek. I appreciate you bringing this to the forums attention.

[TheReal_ND]

I've been to Portland before.

A lot of dope

[DBTrek]

Ah, I searched for "Oregon" and didn't see any thread come up on the first page so I assumed it hadn't been done.
I'm cool if admins want to kill this thread, since it has already been done.

[TheReal_ND]

KILL THIS THREAD ADMINS

[Zlaxer]

The ironic part is that this is going to hurt minority communities harter than anywhere else...its almost like the blm folks actually want to keep inner city blacks living in shithole communities.


Imho - the number of actual reformed gangbangers is far less than the number of "reformed" gang bangers.

[TheReal_ND]

Yet another stunning victory on the interwebs today. Love you mah. Wish you could have seen it. But you're too busy with your FB page trying to fit in on the west coast. This one is for you.