Police accountability is non-existent in Salem & Keizer
With Salem Police the deadliest in the state, it’s beyond time for meaningful citizen oversight.
In late March 2023, the Statesman Journal published what should have been a bombshell piece of reporting by Whitney Woodworth.
Police in Salem are the deadliest law enforcement agency in Oregon. They kill residents at 2x the rate of officers in Eugene, and at a rate ⅓ higher than police in Portland.
From the Statesman Journal, with killings per 100k resid…
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