Portland Police Chief Says Protesters Went Off to "Whine And Complain" Last Week Because Officers "K

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Source: Willamette Week

Portland Police Chief Says Protesters Went Off to “Whine And Complain” Last Week Because Officers “Kicked Your Butt”

At least two protesters went to the hospital with serious injuries caused by flash-bang grenades police shot into the crowd.

by Katie Shepherd

Portland Police Chief Danielle Outlaw is not satisfied with how reporters have covered the heavy-handed police response to antifascist counterprotesters at an Aug. 4 rally.

Today, she used a vivid analogy to make her point.

She told conservative talk-radio host Lars Larson she thought the protesters were acting like children who lost a schoolyard fight and had gone of to "whine and complain" after police fired flash-bang grenades, rubber bullets and pepper spray into a crowd of demonstrators. (At least two people were sent to the hospital with serious injuries after being hit directly with stun grenades launched by police, and many more have reported being hurt.)

"I tell you, 'Meet me after school at 3:00. Right? We're gonna fight'," Outlaw said, setting up the analogy to describe how she feels her critics are acting. "And I come with the intention to fight. And then you get mad because I kicked your butt. And then you go back and you wail off and whine and complain."

Read more: https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2018/08/15/portland-police-chief-says-protesters-went-off-to-whine-and-complain-last-week-because-officers-kicked-your-butt/

[Adrahil]

1. Someone needs to be fired.

Newsflash, Chief: Your department does not exist to kick peoples' butts.

[marble falls]

2. She doesn't understand - she's inviting a reciprical response. Bad for everyone.

[Stuart G]

3. To make a statement like that is not smart. YES, ..."..Someone needs to be fired"

[sandensea]

4. She's trying to get a rise out of them, no doubt hoping for violence.

Conduct most unbecoming of a police chief.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. She, Not He

Apparently being a tool police chief is not gender limited.

Any gender may be a jerk when becoming a chief.

[bdtrppr6]

10. and she's black

????

[sandensea]

11. Corrected accordingly. Thank you.

And you're right. Monstrosity is not limited to men.

Just ask Gina Haspel.

[The Liberal Lion]

5. So instead of "protect and serve"

She see's her job as a war against citizens?

[ploppy]

7. She must not like living in Portland

It appears to me she is trying to get canned.

[MissB]

20. Right?

Did previous chiefs go on Larson’s show?

[mrs_p]

26. Exactly

I live here. Sounds like she should not be policing us.

[47of74]

8. Portland city government can go fornicate itself.

[Qutzupalotl]

9. Aptly named Outlaw

a law enforcement officer who has no use for laws.

[cutroot]

12. A fully armed and organized paramilitary unit attacked a bunch of unarmed citizens.

Who pay her salary by the way. And this idiot is proud of it???

FIRE HER!!!

She is only serving the citizens that she deems worthy. It is not her call to make.

[sfwriter]

13. So, she's inviting them to fight?

Seriously, "I tell you, 'Meet me after school at 3:00. Right? We're gonna fight'," is not the language of a competent police chief. She's inviting a conflict at minimum from protestors.

Hey Outlaw, it is easy to win when your opponents ARE OBEYING THE LAW AND NOT ATTACKING YOU. What a fucking bully.

[cstanleytech]

14. She is inviting the city to be sued. nt

[snort]

15. As a resident,

I'll do my best to see that she is fired. We do not need a police chief who feels they are at war with the very people they are paid to protect.

[not fooled]

16. Geez

just the fact that she agrees to be interviewed by a wingnut like larson tells you all you need to know about her proclivities.

[hobby10113]

17. Can't the mayor do something?

Can the mayor take some action and discipline the chief?

[displacedtexan]

18. Way to destroy tourism and future business investment, Police Chief!

Gloating baton wielders never stop to think how they may be affecting their own future pocketbooks, do they?

Is this the type of statement that inspires Hollywood, tech companies, or tourists wanting to make the pilgrimage to Voodoo Doughnuts and Powell's Books?

I don't think so. But there'll be the obligatory "I'm sorry if anyone was offended' crap walkback. But I don't believe people are going to fall for this anymore. Especially not from the police.

[sinkingfeeling]

19. How did she ever become police chief of Portland? Since when are

the police supposed to challenge protesters to fights?

[MissB]

21. I think she was from California.

Oakland perhaps. I suppose the mayor had a great deal of say in her hiring.

[Mr.Bill]

22. Here's her Wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle_Outlaw

The Oakland PD has been a disaster area for more than a decade.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland_Police_Department#Controversies

[gopiscrap]

23. Fucking asshole nazi shit bag cops

this is one of the many reasons people hate pigs

[lancelyons]

24. So are the police now on the side of the White Nationalists?

So are the police now on the side of the White Nationalists?

that seems to be what is happening here.

So white nationalists show up and riot gear and then they need the protection of the police?

Who are the wussies here?

The police hammering the unarmed anti protestors and the protestors with signs are the whiners and the police with guns and clubs are putting them in their place?

Something is off here

[SpankMe]

25. Another brain dead sheriff n/t

[tonyt53]

27. Yeah. Meet after school. Then a sack of shit like you brings their oldest brother to do the fighting

[KPN]

28. What strikes me is her total lack of recognitiopn that the white supremacists literally

invited this kind of response from Antifa by publicly announcing they were changing the protest location to enable their people to carry concealed weapons. If that wasn't a threat of violence, an outrageous bullying tactic to provoke this kind of counter protest ready for a fight, then nothing was. This wasn't about personal protection on the part of the white supremacists, this was provocation, and she totally ignores that fact.

I observed one of the Occupy marches in Portland back in 2012/13 (can't remember which), and the Portland Police went overboard in their treatment of marchers then. They are psychologically prepared to physically attack protestors with the least possible provocation. I saw them rush, tackle (by a couple of police covered in body armor), handcuff and drag off one protestor who simply stepped off the curb into the street while trying to get around people on the sidewalk. The police state in Portland is alive and well -- which is really surprising given Portland's overall progressive environment.

[turbinetree]

29. So the use of flash-bang grenades and other military grade weapons.........

and the militarization of the police force.............do I need to say anymore...................

[ZZenith]

30. The mayor would like to hear from you: 503-823-4127. N/t

[rockfordfile]

31. Fire that un-American pos.

[TheFrenchRazor]

32. yeah, and cops are the only ones ALLOWED to use weapons or put their hands on anybody; bullies

bullies, indeed, and can't even handle a fair fight.

[workinclasszero]

33. "To protect and serve" (fascists)

Portland Police Chief Danielle Outlaw has an appropriate last name and needs to be fired for gross dereliction of duty, IMO.