As mentioned in the last entry, a local lunatic went all ham recently, placing many innocent people in harm's way. Thankfully, no one was killed this time, including the perpetrator himself. White privilege goes a long way...
The week of July 3rd - 9th has been pretty active. First were the twin police murders of two innocent Black men - Anton Sterling in Baton Rouge, LO on Tuesday July 5th. Then the murder of Philando Castile in St. Anthony, MN on July 6th. These two horrendous acts of police terrorism resulted in nation-wide outrage and protests. One such action took place in Dallas TX on July 7th. It was here where five gang members of the Dallas Police Gestapo(DPG) were subsequently purged by military vet, marine, and hero Micah Xavier Johnson. That same day, actions were also taking place here in Portland, OR. An emergency rally had been organised by Don't Shoot Portland and local Black Lives Matter activists, to address the murders of Sterling and Castile earlier in the week.
A "counter-protester" was also present at this event. Local right-winger, Donald Trump boot-licker, and white supremacist Michael Strickland had been agitating the crowd, attempting to provoke a violent confrontation. When the dirtbag's tactics were appearing to not have their desired affect, that's when Strickland pulled out a loaded gun and pointed it at unarmed people.
True face of terrorism: Mike Strickland seen here, pointing his glock at unarmed protesters during actions Thursday afternoon.
This alarming and potentially deadly incident was all captured on video, which can be viewed here. Several people had gotten Strickland away from the crowd, potentially saving lives while putting their own in harm's way. Strickland, who was also carrying several extra clips on him at the time, was arrested and taken into custody by Portland police a few minutes later. Surprisingly, these officers did not fill Strickland with dozens of bullet holes on sight... oh wait, Strickland is WHITE! Never mind! No one was harmed during this otherwise peaceful action. Strickland himself is a self-described "freelance journalist" who really just goes around with his video camera, recording people and starting shit. He's a neo-fascist libertarian right-winger who's been known to stalk, harass, and menace citizens during progressive and leftists street actions in the NW for years. He's had a particular hard-on for BLM activists, demonstrating his racist tendencies. Strickland also has a youtube channel called "Laughing At Liberals" where he posts his videos, and has gone by the same handle as a commentor on various news articles, including Willamette Week. That channel can be viewed here.
At the time of this entry, Strickland remains in custody at the InJustice center here in Portland on $250,000 bond. He faces several criminal complaints, including menacing and disorderly conduct. The glock 27 handgun Strickland pulled out is reported to have been legally registered to him. Time will tell whether he loses his concealed permit, as well as the weapon itself.
The mainstream corporate whore media will have YOU think that America's greatest threats are posed by:
A) Islamic extremists
B) Scaaary Black men
This is horseshit, of course. And if you're reading this, then you most likely know this as well. No, the TRUE threat to this country (other than globalist imperialism) are ARMED CONSERVATIVE WHITE MALES! Don't let false-flag shootings in Orlando fool you - most mass murders in America are carried out by White men! Typically, these men range in age from late teens to late 50's. Most of them are conservative, homophobic, hateful of women, of immigrants, of progressives, and thoroughly racist to their rotten core. Most seem to have an extensive presence on-line, even the less sophisticated ones. Strickland, 36, fits this profile to a tee! Like many others of his kind, he has been egging on a confrontation for years, and is well documented as doing such. On Thursday July 7th, he crossed a line, but he is not going to stop there, mark my words! Strickland may be in jail at the moment, but he is still ALIVE. He is being protected, he is afforded due process, an attorney, and his dates in court. This is all much more than can be said for:
Trayvon Martin - crime: wearing hoodie, walking, ??? punishment: DEATH.
Eric Garner - crime: selling loose cigarettes. punishment: DEATH.
John Crawford - crime: shopping. punishment: DEATH.
Tamir Rice - crime: playing with toy gun in playground. punishment: DEATH
Michael Brown - crime: walking. punishment: DEATH.
Aiyana Jones - crime: sleeping. punishment: DEATH.
Aaron Campbell - crime: doing EXACTLY what police were telling him to do. punishment: DEATH.
Samuel Dubose - crime: not having a front license plate on his vehicle. punishment: DEATH.
Sandra Bland - crime: asserting her rights. punishment: DEATH.
Darrien Hunt - crime: cosplay. punishment: DEATH.
Freddy Gray - crime: running for his life. punishment: DEATH.
Walter Scott - crime: running for his life. punishment: DEATH.
Alton Sterling - crime: selling cds. punishment: DEATH.
Philando Castile - crime: driving, perfectly obeying the law. punishment: DEATH.
None of these cases and many countless others have ever received due process, nor benefit of doubt, nor presumption of innocence. You get the point. This goes on and on...
It has been a heavy week, to say the least. Starting with the senseless police murders of two (more) Black men and ending with the sniper killings of five Dallas pigs, such events have had people openly speculating an impending race war. Add to that, a presidential election season that's gone full-retard, and a tense situation here in Portland, OR in which a right-wing terrorist pulled a gun on peaceful BLM protesters. All that said, Summer 2016 is promising to get very hot... and I'm not talking about the damned weather!
Where to even start? How about those two murders, yes? On Tuesday, July 5th, Alton Sterling was murdered by cops in Baton Rouge, LO. Sterling was selling cds when he was tackled by cops, taken to the ground, and executed at point-blank range. Sterling was 37 years old. His killers have been identified as officers Howie Lake II and Blane Salamoni - both gang members of the Baton Rouge Police Gestapo(BRPG). Sterling's murder has been captured on graphic video, which has since gone viral. An anonymous cop-caller summoned 911, claiming that Sterling had been waiving a gun and menacing passer's by. However, the owner of a convenience store in front of which the murder occurred, insisted that Sterling never pointed a weapon at anyone and was not causing any trouble. Sterling died of multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and back. The two vile pigs responsible for his death are currently on paid vacation, and the incident is under investigation. We'll see where that one goes...
RIP: Alton Sterling seen here.
Killer cops: Sterling's murderers seen here.
The very next day, July 6th, Philando Divall Castile was gunned down by cops. This police terrorist murder happened during a routine traffic stop in St. Anthony, MINN, a suburb of St. Paul. Castile was in the driver seat when he was shot. His girlfriend, Lavish Reynolds, recorded her partner's murder on her cell phone. Reynolds was in the passenger seat, the couple's young daughter seating in the back. That video also went viral and again, is very graphic. The pigs involved in this ruthless murder have been identified as officers Jeronimo Yanez and Joseph Kauser, both of the St. Anthony Police Gestapo(SAPG). Same story: paid vacation for killers, horrific death for victim, investigation, outrage, protests, etc. Castile was 32 years old. He was absolutely innocent.
RIP: Philado Castile seen here.
Watched him die: Castile's partner Lavish Reynolds seen here.
Killers: pigs Joe Kauser(l) and Jeronimo Yanez seen here.
In response to overall police genocide of Blacks, including these latest twin murders, one citizen in Dallas, TX decided to take matters into his own hands. On Thursday July 7th, a sniper took out five members of the Dallas Police Gestapo(DPG), and injured at least seven other cops. This Act of Valor occurred during a BLM protest, which itself had been in response to the two aforementioned murders of Sterling and Castile. The sniper was Mikah Xavier Johnson, and military veteran, marine, and trained tactician. He had no ties to the BLM Movement, nor any other political group. He simply acted in accordance to his moral code, and instead of murdering innocent people in Iraq and Afghanistan, doing the Empire's bidding, neutralized some real terrorists instead. Johnson was martyred when a robot-controlled device was exploded near him. Like Christopher Dorner before him, Johnson is a hero and a martyr - he died in action while performing his TRUE duty: protecting the American public from both existential and internal threats.
At the same time here in Portland, OR, a less deadly incident occurred, when a local right-wing lunatic pulled a loaded gun on activists during a protests in down town. On Thursday July 7th, protests were being held in front of the InJustice Center in dt Portland, organised by Don't Shoot PDX and BLM activists. This action was also in response to the murders of Sterling and Castile, as similar actions had been taking place all over the country (including Dallas). A "counter-protester" identified as Michael Strickland, 36, had pulled a gun on the unarmed protesters. Thankfully, no one was harmed and Strickland was promptly arrested. Strickland is a local right-wing racist thug, Trump supporter, and so-called "journalist" who's been known to harass and menace BLM protests in the past. He is also a youtuber who goes by the handle "Laughing At Liberals". Who's laughing now? His yt channel can be seen here. No harm came to Strickland, despite his wanton criminal acts, but he is facing multiple charges. More on him later.
REAL terrorist threat: right-wing thug/Trump-supporter Mike Strickland seen here. Mug shot below.
That is it for now. Stay safe, stay vigilant. Lock and load.
The senseless murder of Akai Gurley was initially covered here back in late 2014. It had been a watershed year in terms of the slayings of innocent Black people at the hands of sadistic cops. The highly publicized murders of Eric Garner (July 17th) and Michael Brown (August 9th) that year, among several other barbaric police killings, was what gave rise to a sustained cause known as the Black Lives Matter movement. While most other cases have been frustrated by an almost complete lack of cop accountability, one murder from that year has received considerably more justice - Gurley killer Peter Liang has been found GUILTY!
Previous entries on the Gurley/Liang case can be reviewed HERE and HERE. For historical purposes, here is a brief recap: On November 20th 2014, rookie pig Liang, along with his pig partner Shaun Landau, were conducting a "routine" sweep of the Louis H. Pink housing development in Brooklyn, NY. Despite instructions to simply walk the perimeter of the building, officers Liang and Landau instead took it upon themselves to enter and traverse the building's stairwell. A "vertical sweep" as cops call it. At around the same time, Gurley, along with girlfriend Mellisa Butler, were leaving her apartment on the seventh floor. Since the elevator was in disrepair at the time, Gurley and Butler had no choice but to take the stairs. Thus, all the pieces for a fatal clusterfuck had been set into place. The two scumbag cops were on the 8th floor of the darkened stairwell, with Gurley and Butler on the seventh floor. At some point Liang heard a noise, and like a scared-ass cop he panicked and fired his service Glock in the direction from which the sound had come. The two civilians heard Liang's gun fire and ran for their lives. The couple had made it down about two flights before Gurley collapsed on the railing of the fifth floor. A single bullet from Liang's weapon ricocheted off the wall, hitting Gurley in the chest. As Butler desperately sought help from another of the building's tenants, pigs Liang and Landau were busy getting their story together. The two pigs spent several minutes arguing over whether to report the shooting to their supervisor - standard police protocol. They were really concerned about whether or not anyone had been injured. Eventually, Liang and Landau descended to the fifth floor... only to find their victim grievously wounded. Even though she had no formal CPR training, Butler was desperately trying to apply resuscitation efforts to Gurley. She was on the phone with a 911 operator (called by a neighbor), receiving guidance on how to aid Gurley. Liang and Landau both had CPR training - at least seven damned hours worth, as mandated for all cops in the state of New York. But instead of lifting a finger to help Gurley, they stepped over his dying body to "talk" to the fifth floor resident who had called 911. The two pigs continued to dick around for an unspecified amount of time.
Around 20 minutes later, emergency medical workers finally appeared on the scene, but by then it was too damned late. Gurley died that night. He was 28 years old and completely innocent. He left behind a young daughter. Pigs Liang and Landau never called 911, never administered CPR per their training, and never called their supervisor per NYC police policy. Liang called his union representative instead... because he was more concerned about losing his sorry-ass job than saving a man's life.
Rest In Power: Gurley pictured below.
Watched him die: Gurley's partner at the time, Mellisa Butler, pictured below.
Fight for justice: The mother of Gurley's young daughter, Kimberly Ballinger, pictured along with her attorney Scott Rynecki. Photo taken in January 2015, as they prepare their case against the NYC Police Gestapo.
Partners in crime: Killer cop Peter Liang (left) and crony capitulator Shaun Landau. On Thursday February 11th, Liang was convicted of manslaughter in the November 2014 murder of Akai Gurley. The next day, his former partner Landau was properly sacked!
On Thursday February 11th 2016, a jury convicted Liang of manslaughter over Akai Gurley's death. The disgraced rookie cop now faces sentencing set for April 14th. He could get up to 15 years in prison, but we'll see. Liang could get lucky like Johannes Mehserle and end up doing less than a year. Incidentally, Liang's former partner and fellow rookie Shaun Laudau was fired the day after Liang's conviction. GOOD! It should seem obvious, but for the record Liang was himself unceremoniously fired, immediately following his conviction. Like the rotten scumbag criminal pig he is, Landau testified against his former partner during Liang's trial. In return, Landau did not face criminal prosecution himself. No honor among cops, it can always be said.
This particular case of police terror has garnered a unique juxtaposition rarely seen: the murder of an innocent Person of Color, at the hands of a cop who himself happens to be a PoC. Disgraced cop Peter Liang is of Chinese decent,which shouldn't matter because a pig is a dirty rotten pig. Unfortunately, this has caused some members of NYC's Asian community to rally in defense of Liang, despite his wanton sadism. Rightly or wrongly, suspicions have also been voiced that Liang is simply an Asian Scapegoat. An easy Mark, swiftly thrown under the bus by his former (mostly White) comrades. Such suspicions aren't unfounded, however. After all, Akai Gurley's murder, however egregious, is no worse than the police murders of many other Black male New Yorkers over the years... including that of Eric Garner. And yet Garner's killer, pig Daniel Panteleo, has never faced criminal charges. He, along with nearly all of his White comrades, walk the streets of NYC to this day.
That given, many others within the Asian community have chosen not to give in to divisionist tactics...
Solidarity against police terror!
As some of you may have noticed, Targeting Cops took a hiatus back in August 2015. TC is now back and needless to say, much has happened over the past several months. Since it would be too much to attempt a recap of all things relevant since last August, we shall simply pick up where current events stand. As always, past stories will be revisited and new cases of police murder/terrorism shall be scrutinized. For now, we pay attention to Aaron Campbell - murdered by Portland cops six years ago.
Gone, but never forgotten: Aaron Campbell pictured here, along with new-born daughter at the time. Date unknown.
Campbell didn't get to be quite the national galvanizing martyr that many other police murder victims would become. Nonetheless, his death was no less egregious, the circumstances no less infuriating. And here in Portland, OR, the Campbell saga stands out as one of the worse cases of sheer police menace this city has ever known. Campbell's murder has been covered here more extensively than most others have bothered to do, and with none of the racist bias that one can typically expect with corporate "news". Past entries on this can be examined HERE and HERE. Otherwise, here is a brief recap with basic facts:
On January 29th 2010 Aaron M. Campbell was gunned down by gang members of the Portland Police Gestapo(PPG). Campbell was in anguish, following the death of his brother Timothy Douglass earlier that day (due to complications from a heart transplant). A 911 call had been made later that night, reporting of a possibly suicidal man with a gun at the Sandy Terrace apartments. Within minutes, police had surrounded the apt. complex. Campbell's girlfriend and the three children they had together, were also in that apt. Police established a phone line with Campbell, and after it was determined that he had no intentions of harming anyone, he allowed his girlfriend and their children to leave the apt. Campbell then put his weapon down and agreed to leave the apt. This is the part where things get all screwed up, and to this day Portland police have never provided a clear and truthful account of what exactly happened - Campbell walked out the front door, walking backwards, hands clasped together on the back of his head. He was clearly unarmed at this point. Apparently, the cop who was on the phone with Campbell had not communicated with other police on the scene. So when Campbell emerged from the apt., it had taken several cops by surprise. Campbell was barked some orders in rapid succession. Before he even had a chance to respond, he would be shot with several "less-than-lethal" beanbag or rubber-coated rounds, shot with way more lethal live rounds, and had a K-9 sicced on him. This monumental clusterfuck would all happen in under ten seconds. Campbell's gunshot wound might not have been fatal, had he received immediate medical care. However, Campbell's limp body was instead handcuffed, and he was allowed to bleed-out for 30 minutes, while emergency medical providers were held at bay (because giving prompt life-saving treatment to someone who had just been maimed of grievously injured by police totally defeats to very purpose of police work... as we all know). Those handcuffs would not be removed from Campbell's body until his autopsy, a few days later. Funerals were held for both Campbell and his brother Timothy in February 2010. They were 25 and 23 years of age, respectively.
Justice still in wait: Local activists protest Campbell's murder, while demanding accountability for killer cops.
In the six years since Aaron Campbell's murder, much as happened with the case... very little of it positive. Many protests and civil suits have been had. A few cops were "reprimanded", a few were served suspensions, and one was even fired after months of intense community outrage and media heat. Not one single criminal charge has ever been levied against any cop involved in Campbell's murder. In fact, the very idea of an indictment has never been entertained by the local district attorney. Alas, if you are reading this then you already know that. The following is a list of the criminals who had a hand in Campbell's death:
- Officer James Quakenbush: spoke with Campbell over the phone, as well as texted.
- Officer Ryan Lewton: shot Campbell in back with beanbag or rubber-coated lead rounds.
- Officer Ronald Frashour: shot Campbell in back with AR-15 military assault weapon.
- Officer Jeffrey Elias: member of K-9 unit. Simultaneously launched his dog on Campbell, as he was being shot in the back by Frashour.
- Sergeant Liana Reyna: lead command officer who all but abandoned her post and failed to take proper charge of situation.
- Sergeant John Birkinbine: ordered Campbell out of the apt. yet failed to inform others on scene. This inept act of carelessness lead to Campbell's death, as much as the bullet Frashour put in his back.
As we all know, Ron Frashour has been the only pig to have ever received any significant punishment in this case. Every other cop involved has at best gotten an 80-hour suspension, or not faced punishment at all. The city of Portland (i.e. the TAXPAYERS) has been ordered to pay a $1.2 million wrongful death suit, filed by Campbell's family back in November 2010. Yet another multi-million dollar pay out by the city, for cops who're clearly more trouble than they are worth. Since actually charging killer cops with the felonies they commit is off the table, seems like firing these bastards would be cheaper... except not.
In December 2015, the Oregon Court of Appeals ordered the city to REHIRE killer cop Frashour... with back pay. Community members and seasoned activists alike protested this latest abortion of justice, rightfully so. More info. on these actions can be seen HERE. Video of the protest can be watched HERE. And that's it. That's just it...
