Posted on 06/05/2015 8:09:55 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) - A porta-potty was tipped over. There was a man trapped inside. And police said witnesses did it on purpose because the man was touching himself while holding the door open.
It was not your everyday call for assistance at the foot of the Hawthorne Bridge on Thursday morning.
An officer was flagged down about a man trapped in a portable toilet near the Eastbank Esplanade at 8 a.m.
The Honey Bucket's door was against the ground, so Portland Fire & Rescue personnel responded to lift it back up and free the man who was inside.
The 48-year-old homeless man was not injured, according to police, but he was covered in "fecal matter" and waste from the tank of the porta-potty.
An anonymous homeless person approached the crews at the scene and said the man had been in the porta-potty with his pants around his ankles, "pleasuring himself" as he held the door open.
The witness told officers that other homeless people in the area were tired of the man's behavior, so they knocked over the porta-potty and ran away.
Those people were not identified or located by police near the scene.
Based on the circumstances of the incident, officers decided not to arrest the man and got him some clean clothes.
The Portland Police Bureau said in a statement Thursday that they discourage people taking direct action in circumstances like that and advise calling 911 when witnessing an incident of public indecency.
The Honey Bucket that was tipped over was replaced.
“Oh, pooh!”
homeless people have a get out of jail free card.
No matter how big a threat they pose to the public or themselves.
dust for fingerprints
Citizen’s Arrest! When the punishment fits the crime.
If there were two or more police who showed up, I guess they drew straws to decide who gets to open that potty door.
The most junior officer (i.e. Rookie) may have been ‘volunteered’ for the dirty deed.
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