Cop Who Hugged Crying Kid in Viral Photo Allegedly Supported Darren Wilson

Portland, Ore., police Sgt. Bret Barnum may have gotten a prime photo op, but whose side is he really on (Preamble to let us know the Sgt. Barnum is a RACIST! And that the rest of the Portland PD is too!)?

Over the last week, while protests were being held in Ferguson, Mo., the Portland, Ore., police have been quietly dealing with their own law-enforcement issues (So supporting another Officer that shot someone in self-defense is a 'problem for law enforcement'). According to the Portland Mercury, several police officers are now under fire for their activities on Facebook. Officers Rich Storm, Rob Blanck and Kris Barber changed their profile photos to Portland police badges with a rubber bracelet engraved with “I am Darren Wilson.”

Soon after the discovery of the profile photos, Chief Mike Reese of the Portland Police Department issued a statement saying that he ordered the officers to change their “I am Darren Wilson” Facebook profile pictures. Reese said he also asked Portland’s professional standards unit to review the matter (Wonder if the Chief called Holder for assistance?). According to policy, since the officers used their badges, Reese said, it trumped the officers’ right to free speech during their time off the job (So this is different from Portland PD in the Gay Pride Parade?).

Over the weekend, another Portland police officer became the subject of fodder after his photo went viral. The Internet was filled with “awws” after a photographer photographed Sgt. Bret Barnum hugging 12-year-old Devonte Hart during a Ferguson demonstration in Portland on Nov. 25, 2014. It was called the hug that “broke the Internet" (I thought that fat ass had already broke it?). Many people felt that the photo was a welcome relief from the police violence (Did I miss something or was that the Police that was burning down the shops in Furgudishu? Was it the Police that killed the young man from Bosnia? Was it the Police that Looted the same shops that they looted in August? Was it the Police that burned their own Patrol Cars? Was it the Police that was jumping up and down in the middle of the street shouting "Burn this Bitch Down"? Where the hell was all the Police Violence?) that has saturated the news recently.

But others were a bit more skeptical about the photo (That would be the people digging up dirt to smear the Officer), as well as of the cop. And needless to say, they had every right to be.

In an ironic twist of events (Another media hero is dragged thru the gutter), Barnum was one of 31 people on Facebook who “liked” ("liked" = code for KKK member and Bush voter) Officer Storm’s profile photo of the “I am Darren Wilson” bracelet.

Portland's Motto, 'Keep Portland Weird' is not really accurate. What Portland is, is the catch bin for the nations misfits and castoffs. The people that are too anti-social and liberal for San Francisco. People that have searched the world to 'find themselves' and found it in the 60's and drugs (but this is 2014). What other city has people pissing in their water supply not once but twice.

Elected a Gay Pedophile as Mayor (Sam Adams) and Neil Goldschmidt, who was raping a 13 year old girl while he was Mayor and whose parents were friends of his.

The list goes on with that freak show. But God forbid that an Officer like a Facebook posting of another Officer showing his support for another Officer ;/

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