http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2010/02/16/jackson-on-campbell-cop-if-he-comes-back-to-work-at-8-tomorrow-you-go-protest-at-high-noon Comments On: Jackson On Campbell Cop: "If He Comes Back To Work At 8 Tomorrow, You Go Protest At High Noon." by Matt Davis en-us Copyright 2013 Portland Mercury. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Portland Mercury readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Portland Mercury. webmaster@portlandmercury.com (Portland Mercury Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:30:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by iwouldprefernotto]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:49:34 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by Questioning Guy]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:14:17 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by DamosA]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:35:51 -0800 Portland Mercury
I agree that Jesse Jackson - despite whatever motives he has - is a publicity machine and I understand the instinct to want to "take care of this ourselves". But I also see that this has been going on for years and every time I hear a public official talk about "training" or "diversity" I want to claw my fucking eyes out. There clearly needs to be a total overhaul in hiring practices, oversight and public accountability. And maybe the publicity Jackson's machine brings to this issue will make it harder for our officials to mumble their way out of this issue with meaningless word-salad like "Blah, blah, blah diversity training blah training.."

The PPB needs to work harder and use incentives to hire officers of color and GLBTQ officers. They need to work on major community outreach programs. Portlanders are scared of their police force and it's going to take a long time for that to reverse itself.

The mayor and/or Saltzman need to work quickly to create a citizens' panel of oversight for the PPB that has the power to make public and binding decisions in cases where the Grand Jury feels like there are serious problems but no laws that will allow them to prosecute (as in the Campbell case). The citizen's board should be able to review the facts of the case and hand down a decision as to whether the officer returns to work and if so, in what capacity.

There needs to be money made made available for crisis training and a first response team called out for situations involving people in crisis. These are simple steps our officials could begin taking right now. I'm astounded by the impotence of city hall in this situation.


Posted by Sarahfina]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:24:18 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by Chaser]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:14:34 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by DamosA]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:57:27 -0800 Portland Mercury
I went to the protest today. Not sure how much larger it was than the last ones, but it wasn't overwhelming, so not I'm not sure how much the injection of Jesse Jackson into the melieu increased the turnout.

Good protest though. They tried to squeeze into City Hall at the end. Didn't want to get caught in that.
Posted by Blabby]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:57:16 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by montaqua]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:52:07 -0800 Portland Mercury
If Portland doesn't need outsiders then where are the insiders. This has been going on for a long time now. The general populous would be swayed by whom? I too, would rather avoid an Al Sharpton freak show, but I can't think of anyone other than Carter that could draw this much attention to the issue and time is running out; people are on the brink.
Posted by LokNaar]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:57:45 -0800 Portland Mercury
Portland needs the bad press on this on a national level. True, some will see it all as a "Sharpton" or "Jesse" thing, but I get the feeling that those people can't be reached anyway; we tried it their way before and it didn't do much.

Look at how surprised they are that we need outside help for a barometer of their empathy towards the situation. If you're surprised you haven't been paying attention to the people's fear of the police force here in Portland.

At this point we need results from city leadership and pressure upon the citizenry to eject them from office if we don't see results. Its time for Portland to be judged by the nation on topics more important than bicycles and foodie restaurants. People are dying.
Posted by LokNaar]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:50:22 -0800 Portland Mercury http://www.workers.org/ww/2001/portland051….

His presence here only helps raise the profile of something very important. And it is, absolutely, about civil rights.

And you weren't there last night. He effectively pointed out
Posted by tcraighenry]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:16:24 -0800 Portland Mercury
When Gordly started speaking about the loss of trust in Portland's elected leaders (a basic premise of the rally), a white woman, evidently an Adams supporter, turned to me and said "She's making this political!"

Jesus H. Christ, people, this is political, and it has been for 400 years. The black community cannot trust the police, and they cannot trust the elected leaders who are supposed to control the police. The po-po are out of control, and our "leaders" don't get it.
Posted by Steve R.]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:11:58 -0800 Portland Mercury
While we all understand the racial implications here, I don't think the controversy has been explicitly black-vs-white so much as citizens-vs-police. He's sure trying to draw racial lines. No good can come of it...
Posted by Blabby]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:58:05 -0800 Portland Mercury
If you want to know why this is ridiculous, wait until Al Sharpton shows up. Same thing to a different degree.

And these guys do not help your case with the general population. They just say "oh, this is some Al Sharpton freak show," and turn off their ears.
Posted by Blabby]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:45:27 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by tcraighenry]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:27:29 -0800 Portland Mercury "If he comes back tomorrow morning..." they repeated.
"We show up..." he said.
"We show up..." they repeated.
"At high noon..." he said.
"At high noon..." they said.
"And show him out!"
"And show him out!"

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Sure sounds like a threat of mob violence and rioting to me.

To the CENSOR: Enjoy your fact-ignoring, reality denying, naive white-guilt liberal life.
Posted by Denying reality is "Progressive"!]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:24:54 -0800 Portland Mercury "If he comes back tomorrow morning..." they repeated.
"We show up..." he said.
"We show up..." they repeated.
"At high noon..." he said.
"At high noon..." they said.
"And show him out!"
"And show him out!"

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Sure sounds like a threat of mob violence and rioting to me.

To the CENSOR: Enjoy your fact-ignoring, reality denying, naive white-guilt liberal life.
Posted by Denying reality is "Progressive"!]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:24:12 -0800 Portland Mercury "If he comes back tomorrow morning..." they repeated.
"We show up..." he said.
"We show up..." they repeated.
"At high noon..." he said.
"At high noon..." they said.
"And show him out!"
"And show him out!"

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Sure sounds like a threat of mob violence and rioting to me.

To the CENSOR: Enjoy your fact-ignoring, reality denying, naive white-guilt liberal life.
Posted by Let's all deny reality! It's progressive!]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:19:10 -0800 Portland Mercury Thank you Jesse Jackson, for helping us keep city hall focused. The police cannot critically wound black people and our mentally ill loved ones, and then leave them to die in the street without comfort or medical attention while they fill out their paperwork.
We must not allow it. There can be no reason for it.
Your son or daughter could be next.
Posted by Linhaak]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:02:57 -0800 Portland Mercury
For everyone else, that's what Jesse Jackson is doing here. Showing that people need to make their voices heard. With all the injustices over the last 8 years, like bank bail outs while we fight with each other for jobs, it's amazing people aren't more angry.
Posted by tcraighenry]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:27:39 -0800 Portland Mercury
He has zero place in Portland. We don't need his grandstanding, opportunistic ways here (nor do we need Al Sharpton's ridiculousness, either).

I wish that most would be able to see through their ruse, alas...

I am a Downtown Portland resident and Avel Gordly does not speak for me. I still support Sam Adams.
Posted by Jackattak]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:19:46 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by Mr. Calgary Cowboy]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:27:13 -0800 Portland Mercury If people were only half as proactive as they are opinionated, we would have ourselves one hell of a democracy. Why is there so much whining, gossiping, name calling, finger pointing, and popularity contests going on when the real issue is a matter of life and death? Is this apathetic, lazy, self-righteous shallowness plaguing our society a result of selective ignorance, ego masking fear, rotting intelligence, or simply a rash of narcissistic indifference? Is anyone else tired of being or pretending to be ignorant and superficial? I say it is about time someone take the helm, turn up the heat, and take a stand instead of assuming a posture.

Posted by Pinki Tuscaderro]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:22:57 -0800 Portland Mercury
But it seems it takes a Jesse Jackson to get the citizenry exercised against the same abuses commited against black people. Jackson may be an opportunist, but that says more about Portland priorities than it does about his character.
Posted by Kincardine]]> Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:46:20 -0800 Portland Mercury
I was there, it was a great rally. I would also add that I went to at least four GLBTQ Rights events, two in Washington DC and two in Sacramento CA, and Jesse and Cesar were always there to talk about dignity, discrimination, and how injustice to anyone is a threat to justice for everyone.

I'm writing a blog piece for my web site, www.EdForPDX.com because at 60, I'm just tired of white cops (and people) beating and killing black men (and women) and getting away with it.

The speeches are always the same, outrage, demonstrations, promises to do better, and not much changes.

I agree about one thing, when something like this happens "back home" in the south, no one tries to pretend that race, or racism, are not front burner factors.

We southerners understand that race and class are ALWAYS factors in ALL human interactions, and we make no apologies about it. We put it on the front burner, we talk about it, and we try to do everything we can to make sure that people are conscious of how race and racism affect human interactions.

Portlanders have yet to accept that reality, and I think that is part of the problem, a big part.

Lastly, Jesse Jackson is from Greenville South Carolina, which is about 40 miles from where my mother was born. She always acknowledges Jesse as a kindred spirit, a fellow Southerner, and deeply respected his intelligence and ambition, both of which were necessary to improve his life and become someone.

I always agree with Jesse, he's no more of an "opportunist" than anyone else is who had dedicated their life to speaking truth, certainly no more than Martin Luther King Jr. was, yet many said he was an opportunist when he was alive. They said the same thing about Gandhi.

Like Rick Nelson said in "Garden Party", "You can't please everyone, so you got to please yourself."

Ed Garren
candidate for City Commission, seat #3
www.EdForPDX.com
(I guess I'm an "opportunist" too. I want to see a better world before I die. If that's being an opportunist, then sign me up)

Posted by Ed Garren]]> Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:45:10 -0800 Portland Mercury