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News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months ago

Are you ‘jonesing to fire less lethal rounds’ and ‘launch gas canisters’? Oregon State Police SWAT email misses mark

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Are you ‘jonesing to fire less lethal rounds’ and ‘launch gas canisters’? Oregon State Police SWAT email misses mark

www.oregonlive.com

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News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months ago

Oregon State Police tried to conceal this controversial SWAT recruitment email when The Oregonian/OregonLive requested it. Now state police are distancing themselves from it.

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Looks like VanMeter shot a 26 year old who wasn’t even a suspect at his house last year.
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  I hope they paid the person’s medical bills and then some. Not that money can erase such an experience.

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