Trial for a defendant from Portland State University today.
They finished up pre trial motions and are about to start jury selection.
This case is from a few weeks after the library was raided in May of 2024. Two students chained themselves to the admin building on campus and were quickly forcibly removed and arrested by campus police. During these arrests Officer Jimenez ripped off a students hijab before throwing them into a police car.
In response to this, the very next day students came back to chain themselves to the building again. After police assaulted and arrested those chained to the building, students and community members went to the side of the admin building where the parking garage is. They went over there to attempt to block the police cars that had the arrestees in them. Some students sat on the ground in front of and behind the police vehicles, while others formed a line and linked arms blocking the entrance/exit to the garage.
The response from law enforcement was one of the most brutal responses from law enforcement in Portland I had seen in quite some time. This was the same day campus police broke a students ribs, tore someones ACL who then had to get surgery , and put at least 3 people in the hospital.
You might remember this as the day one of the responding officers had a heart attack moments after assaulting students. I have a thread with coverage from this day somewhere on here but I can't currently find and link to that.
Will share updates as necessary/when I can. Opening statements expected to begin after lunch.
Alissa Azar
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