Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking. Login or Take a Tour!
cgod · 1472 days ago · link · · parent · post: Portland votes to create community-run police oversight board
It's almost certainly going to be declared unconstitutional and we knew that. A big part of passing this is getting support behind a new city charter and real state level reform over the legal structures that support policing. The re election of the mayor and the loss of a progressive council woman to a guy who is more pro-bootlicking probably means we will only see piecemeal reform and are in for another 2-4 years of protests. Best hope of reform is on the state level right now. People seem pretty serious about No Justice, No Peace.