Man arrested with ‘arsenal’ while watching Oregon police

[struggle4progress]

AUGUST 9, 2016 11:44 AM
BY JUDY L. THOMAS

... Crowl was booked into the Multnomah County jail late Monday on charges of attempted assault of a public safety officer, unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm ...

Portland police said that in one traffic stop, officers noted that Crowl was a “self-proclaimed Constitutionalist.” That term is often associated with patriot and militia groups and sovereign citizens ...

In Portland, police said they started noticing Crowl parking outside the East Precinct in April in a gray Chevrolet Tahoe, filming officers and watching as they came and went during shift changes. In one traffic stop, police said, he had a police scanner in the vehicle ...

“Due to heightened concerns about police ambush attacks after the recent incidents in Dallas, Texas, and Baton Rouge, La., officers contacted Crowl, concerned about his actions,” Simpson said in the news release. “As officers approached Crowl, ordering him to keep his hands up, he would raise and lower his hands and appeared to be reaching around inside his vehicle” ...

http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article94574922.html

[kestrel91316]

1. Obviously he's white, or he would have been shot dead for that.

[Kittycow]

2. Just off the top of my head

I think Portland's been on the slow side of cops killing black people lately. There was a spate of it for a while and of course lots of millions paid out in civil judgments. I think the Feds had to come in at one point to oversee the police department.

That's the way I remember it anyway.

[onecaliberal]

3. How come they didn't just shoot him?