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Cop who KILLED JIM CHASSE and then shot a 12 year old girl with bean bag: STOP HIM

I just saw the video footage. Office Christopher Humphreys, a dickless little man who repeatedly feels the urge to prove himself by beating and hurting people who are smaller than himself and unarmed, has struck again. And not just him, either. A LOT of people have reason to feel shame tonight.
In the video footage, a cluster of armed police officers can be seen brutally attacking and beating a 12 year old girl. Officer Humphreys actually takes out a bean bag gun and shoots the pre-teen at close range, all for the crime of "riding the max when she wasn't supposed to."

And just as clearly, in the video footage, we can see the max train parked next to the scene, filled with hundreds of people passively watching from the windows of the train. A few people step off the train to get a better look, but NO ONE LIFTS A FINGER to stop the attack. No one does a FUCKING THING.

What is wrong with us, that we're so disabled by a uniform and perceived authority, that we will allow a little girl to be beaten, bludgeoned, and finally SHOT, right in front of us, and NOT ONE PERSON lifts a finger to stop it???

Do we just write it off because the assailants were police officers??? Isn't this what everyone did in Nazi Germany???

To make matters worse, the corporate news continues their little game of blocking the faces of those who participated in the attack. Scott Westerman of the police union was posturing his decrepit little body around on the news tonight challenging Portlanders to "watch that video" and see that the officers were perfectly justified because, despite the fact that she is only 12 years old, despite the fact that she was unarmed, despite the fact that she was outnumbered by huge, armed men, Westerman claims that "this person was violent," and that she had it coming. Isn't that what they always say?

For SHAME Scott. For SHAME all of you Portland police thugs who think they can keep getting away with this. I saw we all arm ourselves, and next time, STEP UP AND PROTECT EACH OTHER from these thugs.

Oh. Now I see "Fox 12" is now having a poll asking people whether they think the act was justified. Apparently, Scott Westerman and his pod of oozing pus-filled sores are all multiple posting, because the last I looked, the poll claims that more than 70% of respondents say the attack was justified. Oh, God, please vote. Not that it means anything at all, but I can't stand them smugly thinking they can get away with this. Even if they have gotten away with it over and over again. Humor me. Go to the site and vote.  http://www.kptv.com/index.html Click on "what do you think."

go figure 20.Nov.2009 00:45

Ben Waiting

920 y
329 n

I VOTED n

Crazy world!
For not paying a fare on the MAX or being "excluded"?
This shit is psychotic?

In school we used to say
"pick on somebody your own size"
Grown men ... that we citizens put in uniforms
and they treat people like this!

It looked like she almost was pushed/thrown over the railing into traffic
The police were suppose to be investigating a rowdy party
Looks like they made their own rowdy party

Angry too! 20.Nov.2009 14:42

pdxvictory

As a mother I'm so angry I don't have words foul enough to describe the contempt I feel for them. If this was my daughter, those cops would be nothing but ghastly lamp post ornaments when I was through with them.
What loathsome, ghoulish creatures are capable of such crimes against our communities? Members of the Portland Pig Department. How many dead and wounded before we stand up and do something about this long reign of terror?!

Authority's do this to people for sport they don't care about law or the people. 21.Nov.2009 16:57

Terry Wagar battlehunter@hotmail.com

I am a victim of a murder conspiracy that the Portland police gave permission to my wife and her lover to poison me and my family to death and they were framing me as a pedophile.

I have signed confessions and audio recordings and video evidence of the local authority's involved in a murder conspiracy and I have no one to report it to.

My email address is  battlehunter@hotmail.com.

I have uploaded much evidence at this address.

 http://sosbeevfbi.ning.com/profile/TerryWagar

I am risking my life trying to get word out to people about this.

The Portland police poison people they don't want as witnesses and the hospitals are more than willing to lie for them.

You can see this poor girl being shot in the leg, you know she is injured, yet I am very sure some doctor rubber stamped a document saying she is fine.

Who does one report it to when you catch a doctor falsifying documents, police falsify documents all the time, why be surprised when doctors do the same?

The Police don't care about law or the People they are supposed to protect.

I would resist an officer if that officer made it known they were going to kill me, wouldn't you?

So don't tell me there is no reason to resist, sometimes you don't have a choice but to resist or die and that's a fact.

The S,O,B, had a gun in his hand and she did not, and you can tell there is no audio of that cop telling her it's a bean bag gun, I would have presumed I was going to be shot the way those cops behaved and I would most likey resist if being treated the way she was treated.

The Portland Police murder for sport and don't care if people know it because there actions are rubber stamped as "justified" and they "know" no one will hold them criminally liable.

child abuse 22.Nov.2009 10:23

anti-racist teacher

I'm hearing a lot of nonsense justifications in this thread. Justifications for multiple police officers ganging up on a child, tackling her to the ground, adult men pressing her face into the concrete, kneeling on her back, all the while pointing a bean bag gun at her (which many 12 year olds might not be able to differentiate from a gun that shoots bullets), then finally, coldly, shooting her while she was on the ground with a man on top of her. She was fighting, clearly terrified, for her life.

A few posters have chimed in remarking on her physical size as justification for multiple grown men with guns and all sorts of other weapons perceiving this girl as a threat. Spare us, you cowards. Developmentally, children are not capable of processing consequences in the same way that most adults do. Their brain has not fully developed yet (not to mention their muscle mass). Even simple commands have to be communicated differently. Who hasn't had a child in their life say, "NO" or "WHY?" in response to a direct request? That is kids job, to question. Adults job is to set and explain boundaries, and one of the most important boundaries to set is HURTING CHILDREN IS WRONG.

If police officers don't understand how to interact with human beings, they should get the hell off the streets. There are a lot of rebellious 12 year olds in Portland, who might say NO to you power-hungry thugs in uniform, they might even try to get away when you tackle them--especially seeing as how your definition of "tackle" includes fracturing ribs, puncturing lungs, humiliation, and denial of medical care.

I hope those kids get away from your clutches, and I hope they never forget the lesson you taught them about policing.

Unbelievable 22.Nov.2009 18:44

MY voice

The police state already has the corporate media to be their mouthpiece. Don't be a shithead and start parroting their brainwashing nonsense here. Oh, and dickhead cops who are posting? Shut the fuck up. Go talk to FOX 12. They're on your side. We are not.

"Oh she's not just a little girl! She's a big girl! She is tall and weighs a lot! So stop picking on us mesomorphic shmucks for getting our rocks off by beating her up and showing her who is boss! She DESERVED it! She had it coming!"

Sorry, NOT buying.

You should ALL HAVE YOUR FUCKING ASSES KICKED, and if I EVER saw you doing such a thing to a child, I would KILL YOU. Hands down, no questions asked, I would KILL you. I would stand up for the child, and KILL YOU.

We should all be armed, to protect ourselves and each other from THIS.

the poll results are shocking 23.Nov.2009 07:40

thelonegunman

people who support the police state actions outnumber those who despise them... two of every three people who vote support the police here... that's shocking

stress-related injury 23.Nov.2009 08:52

gk

I read that this cop has filed a stress-related injury report. It said this is common when a cop is in "trouble." Sounds like he's trying to get out of this too easily.

Polls Show.... 23.Nov.2009 15:28

citizen

I'm really skeptical that the tv poll tells us anything at all, except that a lot of cops sat around watching tv and had nothing better to do that night.

Seriously. NO one I know, no one I work with, no one I associate with in any manner, NO one supports that man or what he did. NO one. Only a cop would support child abuse like that. Only a cop.

rally in support of popo 24.Nov.2009 02:09

event related

popo holds rally in support of their good ol boy network on heels of beanbag incident

 http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2009/11/395582.shtml