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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

News Jail Booking Photos

Posted by Matt Davis on Tue, Jul 17 at 11:53 AM

Photos of people booked and released at Multnomah County Jails recently. You can only see their faces, but I’m noticing a common theme:Cuts/Bruises: Probably nothing worth doing a story on.

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Matt:
It would sure be helpful to know what these folks were arrested for. Do you suppose a lot of them were picked up for assault? Maybe the other guy looks worse. I can't buy the idea that they were all beaten up by jailers.

Posted by Dave Lister | July 17, 2007 12:53 PM

Dave, I'm not suggesting for a moment they were all beaten by jailers. Well, okay, I am, but only suggesting. Insinuating. Not actually saying it out loud, you understand.

here you go, all the links. Check em out for yourself:

Posted by Matt Davis | July 17, 2007 12:57 PM

Wow! That's a lotta links. I'll take a look.

Maybe they have a new early release policy.... you can serve your full time or opt for an ass whupping.....

Posted by Dave Lister | July 17, 2007 1:00 PM

Well, I looked at three quickly. One was disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. I tried that once myself, way back when. It's not a good idea.

Posted by Dave Lister | July 17, 2007 1:03 PM

Yes, whatever you do, don't fight authority!

Because if the police arrest you, you're obviously a criminal and automatically in the wrong.

Who needs judges these days? Let's just let the cops decide who's guilty or not.

Absolutely nothing to be skeptical about here. The Executive branch, at all levels, has it under control.

Posted by BrianM | July 17, 2007 1:07 PM

I notice a common theme! mostly white men, why are we arresting mostly white middle-aged men! matt there's your next feature.

ok wait, i notice another common theme! men with facial hair! why are we arresting white men with facial hair! descrimination! matt, dig deeper into that one!!

Posted by merc reader #3001 | July 17, 2007 1:10 PM

Another common theme: THEY ALL LOOK SLIGHTLY SINISTER. Why are we arresting people who LOOK SLIGHTLY SINISTER?! That's the real story here.

Posted by Matt Davis | July 17, 2007 1:15 PM

Fourth down on the right looks like he needs an ass whupping.

Posted by threebs | July 17, 2007 1:16 PM

There's also a theme of facial hair. Not a good guess-who(TM or R?) question for this bunch.

Posted by T | July 17, 2007 1:50 PM

Yeah, pretty funny. Funnier still is that Matt is only a phone call away from deportation.

Posted by Scott Moore | July 17, 2007 1:51 PM

Best find yet: Curtis Threelegs for Indecent Exposure.

Posted by Hula | July 17, 2007 1:59 PM

I already mentioned facial hair, T. (or is that you alison?)

Posted by merc reader #3001 | July 17, 2007 2:01 PM

So your initial post said these folks had been released "recently" - Matt what exactly is your definition of recent(ly)? Some of these photos go back to 2005.

Posted by recently | July 17, 2007 2:33 PM

HAHAHA! I just noticed Scott Moore's picture in the lineup. He blends in so well!

Posted by Orf | July 17, 2007 2:49 PM

matt, clicking the links and seeing that of the first three, none were arrested for assault, yet some are actively bleeding, this is a really important thing you've picked up. thanks for sticking with the story in the face of weird opposition.

of course genuine resisting arrest has to be handled by the police. but having seen the video of how they overreacted to a guy pulling his arm away, there's, um, room for improvement.

Posted by grrr | July 17, 2007 3:12 PM

oh, ha. scott moore looks sinister and bearded and might deport you. hee hee. but seriously. this collection of photos is worrying.

Posted by grrr | July 17, 2007 3:17 PM

@1
Having been arrested & lightly brutalized myself, I think it's completely reasonable for Matt to assume that at least some of these people were cuffed after being cuffed, for talking back or just to blow off some end-of-shift cop steam.

People get roughed up in jail. It's not right, but it's scary to consider pressing charges against a cop. We assume they have connections. One cop banned me from a whole precinct in Seattle after my bruises from his arrest healed.

Posted by Brodie | July 17, 2007 4:17 PM

HEY!

THIS IS NOT FAIR.

Posted by Alex-jon | July 17, 2007 7:17 PM

Why is it so important that the O runs a story? Why not run one yourself??

Posted by Logan 5 | July 18, 2007 9:25 AM

What makes anyone think anything will come out of this?

No cops were disciplined in any way, shape, or form from repeated instances of them pepper-spraying and attacking protesters when the entire thing was caught on video.

How do you expect them to do anything about this? (We don't know if the facial injuries of these people were caused by cops or by other sources...)

Posted by Aaron V. | July 20, 2007 1:15 PM

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