Posted on 09/11/2017 12:14:46 PM PDT by detective
Three Portland police supervisors announced Friday that the Portland Police Bureau would halt its more than two-decade practice of designating gang members on Oct. 15.
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.
(Excerpt) Read more at oregonlive.com ...
For the LOVE!
Problem solved. Just call it something else. No more gangs who’d have thunk it?
Let’s all wear blindfolds so we don’t ever see any crime........../s
Why can’t they just send a letter periodically like the Social Security Admin used to do to show employment history?
‘Dear Sir/Madam, Our records show you registered as a member of the following gangs....’
If the person is no longer a member of any gang they can be taken off the list.
Why didn’t they start calling them clubs?
That is the typical progressive way, just change the name.
Including the Liberal Socialist DemoRat Gang they work for??
A rose by any other name . . . (Some old white guy).
Isn’t Portlandia magistrate Monica Herranz’s stomping grounds?
Does that include the Ku Klux Klan, the Aryan Nation, Hells Angels, and the Bandidos?
“Why didn’t they start calling them clubs?”
Like the motorcycle gangs ...
I tried posting that at their site and got this red background message “It seems you are attempting to post malformed content.”
They are using “1984” as an instruction manual.
The real reason is that they were afraid they would have to designate Antifa as a gang. Can’t have that now!
Please, it’s so unfair to stigmatize gang members? /s
Well then why not quit referencing murderers, rapists, pedophiles, armed robbers, street thugs, burglars, bank robbers, car thieves...
What this does is make it look as if the worst thing you can do is stigmatize. Being a gang member that preys on others, doesn’t even compare.
You know folks, there has to be a “stupid pill” out there, and I think the Left is overdosing.
There is a lot of suicide ideation amongst liberals in our country and Europe.
This information has a lot of value including to corrections when the guys waltz in and out of prison. this type of decision endangers citizens, street cops and everyone inside.
More Orwellian tactics. If something is true but the powers that be do not like the answer, simply stop telling the truth.
JoMa
Seems more crap comes out of Portland than just about any city in the USA. They’re a delusional bunch.
They’re almost 80% white and they think they understand racial issues better than anyone else. I’ve got some tickets to the ghetto if any of these clowns want to understand diversity a little better.
I believe their “white guilt” and “white privilege” feelings are from feelings of thinking they’re superior.
No, those are racist Right-wing extreme hate GROUPS. Big difference, semantically. And if frogs had wings...!
You make a very good point there.
It would also affect putting these people in positions of trust around women or children.
“We will no longer designate gang members as “gang members” because it might imply that gang members are a part of a gang. “
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