Following the criminal indictment of a fellow officer, the entire Portland Police Rapid Response Team made the unanimous decision to resign, according to police sources via Portland news outlet KXL.
Cory Budworth, 40, is the first officer in the county to be prosecuted for using force during a violent protest.
The Rapid Response Team is a group of volunteer officers who respond to civil disobedience, demonstrations and riots. At the time of the incident, Officer Budworth was assigned to the Rapid Response Team for crowd control.
Indeed, Budworth was indicted for breaking up an Antifa riot in 2020, charged with misdemeanor fourth-degree assault. He was accused of “unlawfully, knowingly and recklessly causing physical injury” to Teri Jacobs on August 18.
A video shared on social media showed an officer running and striking a protestor with his baton. The woman fell down and was hit with the baton a second time.
However, it is critical to mention that the bureau found the baton strike in question was “not intentional” and therefore not considered lethal force, while the Independent Police Review office viewed the strike as a “push,” WCAX News reports.
Beware… click bait. They didn’t resign from the force… just the special unit they were with. Gotta protect those pensions ‘ya know.
Lots of departments will want them.
The scary part is the blm thugs who will replace them. All in the plan…
Any COP still working for Portland or Seattle should not be trusted.
As far as I’m concerned rioters and looters need to be shot in the act. These people were in the act of rioting.
If you’re rioting, assaulting and looting you are emminently eligible for an ass beating a hickory tune-up is in order.
If I heard correctly, the woman in question was willing to settle her suit against the city for $50,000. I guess she hit the lotto. Now in addition to rioting, you will have the dirtbags taunting the cops into hitting them so they, too can collect their winnings.
a Wood Shampoo™ on s called for. Repeatedly
Hickory shampoo is more “organic”