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Portland Police Officer: What It's Like To Be A Black Officer Policing Portland Protests
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Jul 19, 2020, 10:45:06 AM7/19/20
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KGW NEWS reports: Officer Jakhary Jackson of the Portland Police Bureau
offers his perspective as a Black officer in the middle of downtown
Portland's nightly protests.
"I got to see folks that really do want change, like the rest of us
that have been impacted by racism," Jackson said about the early days
of the protests. "And then I got to see those people get faded out by
people who have no idea what racism is all about, who never experienced
racism."
He said almost invariably every time a person of color tries to speak
with him while he's on duty at a protest, a white person steps in to
interrupt.
"It says something when you're at a Black Lives Matter protest and you
have more minorities on the police side than you do in a violent
crowd," he said. "And you have white people screaming at Black
officers.'"
He said he's also disgusted by people calling his white fellow officers
racists, without knowing anything about them.
Jackson was interviewed by Lt. Tina Jones during a press availability
that also include Police Chief Chuck Lovell.
Continue reading here.
https://www.kgw.com/
--
"It took a worldwide pandemic. It took a 35% plunge in the stock
market. It took quarantining. It took many small businesses closing. It
took canceling practically everything, to bring the USA economy back to
the Obama high mark."
KGW NEWS reports: Officer Jakhary Jackson of the Portland Police Bureau
offers his perspective as a Black officer in the middle of downtown
Portland's nightly protests.
"I got to see folks that really do want change, like the rest of us
that have been impacted by racism," Jackson said about the early days
of the protests. "And then I got to see those people get faded out by
people who have no idea what racism is all about, who never experienced
racism."
He said almost invariably every time a person of color tries to speak
with him while he's on duty at a protest, a white person steps in to
interrupt.
"It says something when you're at a Black Lives Matter protest and you
have more minorities on the police side than you do in a violent
crowd," he said. "And you have white people screaming at Black
officers.'"
He said he's also disgusted by people calling his white fellow officers
racists, without knowing anything about them.
Jackson was interviewed by Lt. Tina Jones during a press availability
that also include Police Chief Chuck Lovell.
Continue reading here.
https://www.kgw.com/
--
"It took a worldwide pandemic. It took a 35% plunge in the stock
market. It took quarantining. It took many small businesses closing. It
took canceling practically everything, to bring the USA economy back to
the Obama high mark."
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