The main police union in Portland, Oregon, said city officials who demonized law enforcement were the primary cause of mass resignations from the police bureau’s riot squad last week.
Daryl Turner, executive director of the Portland Police Association union, said that “political venom” caused the entire Rapid Response Team (RRT) to resign. The 50-member squad made the decision after a Portland officer, Corey Budworth, was recently indicted for allegedly assaulting a photographer during a riot last year.
