Portland, Ore. — Some 6,000 members of the National Association of Letter Carriers at their annual convention in Detroit during the third week of July protested the brutal killing of Jason Washington by Portland State University campus police. The union is also addressing the recent increase in the number of racist murders of letter carriers by cops.
Washington, a married father of three, worked for Portland’s U.S. Postal Service. He was a 45-year-old Black Navy veteran who had a concealed-carry firearm permit to carry a gun.
Washington had been at a PSU campus bar on June 29 when a fight that started over a racist slur moved outside. Washington followed and attempted to break it up. When his gun slipped out of his holster, falling to the ground, he reached to pick it up. That’s when he was fatally shot by campus cops Shawn McKenzie and James Dewey at least six times, according to cell phone footage.
Cops kill postal worker who was trying to break up fight
I saw this article yesterday and was curious to see what others would say. I searched for racist cops shooting carriers. Couldn’t find anything. I couldn’t find anything on the NALC website about a protest either. Please provide links to back up these assertions. If crazy racist cops are going around wantonly blowing away mail carriers, I’d think our single-minded news media would be all over it.
That guys not Black…. Italian maybe
Uhm… Anyone with a conceal carry permit is clearly informed through literature, instruction, and classroom training that a gun is not permitted on a school campus or any federal building or grounds.
2nd, he was not representing the PO at the time, he was off duty at a bar. So why is this article decrying the slaying of a letter carrier. The whole argument is deceptive and not accurately portrayed in typical Union fashion.
stop with the political crap….and get us locality pay or a BUYOUT…..NALC as useless as a pimple on someones a@@!
Wow.
This is a thing? Really?
It’s time to get over it bros. Risk your life for name calling! Yet your fellow comedians use it all the time. Not worth dying for!
So during a brawl outside of a bar, a person was shot by cops while reaching to pick up a firearm? That’s not racism, that’s a reaction to a dangerous situation. It’s one person killed and that is an increased number of racist killings? I think the law is quite clear, do not carry a concealed firearm in places that serve alcohol.
Better stand for the anthem.
Racist Murders?….Police have a union too…Asswipes…You try being a cop.. Amazon Delivery Boy!!!!!