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Marc Poris @marcporis.bsky.social · 5h

Babasin: "Or chase him?" (it's either chase or TASE - can't tell, but she winds up using her TASER)

Randall: "It's a possibility. I think, we have to have upper hand to go hands on."

Babasin: "With a pole, though?"

NOTE: KGW believes Babasin said TASE.

www.kgw.com/article/news...

Police release bodycam footage after officer puts suspect in neck hold at Portland park

Officers responded to a call about a man who was allegedly hitting passing cars with a metal pole; a struggle ensued when the man tried to grab an officer's gun.

www.kgw.com

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Marc Poris @marcporis.bsky.social · 5h

Here's about what their planning sounds like:

Babasin: "I saw a blanket by the bathroom. So, if we have a game plan, if he has the pole, um, one of us."

Randall: "If he's holding it, let's just close in real quick. I think we've got the drop on him."

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Marc Poris @marcporis.bsky.social · 5h

Here's Officer Babasin's BWC footage, starting from when she gets out of her police cruiser at Oregon Park.

youtu.be/l93FzMzRZaM?...

September 27, 2025 Use of Deadly Force Body Worn Camera Footage

YouTube video by Portland Police

youtu.be

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Marc Poris @marcporis.bsky.social · 5h

The investigation may not be complete, but we do know that Mr. Johnson was alive when 3 PPB officers with 2.92, 2.53, and 1.83 years of experience entered his residence for a "welfare check" and he died shortly thereafter.

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Marc Poris @marcporis.bsky.social · 5h

The more suspicious the circumstances the more decimal places that are used, maybe?

58:55 into the August 21, 2025 FITCOG meeting, PPA President Schmautz says (about the death of Damon Lamarr Johnson) "We don't even know what happened yet."

www.portland.gov/fitcog/event...

FITCOG PUBLIC MEETING AUGUST 21, 2025

Regularly scheduled FITCOG bi-weekly hybrid meeting on 8/21/25, at 600PM - 800PM, at Portland English Language Academy (PELA) 2007 Lloyd Center, Third Floor, Portland, OR. Park near location entrance.

www.portland.gov

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Marc Poris @marcporis.bsky.social · 6h

Here is what Randall's body worn camera was showing during the takedown, Babasin's taser usage, and Babasin whacking the individual's head with her taser.

Tops of tall trees and cloudy sky as shown from a camera pointing straight up.

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Marc Poris @marcporis.bsky.social · 6h

Officers Randall and Babasin stood outside the bathroom for 12 minutes 45 seconds, whispering and possibly coming up with a plan to take the man into custody.

They did not ask for backup, apparently.

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Marc Poris @marcporis.bsky.social · 6h

At 10:28:57 on his body cam timestamp, Randall says "Oh yeah, sixty one" as he grabs the person coming out of the bathroom.

Two seconds later, the pipe the person had been carrying can be heard falling to the ground.

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Marc Poris @marcporis.bsky.social · 6h

Here's a direct link to Officer Randall's BWC footage as the suspect comes out of the bathroom in Oregon Park.

Randall's BWC falls off shortly afterwards, but you can still hear what's going on.

The officers had been waiting about 12 minutes 45 seconds for him to emerge.

youtu.be/l93FzMzRZaM?...

September 27, 2025 Use of Deadly Force Body Worn Camera Footage

YouTube video by Portland Police

youtu.be

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Marc Poris @marcporis.bsky.social · 6h

BWC narration: "According to the body worn camera time codes, the struggle lasted 4 minutes 32 seconds."

Original PPB report: "Preliminary investigation indicated that during the struggle over the officer's gun, which lasted nearly 7 minutes, an officer put the suspect in some kind of neck hold."

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Marc Poris @marcporis.bsky.social · 7h

Body worn camera footage isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Officer Randall's BWC fell off and is pointed up to the tree tops and clouds.

Officer Babasin's camera (which was turned on and off multiple times) is too close to the person she is apprehending.

Side by side views - on the left, Officer Randall's body-worn camera is pointing straight up at some tall trees and cloudy skies.

On the right, Officer Babasin's body-worn camera is mostly black with some light showing as she is too close to the person that the camera is facing.

4:07/53:51 is shown underneath the YouTube slider.

Video title is September 27, 2025 Use of Deadly Force Body Worn Camera Footage

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Marc Poris @marcporis.bsky.social · 7h

From PPB's narration:

"Officer David Randall, a 2.9-year veteran of the Portland Police Bureau, and Officer Melissa Babson, a 1.7year veteran of PPB, responded to the park."

youtu.be/l93FzMzRZaM?...

September 27, 2025 Use of Deadly Force Body Worn Camera Footage

YouTube video by Portland Police

youtu.be

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 9h

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD
PROTECT EACH OTHER
CODE I:
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE!
→ ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA.
ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS
WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS
• A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS.
• LOUD.
RECOGNIZABLE.
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
• OUR VOICES ARE
STRONGER TOGETHER.
WHISTLES GUIDE
PEOPLE TO:
• FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS
• CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD
• ALERT NEIGHBORS
TO JOIN IN
NOISE = VISIBILITY.
CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
→ ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT.
WHY IT WORKS
• INSTANT ALERT
SYSTEM
• FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA
• TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY
ACTION
ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY:
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK
TEACH FAMILY
EIGHBORS TH
CODES
• USE IT WHEN ICE IS
SPOTTED
• PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS
TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY:
PROTECT RP
• @PROTECTRP_

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 10h

THREAD. Did you know that at about 1/3 of all stranger homicides in the U.S. are perpetrated by police? But there's something hidden here that is important to understand in this authoritarian moment.

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Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 10h

Very much worth reading. This is even more correct than "the courts won't save us."

rickhutzell.bsky.social @rickhutzell.bsky.social · 14h

What Gov. Wes Moore suggested feels like almost as dangerous a fantasy — that the military might save the republic from becoming a military dictatorship by disobeying a presidential order.
www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...

No, Gov. Moore, the military is not going to come to our rescue

What Moore said feels like almost as dangerous a fantasy — that the military might save the republic from becoming a military dictatorship by disobeying a presidential order.

www.thebanner.com

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Kaia Sand @mkaiasand.bsky.social · 10h

Really sweet resistance scene outside ICE in Portland of coffee, donuts and morning.

Person in bunny costume carries donuts outside ICE in Portland

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SometimesPDX @sometimespdx.bsky.social · 1d

This is fucking outrageous. ICE kidnapping has got to stop and these goons have got to be prosecuted.

Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 1d

🧵
ICE abducted a 15-year-old autistic boy during a bathroom break and kept him hidden for nearly a week.
His mother thought he was missing. Even local police couldn’t find him because ICE never told anyone they had him.

He was selling fruit with his mom when he asked to use the restroom.

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Marc Poris @marcporis.bsky.social · 1d

Seems like if we can ban tear gas in war we should be able to do the same thing domestically.

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Marc Poris @marcporis.bsky.social · 1d

From USA Today (2020) - Fact check: It's true tear gas is a chemical weapon banned in war

www.usatoday.com/story/news/f...

Fact check: It's true tear gas is a chemical weapon banned in war

A claim on social media that tear gas is a chemical weapon banned in war but legal for law enforcement purposes is true.

www.usatoday.com

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Marc Poris @marcporis.bsky.social · 1d

Here's the checklist for when law enforcement may use tear gas in Oregon during "crowd management."

(3)A law enforcement agency may not use tear gas for crowd management except when:
(a)The use is objectively reasonable by law enforcement to:
(A)Defend against a threat to life or serious bodily injury to any individual, including any peace officer; or
(B)Bring an objectively dangerous and unlawful situation safely and effectively under control;
(b)A commanding officer authorizes the use of tear gas;
(c)De-escalation techniques or other alternatives to force have been attempted, when reasonable, and failed; and
(d)The law enforcement agency has done the following, in the following order:
(A)Announced the agency’s intent to use tear gas;
(B)Allowed sufficient time for individuals to evacuate the area; and
(C)Announced a second time, immediately before using the tear gas, the agency’s intent to use tear gas.

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Marc Poris @marcporis.bsky.social · 1d

Here's a word you don't hear every day: orthochlorobenzalmalononitrile.

(g)“Tear gas” means oleoresin capsicum or orthochlorobenzalmalononitrile, or other similar chemicals meant to accomplish the same effect, administered by any shell, cartridge or bomb capable of being discharged or exploded, when the discharge or explosion will cause or permit the release or emission of the chemicals.

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Marc Poris @marcporis.bsky.social · 1d

Oregon's laws exclude tear gas from the definition of “Handheld chemical incapacitant” because ... ???

(1)As used in this section:
(a)“Crowd management” means a public security practice in which crowds are managed to prevent the outbreak of crowd crushes, affrays, fights or riots, or in which an assembly, protest or demonstration is dispersed.
(b)Intentionally left blank —Ed.
(A)“Handheld chemical incapacitant” means the following, together or separately:
(i)Handheld munitions and devices specifically designed to cause temporary pain, temporary irritation, temporary disruption of vital processes, temporary incapacitation, temporary disability or permanent harm through the toxic properties of toxic chemicals, or their precursors, that would be released as a result of the employment of the handheld munitions and devices; and
(ii)Any equipment specifically designed for use directly in connection with the employment of handheld munitions and devices as described in sub-subparagraph (i) of this subparagraph.
(B)“Handheld chemical incapacitant” does not include tear gas.

There is a red box around “Handheld chemical incapacitant” does not include tear gas.

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Marc Poris @marcporis.bsky.social · 1d

Here is ORS 181A.708 - Use of tools in crowd management.

oregon.public.law/statutes/ors...

ORS 181A.708 – Use of tools in crowd management

As used in this section, (a) “Crowd management” means a public security practice in which crowds are managed to prevent the outbreak…

oregon.public.law

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Marc Poris @marcporis.bsky.social · 1d

HB 2928 (2021): Law enforcement in Oregon can legally use tear gas as long as:

1. "circumstances constitute a riot, as described in ORS 166.015"

and

2. "the use . . . is necessary to terminate and prevent furtherance of the riotous behavior"

olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/M...

HB2928 2021 Regular Session - Oregon Legislative Information System

olis.oregonlegislature.gov

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Marc Poris @marcporis.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder: In order to join PPB:

"AT TIME OF APPLICATION, YOU MUST BE:

20.5 years of age or older

possess a high school diploma or GED"

www.joinportlandpolice.com/entry-minimu...

Entry: Minimum Requirements — JOIN PPB

www.joinportlandpolice.com

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