JULY 16, 2020
Watch: Black Portland police officer describes racist treatment from white Black Lives Matter protesters
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Once again, you as a privileged white person telling someone of color what to do with your life. ’
BRECK DUMAS
A black police officer from the Portland Police Department is gaining attention online for his testimony describing the racist treatment minority members of his force received from white protesters during Black Lives Matter demonstrations.
What are the details?
The city of Portland, Oregon, has experienced nearly 50 days of ongoing protests following the death of George Floyd in late May, and the abuse from activists toward law enforcement has led members of the PPD and their families to speak out.
One of those speaking out is Officer Jakhary Jackson . . .
. . . Officer Jackson recalled the treatment during demonstrations.
“A lot of times, someone of color — black, Hispanic, Asian — would come up to the fence and directly want to talk to me,” he said. But often, “someone white comes up, 'F the police, don’t talk to him.”
What else did the officer say?
The officer said it became a pattern.
“I even had a young, African American girl tell me, ‘Why is you guys aren’t talking to us,’ I said, ‘Honestly, this is now the 23rd day of doing it, every time I try to have a conversation with someone that looks like me, someone white comes up and blocks them and tells them them not to talk,’ and then right when I said that this white girl popped right in front her.” . . .
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