Nov 9, 2023
Predator Cop Preys On Woman Who Called 911 For A Burglary
Predator Cop Preys On Woman Who Called 911 For A Burglary
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Predator cop responds to burglary, right?
Well, he decides to assault according
to the conviction, a woman.
Put up the picture full mass.
Well, that cop is now facing the music.
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Howard Portis, Officer Howard Portis,
[COUGH] is now an ex
Atlanta Police Department officer
has been found guilty of sexual assault.
According to the indictment and
conviction, he assaulted a woman
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who had called 911 because somebody
broke into her property, all right?
This is a dangerous situation,
you need help, [COUGH].
This happened March in 2021.
The Forgery County DA's office,
led by Fonnie Willis,
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the same prosecutor
prosecuting Donald Trump,
announced the guilty verdict
Wednesday against the former officer.
He was convicted on one count
of aggravated sodomy and
one count of violation of oath.
According to state records,
the officer was still allowed
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to resign by the Atlanta Police Department
while under investigation.
The officer also now has a second
indictment in state court, why?
Over a, quote, pattern of deactivating his
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body camera before making sexual advances.
Let me give you a background
to the incident.
The release said that
Officer Portis responded to the 911
call from a woman on Glenn Street,
March 25th, 2021.
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The Atlanta Police Department
officer arrived at the scene and
once inside of her home.
He decided to deactivate, turn off,
his body camera, and
then physically forced her to
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perform sexual acts on him,
the release stated.
A second officer was dispatched to
the scene and when that officer arrived,
the victim, quote,
remained silent about the assault due to
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her heightened fear and
distrust of law enforcement.
I need you to understand
the scenario that he presented here.
This evil deed was done
knowing that the victim
would not be aware of who
would be on her side or not.
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So you have a second officer responding,
why would she believe that they
are not involved in a conspiracy?
You have a person who has
just sexually violated you,
who has a gun and a license to use it.
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And based on damn near every
single Supreme Court ruling and
the narrative primarily of conservatives.
All he has to do is say, my goodness,
I thought she was the person
who broke into her own home.
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He kills her and he gets to go home,
because he know a subjective, protection.
The DA's office said,
after the second officer left,
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Portis offered her $250, okay?
Quote, she fled to her pastor's residence
down the street, and once she got there,
frantically knocked on the door in tears,
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showing clear signs of distress,
including heaving and vomiting.
It's made a sick to her stomach.
Before disclosing to him
that she had been violated,
the pastor helped arrange an ambulance to
the hospital, where she stayed overnight.
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The records also show his law enforcement
certification is currently suspended,
meaning he cannot seek sworn
officer employment in Georgia.
So you have a sentencing hearing
coming up on the 20th of November.
Quote, this office has indicted
31 law enforcement officers,
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including police,
sheriff's deputies, and jailers.
And yep, even federal agents
have been indicted by Ms.
Fani Willis, the DA of Fulton County.
Willis continued to say, quote,
rest assured that in this jurisdiction,
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police officers who engage
in criminal activity and
violate the oath to serve the public will
face the full force of accountability.
The prosecuting attorney in this case,
Deputy DA Sonya Allen,
added in the statement that law
enforcement officers who engage in
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criminal actions that breach
public trust must be prosecuted.
Ladies and gentlemen,
this is called a start.
You don't need new laws, you actually just
need to enforce the ones you already have.
DA Fani Willis is willing to do so, okay?
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Unlike most, I will say this about the DA.
There is obviously there is some
political fallout for other prosecutions.
You will have that no
matter what DA you get.
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But going after cops who clearly
violate their oath is part of the job.
Some DAs have decided to ignore that
part of the job while overcharging every
single person in poverty or committing
a crime of survival, et cetera, they can.
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Here's a moment, a blueprint,
if you would, of how to do it properly.
She typically is very careful
about how the indictments work.
There's a process through a grand jury and
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the collection of evidence.
This officer got caught here.
We know about one incident for sure.
But he's now being investigated because
of a pattern of turning off his camera,
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which also means there are other victims.
There are other victims,
that's the point here.
They prosecuted for this one.
But now you have a pattern that
they are investigating and
will indict for because, well,
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this individual was an actual
predator in a uniform.
Now, why won't cops, why won't chiefs,
why won't cities, counties and
states agree psychological evaluations
are required every six months?
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Hell, every one year.
The same cop you hire on Day 1 may
not be the same cop on day 365.
And how does someone who is probably
a serial violator, how does that person
pass your psychological evaluations
unless they are simply not objective?
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All right, Jordan, thoughts here.
>> Speaker 2: This is the exact
behavior that makes people so
distrustful of police.
That somebody exploits this system,
this technology to hide
what they're doing reflects
a pattern of behavior like you say.
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But there should be punishments
in every department nationwide.
You do this once, maybe twice if you're
being liberal, maybe it's an accident.
But if you are turning off your body
camera, it's that you don't want anyone
that could hold you accountable
potentially to see what you're doing.
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I can't think of any good reason to
do that when you're interfacing with
the public.
Maybe to protect someone's privacy,
there could be a review process.
But generally speaking,
if this is something that you are doing,
you should be out hear you on
the evaluations, absolutely.
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Because when you put
somebody in that position,
you give them a badge and
a gun that gives them a lot of power and
control over people who are not
in the police department.
And we've seen time and
time again you've done a fantastic job
chronicling all of the abuses
of power in departments and
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states nationwide that
these police engage in.
There should be really rigorous and
thorough checks on their behavior,
their psyche,
especially the body cam thing.
What they're doing, how they're
interfacing with the public and
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people make the case for
abolishing at the very least.
There should be some sort of defund
approach where you reallocate
the resources into other
community programs.
So somebody who potentially could do
harm is not the first person showing up,
especially in a volatile situation
where maybe police aren't needed.
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Someone's having a mental health episode,
maybe a social worker could be
the first person to respond.
That's the core of the defund argument,
and I think we'd be better suited
if we reallocated the resources that
traditionally all go to the police
into a vibrant and
enriched community infrastructure.
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>> Speaker 1: Very well said,
and some cities are doing that,
the progressive model is
working in Ithaca, New York.
You have variations of it in Baltimore and
other places.
You have to implement properly, and
you have to understand the nuances
of your local community.
But this is how you actually solve it.
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Stop treating the effect and
start looking at the cause.
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