Our cohost Eric was not able to join us for today’s podcast episode, but tune in for a spirited conversation between Bobbin and Franz Bruggemeier, Associate Director of the Civil Rights Project. This week in news, we discuss the indictment of the former Coffee Creek Women’s Prison nurse for sexual assault and political prisoner Eric King’s case. Franz and Bobbin look back at the nightly police violence during the protests for racial justice after the murder of George Floyd in 2020. Franz recalls the teargas, impact munitions, and how PPB violated basic civil rights of protestors and how all that led to the class action lawsuit against PPB on behalf of Don't Shoot Portland (OJRC is co-counsel on the case). Bobbin and Franz unpack the teargas bill HB4008/HB4131, and why legislators are complicit in normalizing police violence and how their actions work against protecting civil rights. Tear gas is banned in war by international law, but it is something PPB, the City of Portland, and the Oregon State Legislature feel is appropriate to use against Oregonians. Produced by Beatrix Li, Policy & Communications Associate