Did anyone even know they shot a guy last night in Portland? Probably not because it took me 4 news articles to even figure out the guy was white ( I had an assumption he was since no would say). They spend more time talking about the protest than the police gunning down a man.
This sums it up but go read the cnn article. They give two shits about the guy killed. They are upset the police used pepper spray to disperse the crowd.
Portland police shot a person at Lents Park in Southeast Portland just after 9:30 a.m. Friday. Police confirmed that the victim, a white man who has not been identified, died at the scene.
Sgt. Kevin Allen said officers from the bureau’s East Precinct dispatched to a “suspicious circumstance involving a weapon.” Acting Police Chief Chris Davis, who is filling in for Chief Chuck Lovell during Lovell’s vacation, said that the call was for a “white man pointing a gun in the park.” When asked if police recovered a gun from the scene, Davis said he could not answer that question yet.
Police closed streets around Southeast 92nd Avenue and Holgate Street, where the shooting occurred.
Davis said officers used both a less-than-lethal launcher, which shoots a 40-millimeter round and also a standard firearm in the encounter. In a press statement, the police bureau said two officers fired less-than-lethal rounds, and one officer used lethal force.
The officer who shot the man has worked for Portland police for eight years. The bureau placed the officer on administrative leave and said that person’s name would be released Saturday.
Juan Chavez, who works as an attendant at a nearby AM/PM convenience store, said he saw a man blocking traffic and acting erratically before the shooting. He said about 20 minutes prior to the shooting, he saw an ambulance arrive to talk to the man in the street. Chavez said he saw medical workers help the man onto a gurney. A short time later, the ambulance left but didn’t transport the man. Chavez reported hearing two shots after police arrived in the park.
The location of the shooting is inside an area serviced by Portland Street Response, a recently launched non-police unit that assists people who are experiencing homelessness or mental health crises. Several people in the area told OPB they believed the man may have been camping nearby. Allen said he could not speak specifically to why the police were involved with the call instead of Portland Street Response but noted that the specialized team does not typically respond to calls that involve weapons.
This sums it up but go read the cnn article. They give two shits about the guy killed. They are upset the police used pepper spray to disperse the crowd.
Portland police shot a person at Lents Park in Southeast Portland just after 9:30 a.m. Friday. Police confirmed that the victim, a white man who has not been identified, died at the scene.
Sgt. Kevin Allen said officers from the bureau’s East Precinct dispatched to a “suspicious circumstance involving a weapon.” Acting Police Chief Chris Davis, who is filling in for Chief Chuck Lovell during Lovell’s vacation, said that the call was for a “white man pointing a gun in the park.” When asked if police recovered a gun from the scene, Davis said he could not answer that question yet.
Police closed streets around Southeast 92nd Avenue and Holgate Street, where the shooting occurred.
Davis said officers used both a less-than-lethal launcher, which shoots a 40-millimeter round and also a standard firearm in the encounter. In a press statement, the police bureau said two officers fired less-than-lethal rounds, and one officer used lethal force.
The officer who shot the man has worked for Portland police for eight years. The bureau placed the officer on administrative leave and said that person’s name would be released Saturday.
Juan Chavez, who works as an attendant at a nearby AM/PM convenience store, said he saw a man blocking traffic and acting erratically before the shooting. He said about 20 minutes prior to the shooting, he saw an ambulance arrive to talk to the man in the street. Chavez said he saw medical workers help the man onto a gurney. A short time later, the ambulance left but didn’t transport the man. Chavez reported hearing two shots after police arrived in the park.
The location of the shooting is inside an area serviced by Portland Street Response, a recently launched non-police unit that assists people who are experiencing homelessness or mental health crises. Several people in the area told OPB they believed the man may have been camping nearby. Allen said he could not speak specifically to why the police were involved with the call instead of Portland Street Response but noted that the specialized team does not typically respond to calls that involve weapons.
