“If an officer beats you in the middle of Portland, and no one is there to see it, did it happen?”

Amanda Sakuma
GEN
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Oct 20, 2020

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Laura Jedeed captures the frenetic pace of demonstrations playing out in Portland. She follows a protester after police broke her nose and snapped her wrist. The Portland Police Bureau didn’t document the incident, nor was it captured on video. Is accountability possible?

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Amanda Sakuma
GEN
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