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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 4571686" data-attributes="member: 48469">Whoops. Well, guess it&#039;s good that the RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCIIIIIIIIIIIST officers who were apparently like &quot;I&#039;m gonna bag me some (n-words) and ignore all the white crime and traffic violations tonight!&quot; are having their unit budgets cut!&nbsp; &quot;the bureau was forced to cut its Gun Violence Reduction Team at the direction of the City Council, which has made their job more difficult.The 34-member team was broken up on July 1 following budget cuts to police units that reportedly targeted a disproportionate number of Black people in traffic stops, according to The Oregonian. It was the first month without the unit in more than a decade.&quot;&quot;Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty pushed to disband the Gun Violence Reduction Team, which was called a gang enforcement unit at the time, according to the station. She did so following a <a href="https://www.portlandoregon.gov/auditservices/article/677598" target="_blank">2018 city audit</a> which found that African Americans made up 59 percent of the unit&#039;s traffic stops in 2016.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 4571686, member: 48469"] Whoops. Well, guess it's good that the RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCIIIIIIIIIIIST officers who were apparently like "I'm gonna bag me some (n-words) and ignore all the white crime and traffic violations tonight!" are having their unit budgets cut! [I]"the bureau was forced to cut its Gun Violence Reduction Team at the direction of the City Council, which has made their job more difficult. The 34-member team was broken up on July 1 following budget cuts to police units that reportedly targeted a disproportionate number of Black people in traffic stops, according to The Oregonian. It was the first month without the unit in more than a decade." "Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty pushed to disband the Gun Violence Reduction Team, which was called a gang enforcement unit at the time, according to the station. She did so following a [URL='https://www.portlandoregon.gov/auditservices/article/677598']2018 city audit[/URL] which found that African Americans made up 59 percent of the unit's traffic stops in 2016."[/I] [/QUOTE]

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