Cicely Thrasher
@thrashermama.bsky.social
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So believe me I understand this is deeply frustrating and unfair, but a march that does everything right and still gets tear gassed is a successful march that is winning.
A lot of the strategy of protest is luring the authorities into engaging in obviously, transparently unjust uses of force.
A lot of the strategy of protest is luring the authorities into engaging in obviously, transparently unjust uses of force.
It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
February 1, 2026 at 6:31 AM
So believe me I understand this is deeply frustrating and unfair, but a march that does everything right and still gets tear gassed is a successful march that is winning.
A lot of the strategy of protest is luring the authorities into engaging in obviously, transparently unjust uses of force.
A lot of the strategy of protest is luring the authorities into engaging in obviously, transparently unjust uses of force.
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A Multnomah County jury has awarded more than $760,000 to our client Cider Riot owner Abram Goldman-Armstrong after finding defendants associated with the far-right group Patriot Prayer liable for a violent 2019 attack. Even though the justice system moves slowly, we will always stay the course.
January 31, 2026 at 2:10 AM
A Multnomah County jury has awarded more than $760,000 to our client Cider Riot owner Abram Goldman-Armstrong after finding defendants associated with the far-right group Patriot Prayer liable for a violent 2019 attack. Even though the justice system moves slowly, we will always stay the course.
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Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee have made a dashboard of reports of possible abuse and misconduct during federal immigration enforcement operations under the Trump Admin. In this thread, we've collected all the reports from Oregon. oversightdemocrats.house.gov/immigration-...
Oversight Immigration Enforcement Dashboard
To fulfill our oversight and legislative responsibilities to protect and defend the Constitution, Oversight Committee Democrats are compiling a verified public record of possible misconduct incidents ...
oversightdemocrats.house.gov
November 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee have made a dashboard of reports of possible abuse and misconduct during federal immigration enforcement operations under the Trump Admin. In this thread, we've collected all the reports from Oregon. oversightdemocrats.house.gov/immigration-...
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🧵The Ninth Circuit has cleared the way for federalization of the Oregon National Guard. The court has said troops can be deployed on Portland's streets while we wait for a final outcome in this case.
October 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
🧵The Ninth Circuit has cleared the way for federalization of the Oregon National Guard. The court has said troops can be deployed on Portland's streets while we wait for a final outcome in this case.
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Our Civil Rights Project lead attorney, Juan Chavez, discusses the wrongful death case of Nathan Bradford Smith, a Coos Bay man who experienced a medical emergency in the back of a patrol car while a police officer scrolled on his phone. @inafutureage.bsky.social
www.kgw.com/article/news...
www.kgw.com/article/news...
Family sues Coos Bay, alleges officer watched TikTok as man died in patrol car
A lawsuit claims Coos Bay police delayed aid for a man in distress, spending time texting and on TikTok before he later died.
www.kgw.com
August 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Our Civil Rights Project lead attorney, Juan Chavez, discusses the wrongful death case of Nathan Bradford Smith, a Coos Bay man who experienced a medical emergency in the back of a patrol car while a police officer scrolled on his phone. @inafutureage.bsky.social
www.kgw.com/article/news...
www.kgw.com/article/news...
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Don’t let this die. Keep elevating this.
Pete Hegseth shares a clip saying women shouldn’t have the right to vote, the 19th Amendment should be “repealed,” and women should “submit” to their husbands: “All of Christ for All of Life”
August 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Don’t let this die. Keep elevating this.
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Today, PortlandCity Council will vote to approve two of our cases against the Portland Police Bureau—one against a detective who trumped up protest charges against our client, and another against the officer who shot and killed Manny Clark. www.youtube.com/live/_NVVqhL...
Portland City Council Regular Session 08/07/25
YouTube video by eGov PDX
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August 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Today, PortlandCity Council will vote to approve two of our cases against the Portland Police Bureau—one against a detective who trumped up protest charges against our client, and another against the officer who shot and killed Manny Clark. www.youtube.com/live/_NVVqhL...
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Tickets are now on sale for This Is Innocence, our benefit for our program the Oregon Innocence Project happening Sept 11 in Portland. A night to celebrate exonerees, support our life-changing work, and unite for justice. www.oregoninnocence.org/this-is-inno... #ThisIsInnocence [1/4]
August 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Tickets are now on sale for This Is Innocence, our benefit for our program the Oregon Innocence Project happening Sept 11 in Portland. A night to celebrate exonerees, support our life-changing work, and unite for justice. www.oregoninnocence.org/this-is-inno... #ThisIsInnocence [1/4]
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What happens when federal law enforcement stops following the rules it’s meant to uphold? In this edition of our Waxing Confidential series, Steve Wax breaks down ICE’s expanding power—from masked raids to secret detentions— & the constitutional dangers they pose. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
July 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
What happens when federal law enforcement stops following the rules it’s meant to uphold? In this edition of our Waxing Confidential series, Steve Wax breaks down ICE’s expanding power—from masked raids to secret detentions— & the constitutional dangers they pose. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
I stayed with you for far too long @nytimes.com. But one thing you’re not going my to do is fuck with @jamellebouie.net on my dime. I canceled my years long subscription this morning.
July 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I stayed with you for far too long @nytimes.com. But one thing you’re not going my to do is fuck with @jamellebouie.net on my dime. I canceled my years long subscription this morning.
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I cannot speak for all Black people but: the deep level at which I literally do not care what Mamdami said as a teenager on an application with no option that described him is matched only by how screwed we *all* are that the NYT continues do the dirty mainstreaming work of literal supremacists
The NYT granted anonymity to a eugenicist (www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...) who obtained hacked college records in order to break the news that Zohran Mamdani, who was born in Uganda to Indian parents, checked both the "Asian" and "Black or African American" boxes on his college application.
Always curious to see who gets to be an anonymous source!
July 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I cannot speak for all Black people but: the deep level at which I literally do not care what Mamdami said as a teenager on an application with no option that described him is matched only by how screwed we *all* are that the NYT continues do the dirty mainstreaming work of literal supremacists
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As soon as possible, please email the following lawmakers and tell them: “NO” on SB 1125-A4 or any version of the warrantless drone bill
Rep.JulieFahey@oregonlegislature.gov; Rep.BenBowman@oregonlegislature.gov; Rep.ChristineDrazan@oregonlegislature.gov;
Rep.JulieFahey@oregonlegislature.gov; Rep.BenBowman@oregonlegislature.gov; Rep.ChristineDrazan@oregonlegislature.gov;
June 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
As soon as possible, please email the following lawmakers and tell them: “NO” on SB 1125-A4 or any version of the warrantless drone bill
Rep.JulieFahey@oregonlegislature.gov; Rep.BenBowman@oregonlegislature.gov; Rep.ChristineDrazan@oregonlegislature.gov;
Rep.JulieFahey@oregonlegislature.gov; Rep.BenBowman@oregonlegislature.gov; Rep.ChristineDrazan@oregonlegislature.gov;
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If due process is your love language, get ready because you’re about to catch feelings.
Introducing our “Habeas Corpus is for Lovers” merch - it’s almost illegally cute. Keep it constitutionally correct and help fund our legal services for Oregonians in need. 💖❤️🔥💘
www.ojrc.info/store
Introducing our “Habeas Corpus is for Lovers” merch - it’s almost illegally cute. Keep it constitutionally correct and help fund our legal services for Oregonians in need. 💖❤️🔥💘
www.ojrc.info/store
June 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
If due process is your love language, get ready because you’re about to catch feelings.
Introducing our “Habeas Corpus is for Lovers” merch - it’s almost illegally cute. Keep it constitutionally correct and help fund our legal services for Oregonians in need. 💖❤️🔥💘
www.ojrc.info/store
Introducing our “Habeas Corpus is for Lovers” merch - it’s almost illegally cute. Keep it constitutionally correct and help fund our legal services for Oregonians in need. 💖❤️🔥💘
www.ojrc.info/store
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We've pulled out of Governor Kotek's advisory panel on Coffee Creek. Our staff has poured 100s of hours into trying to drive forward the changes desperately needed by incarcerated women but we believe the governor's commitment to reform isn't where it needs to be. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Watchdog group questions Kotek’s commitment to women prisoners in Oregon, quits state panel
“What we have experienced over the past two years makes clear to us that the Governor is not committed to urgent or long-lasting change," an attorney with the Oregon Justice Resource Center wrote.
www.oregonlive.com
June 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
We've pulled out of Governor Kotek's advisory panel on Coffee Creek. Our staff has poured 100s of hours into trying to drive forward the changes desperately needed by incarcerated women but we believe the governor's commitment to reform isn't where it needs to be. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
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"The court found that a forensic examiner relied on “subjective judgment” based on training and experience – not objective scientific methodology – when linking shell casings in a 2018 Portland shooting to a Taurus handgun."
Method to analyze gun evidence not 'scientifically valid,' Oregon court says in major ruling
w/ @zane.bsky.social
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...
w/ @zane.bsky.social
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...
Method to analyze gun evidence not ‘scientifically valid,’ Oregon court says in major ruling
The decision questions decades of forensic practice, calling gun-to-casing matches based on "subjective judgment" rather than scientific methodology.
www.oregonlive.com
June 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"The court found that a forensic examiner relied on “subjective judgment” based on training and experience – not objective scientific methodology – when linking shell casings in a 2018 Portland shooting to a Taurus handgun."
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This disgusting email from an Oregon SWAT sergeant takes gleeful delight in fatal shootings & brags about weapons & violence. OSP fought for months to keep from disclosing the most shocking parts of the message because they don't want Oregonians to know how they talk about us in private. [1/3]
“An Oregon State Police recruitment email for the SWAT unit trumpeted fatal shootings by its members and the elite unit’s use of an arsenal of weapons.”
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...
Are you ‘jonesing to fire less lethal rounds’ and ‘launch gas canisters’? Oregon State Police SWAT email misses mark
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.
www.oregonlive.com
June 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This disgusting email from an Oregon SWAT sergeant takes gleeful delight in fatal shootings & brags about weapons & violence. OSP fought for months to keep from disclosing the most shocking parts of the message because they don't want Oregonians to know how they talk about us in private. [1/3]
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In the midst of a constitutional crisis and escalating police overreach, the last thing we need is a bill that would give law enforcement a broad waiver on our Fourth Amendment rights.
Tell Oregon legislators to vote NO on SB 238A.
🎥: OJRC Civil Rights Project Dir. @inafutureage.bsky.social
Tell Oregon legislators to vote NO on SB 238A.
🎥: OJRC Civil Rights Project Dir. @inafutureage.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
In the midst of a constitutional crisis and escalating police overreach, the last thing we need is a bill that would give law enforcement a broad waiver on our Fourth Amendment rights.
Tell Oregon legislators to vote NO on SB 238A.
🎥: OJRC Civil Rights Project Dir. @inafutureage.bsky.social
Tell Oregon legislators to vote NO on SB 238A.
🎥: OJRC Civil Rights Project Dir. @inafutureage.bsky.social
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Oregon: Lawmakers are pushing SB 238A - a bill that expands warrantless drone surveillance. Your privacy is at stake.
Say NO to unchecked spying. TAKE ACTION:
win.newmode.net/oregonjustic...
Say NO to unchecked spying. TAKE ACTION:
win.newmode.net/oregonjustic...
June 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Oregon: Lawmakers are pushing SB 238A - a bill that expands warrantless drone surveillance. Your privacy is at stake.
Say NO to unchecked spying. TAKE ACTION:
win.newmode.net/oregonjustic...
Say NO to unchecked spying. TAKE ACTION:
win.newmode.net/oregonjustic...
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“Detroit Opera says it is prepared for what might be looming, that it confirmed the backing of board members, alerted donors, considered the risks and took stock of its core mission.
“This piece is so worth telling,” said Yuval Sharon, the company’s artistic director”
“This piece is so worth telling,” said Yuval Sharon, the company’s artistic director”
Detroit Opera Steps Into Trump’s Cross Hairs With ‘Central Park Five’
The Pulitzer Prize-winning opera features Donald J. Trump, whose 1989 full-page newspaper ad sought to demonize the young men wrongly accused of rape.
www.nytimes.com
April 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
“Detroit Opera says it is prepared for what might be looming, that it confirmed the backing of board members, alerted donors, considered the risks and took stock of its core mission.
“This piece is so worth telling,” said Yuval Sharon, the company’s artistic director”
“This piece is so worth telling,” said Yuval Sharon, the company’s artistic director”
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NEW: Per multiple sources, the National Cancer Institute’s Board of Scientific Advisors has been entirely disbanded.
April 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM
NEW: Per multiple sources, the National Cancer Institute’s Board of Scientific Advisors has been entirely disbanded.
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Dan cared so deeply for Portlanders. He had seemingly infinite patience for working w/ labyrinthine & impotent police review boards & improving them. He tracked every time police killed & injured someone. Through it all, he had a big heart. A true local hero.
www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/04...
www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/04...
Portlanders Mourn the Loss of Dan Handelman, Pioneer of Police Oversight
Dan Handelman, an ardent police watchdog and co-founder of Portland Copwatch, died Wednesday. As first reported by The Oregonian, Handelman, 60, suffered a stroke and was in an intensive care unit ear...
www.portlandmercury.com
April 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Dan cared so deeply for Portlanders. He had seemingly infinite patience for working w/ labyrinthine & impotent police review boards & improving them. He tracked every time police killed & injured someone. Through it all, he had a big heart. A true local hero.
www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/04...
www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/04...
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Thousands of protesters gathered at the Japanese American Historical Plaza on Portland’s waterfront before they started marching south down Naito Parkway onto the Morrison Bridge.
#HandsOff protest live updates: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
#HandsOff protest live updates: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
April 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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