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Activist “Disgusted” Over Portland Officers’ Solidarity With Ferguson Cop
GoLocalPDX ^ | November 24, 2014 | Staff

Posted on 11/24/2014 2:23:09 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

A Portland activist said she was “disgusted” over recent Facebook postings by Portland police that displayed solidarity with a Missouri police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teen.

On Monday afternoon, a Missouri grand jury had yet to announce if it had indicted officer Darren Wilson after Michael Brown, 18, was shot and killed on Aug 9.

Sunday evening, a social media flurry kicked up on Facebook after three Portland police officers posted images of a police badge covered by a black band reading “I am Darren Wilson.”

“I think it’s sickening and it promotes fear amongst our most vulnerable citizens,” said activist Teresa Raiford Mazique, who posted the images on her Don’t Shoot Portland Facebook page Sunday night. “It’s counter productive if we are looking to improve police relations to support equity."

Dana Haynes, spokesman for Portland Mayor Charlie Hales, confirmed that police chief Mike Reese had ordered the posts be taken down.

Portland police and local activists were awaiting a decision from the Ferguson grand jury to come down Monday evening. Many think the decision could spark civil unrest in Missouri. Activists in Portland, like Raiford Marique, plan to hold demonstrations no matter which side the grand jury comes down on.

The actions by officers Chris Barber, Rich Storm and Rob Blanck were counterproductive, according to a statement issued by the mayor.

“We have been actively participating in collaborative dialog with community leaders and other Portlanders on issues of police and community relations,” Hales said. “The actions taken by these three officers here in Portland do not help get us to that goal. Their actions do a disservice to the hundreds of Portland Police Officers who are building relationships and partnerships with the community every day.”

A number of demonstrations were planned for were planned by activists for the day the decision came down. Organizers Teresa Raiford Mazique said residents intended to gather at the Justice Center at1120 SW 3rd Ave., the Federal Building at 1000 SW 3rd Ave., and at the corner of Southeast 162nd Ave. and Stark Street, whether Wilson was indicted or not.

Some activists were also demonstrating at the South Park Blocks, where students were protesting a plan to arm campus police.

Raiford said the actions by the officers threatened to pour gasoline on a potentially volatile situation if the grand jury chose not to indict Wilson.

“I think people will be more resentful of the American justice system,” Raiford Mazique said. “We shouldn't have to raise our children in fear.”


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Missouri; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: chrisbarber; darrenwilson; ferguson; mikereese; missouri; oregon; portland; richstorm; robblanck
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1 posted on 11/24/2014 2:23:09 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’m disgusted by lots of things, usually what governments do.

Do I get MY own article?


2 posted on 11/24/2014 2:24:21 PM PST by Uncle Miltie ('The HERO of the (0bamacare) story is Mitt Romney' - "Stupid" Jonathan Gruber)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Police have to stick together it’s part of them


3 posted on 11/24/2014 2:25:18 PM PST by molson209 (Blank)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Dont Loot! Pants Up!


4 posted on 11/24/2014 2:26:07 PM PST by Dr. Thorne ("Don't be afraid. Just believe." - Mark 5:36)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I'm disgusted with the MSM's solidarity with the President.

5 posted on 11/24/2014 2:27:12 PM PST by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Police need to stick together. That Portland cop knows the same BS can happen with him. He’s making friends.


6 posted on 11/24/2014 2:29:16 PM PST by albie
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activist Teresa Raiford Mazique

I have always thought that "rabblerouser" was a better word and more accurate term for it.

7 posted on 11/24/2014 2:32:38 PM PST by Sirius Lee (All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
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Raiford Mazique said. “We shouldn't have to raise our children in fear.”
 
As long as people teach their children not to rob stores and attack police officers there won't be reason for any "fear", you frickin' leftist poltroon.
 
 

8 posted on 11/24/2014 2:32:40 PM PST by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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Let’s hand her a gun and have a 300 pound “unarmed teenager” rearrange her face, then charge in to finish her off. Think she will shoot?


9 posted on 11/24/2014 2:33:45 PM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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Police have to stick together it’s part of them

No, actually that's the cancer that's turning some former "law and order" conservatives into being very distrustful of LEOs of all stripes. That blue wall means they are more important than us.

Having said that, I think it's clear in Ferguson that Office Wilson was under attack and took necessary lethal action. Very clear.

10 posted on 11/24/2014 2:34:48 PM PST by C. Edmund Wright (www.FireKarlRove.com NOW)
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To: Sirius Lee

Or [expletive] stirrer.


11 posted on 11/24/2014 2:35:32 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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Raiford Mazique said. “We shouldn't have to raise our children in fear.”
NOW THERE is a concept. Raise your children so they aren't violent street thugs. I don't live in fear. I don't attack police officers. I don't pull BB guns on cops. I don't rob liquor stores.
12 posted on 11/24/2014 2:37:07 PM PST by Organic Panic
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“said activist Teresa Raiford Mazique”

Let me check and see if I give a sh*t what some self-important “activist” posts on “Hey Look At Me Book”

................Nope


13 posted on 11/24/2014 2:40:47 PM PST by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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To: lapsus calami
“As long as people teach their children not to rob stores and attack police officers there won't be reason for any "fear", you frickin' leftist poltroon.

And we shouldn't have to have store clerks in fear of being assaulted as was the case with this 300 pound criminal, just before the incident where he attacked the cop.

14 posted on 11/24/2014 2:45:49 PM PST by roadcat
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“It’s counter productive if we are looking to improve police relations to support equity.”

Police relations affect home values?

Actually they do; if rioters get shot or prosecuted in large numbers, local home values may actually rise.


15 posted on 11/24/2014 2:52:35 PM PST by elcid1970 ("I am a radicalized infidel.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“I am Darren Wilson.”


16 posted on 11/24/2014 2:53:53 PM PST by Gator113 ( Impeach. Remove from office. Arrest. Convict. Imprison for life.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She will be one of the first to dial 911 when her fellow “Gibs-Me-Dats” come for her.


17 posted on 11/24/2014 2:58:25 PM PST by Iron Munro (Obama "I stand with the 2/3 who were too lazy, disinterested, stupid or dead to vote")
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She will be one of the first to dial 911 when her fellow “Gibs-Me-Dats” come for her.


18 posted on 11/24/2014 2:58:25 PM PST by Iron Munro (Obama "I stand with the 2/3 who were too lazy, disinterested, stupid or dead to vote")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Michael Unarmed Brown got what he deserved, period, as Obama likes to say
19 posted on 11/24/2014 3:04:04 PM PST by Graybeard58 ( O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. Ps 34:3)
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The mouth of “activist” Teresa Raiford Mazique” is “sickening”


20 posted on 11/24/2014 3:15:53 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat (Get ready St. Louis . . . Guns Up . . .LnL . . .STK)
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