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Cities across the west, in response to Martin v. Boise, are trying to work around it by creating "sanctioned encampments" with the obvious goal to ban homeless people from public space, forcing people into either jail or shelters
An alarming trend: https://t.co/vWYJZd93LQ https://t.co/CO4bnZSXpH
Public and private entities work together to increase policing, especially in downtown, almost exclusively targeting poor and unhoused people.
Sept. 22 at 6pm we'll unravel these relationships including ESDs/BIDs, campus police, TriMet, and G4S and how people are fighting back!
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Thanks again to @DefenseFundPdx and Brunch Bloc for leading the defense in tandem with residents.
Thank you to the residents of Laurelhurst Park for your continued resilience and for speaking truth to power.
Much like everyone else, we are still processing what happened at Lents Park today.
We mourn for the person murdered by PPB. We are especially alarmed given the person may have been homeless.
We just got word police and Rapid Response are leaving Chapman Square after a sweep that was blatantly in violation of the Anderson Agreement.
We do need people to continue holding space at Laurelhurst throughout the week, so please come down and support!
PCCEP (Portland Committee on Community Engaged Policing) are asking for feedback on Portland Police's "core patrol services" and potential alternatives
You can find talking points and link to giving testimony here: https://t.co/6cK0twSK8K