Twisted Copper

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2026, the year we finally listened, but still did nothing www.streetroots.org/news-stories...

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2024, the year where everything stayed the same www.propublica.org/article/home...

for no particular reason, here's a series of totally random articles which happen to be in chronological order here's one from 2019 www.opb.org/news/article...

2024, the year of consequences? www.streetroots.org/news-stories...

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2024 was the year everything was going to change... www.streetroots.org/news-stories...

for no particular reason, here's a series of totally random articles which happen to be in chronological order here's one from 2019 www.opb.org/news/article...

2023 was also a great year for lawsuits that ultimately changed absolutely nothing www.kgw.com/video/news/l...

for no particular reason, here's a series of totally random articles which happen to be in chronological order here's one from 2019 www.opb.org/news/article...

2022 was a great year for dehumanizing people living in poverty www.streetroots.org/housing/2022...

for no particular reason, here's a series of totally random articles which happen to be in chronological order here's one from 2019 www.opb.org/news/article...

actually, 2021 never really ended either gizmodo.com/apple-airtag...

for no particular reason, here's a series of totally random articles which happen to be in chronological order here's one from 2019 www.opb.org/news/article...

2020 never really ended www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

you don't hate rapid response enough this afternoon 2 large rrbc trucks were driving on the 205 bike path, where they attempted to run down my friend, a homeless veteran, before chasing him on foot - 8 of them! luckily i found him not long after he escaped, unscathed... but he is definitely NOT ok

my friend is justifiably upset - he has some words for the people of portland

this summer, i started a mutual aid side project: helping our unhoused neighbors retrieve their property stolen by rapid response. "stolen" is not hyperbole. when someone takes something that doesn't belong to them & doesn't return it, we call that stealing www.propublica.org/article/home...

i just listened; the noise of busy afternoon traffic faded away, replaced by waves of pure emotion, alternating between sobs of grief and wails of seething rage - those heartbreaking sounds said everything that needed to be said this was supposed to be the end of this thread, but alas 16/

this summer, i started a mutual aid side project: helping our unhoused neighbors retrieve their property stolen by rapid response. "stolen" is not hyperbole. when someone takes something that doesn't belong to them & doesn't return it, we call that stealing www.propublica.org/article/home...

nobody at the warehouse expressed sympathy or admitted making a mistake - instead, they cranked up the gaslighting and when she started to complain, the dude who 'only works at the warehouse' didn't want to hear any complaints, so he shut the loading bay door in her face 14/

this summer, i started a mutual aid side project: helping our unhoused neighbors retrieve their property stolen by rapid response. "stolen" is not hyperbole. when someone takes something that doesn't belong to them & doesn't return it, we call that stealing www.propublica.org/article/home...

i'd seen her camp before it got swept - it had a whole helluva lot more stuff than what was in those 2 bags. rapid said most of it got black-bagged - aka considered "garbage" with no obvious use (i think the black bags also surreptitiously separate valuables to be kept or sold by employees) 12/

this summer, i started a mutual aid side project: helping our unhoused neighbors retrieve their property stolen by rapid response. "stolen" is not hyperbole. when someone takes something that doesn't belong to them & doesn't return it, we call that stealing www.propublica.org/article/home...

my second run of the day didn't go well either. even though we didn't come back empty handed, it was somehow worse... whenever rapid clears a camp & steals everything they can get their grubby little hands on, a clock starts ticking - after 30 days, time is up 10/

this summer, i started a mutual aid side project: helping our unhoused neighbors retrieve their property stolen by rapid response. "stolen" is not hyperbole. when someone takes something that doesn't belong to them & doesn't return it, we call that stealing www.propublica.org/article/home...

it was disappointing, but there really wasn't anything we could do at this point. if you can't prove what was taken because there's no record of it being taken, you can't retrieve it. if you know they took something from you, but they say it isn't there, it might as well have never even existed 8/

this summer, i started a mutual aid side project: helping our unhoused neighbors retrieve their property stolen by rapid response. "stolen" is not hyperbole. when someone takes something that doesn't belong to them & doesn't return it, we call that stealing www.propublica.org/article/home...

tuesday i went on two retrieval runs. the first was for a couple in their 60s. some of the stuff they wanted to get back was outside the 30 day retrieval window & we didn't expect it to be there - but they'd been swept 3 different times - surely some of their stuff would still retrievable... 6/

this summer, i started a mutual aid side project: helping our unhoused neighbors retrieve their property stolen by rapid response. "stolen" is not hyperbole. when someone takes something that doesn't belong to them & doesn't return it, we call that stealing www.propublica.org/article/home...

yet, despite all the complaints, violations, & lawsuits, the city of portland keeps renewing the contract with rapid response bio-clean... most recently, a mind boggling $38.6 million over the course of 7 years... to repeatedly traumatize people in poverty 4/ www.streetroots.org/news-stories...

this summer, i started a mutual aid side project: helping our unhoused neighbors retrieve their property stolen by rapid response. "stolen" is not hyperbole. when someone takes something that doesn't belong to them & doesn't return it, we call that stealing www.propublica.org/article/home...

rapid response has a documented history of "seizing property" belonging to the most vulnerable members of our community - literally stealing from people who have next to nothing. dozens of complaints have lead to multiple lawsuits in recent years 2/ www.streetroots.org/housing/2024...