#normandale

This is really something.

This fucker doesn't really care about the "incredible pain and trauma" that he caused.

And "PPB is a learning organization".

those last two lines are such absolute bullshit that if I didn't know were causing him "incredible pain and trauma", I'd be very angry about.

in case you need context, this is the kind of thing that was being put out at the time - before and after her gopro footage was shared.

The Guardian had better info on this than US news sources, who barely covered it.

2 years ago:

11 months ago:

A somewhat more accurate version:

The shooting victims were part of a community of antifascist volunteers that formed spontaneously in 2020 to keep the racial justice protesters who filled Portland’s streets day after day safe by redirecting traffic away from marchers, a role known as “corking”, providing them with emergency medical aid and using principles of de-escalation to talk down aggrieved bystanders.

The Normandale shooting kind of got lost in the mix last year.

It got really, really quiet. As soon as the story went from "Armed homeowner and armed protesters had confrontation" to "right wing gunman opened fire on a group of unarmed women", the news services seemed to lose interest.

The cops fed the press the "homeowner" story, and only corrected this when called on it - several days later. He also said the protestors wouldn't cooperate, that they (the police) didn't really know the whole story...when in actuality, one of the people shot had it all on their GoPro. (article from Feb 20)

(source, she was one of the injured)

Never forget that all cops are bastards. They gave the shooter every benefit and the victims every disparagement.