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The people who are hired to enforce the laws are civil servants. The notion that they can intimidate witnesses to their work is extra ordinary. They must always act as though every action they take has to be defended to the public. Otherwise, they are secret agents.
Additionally, a few officers in Portland and some deputies in the Metro area have shown a penchant to shoot or beat up citizens first and then let the city or the county pay the price later. Taxpayers must have the facts to decide whether and how much they will tolerate expensive abuses of authority.

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