You're lying. The civil lawsuit was "settled" as per the text of your own link. The city did not "lose" in civil court. Cities will settle shit all the time, regardless of culpability, to make things go away and because in the long run it's cheaper.
From the OP's article:
However, it is critical to mention that the bureau found the baton strike in question was “not intentional” and therefore not considered lethal force, while the Independent Police Review office viewed the strike as a “push,” WCAX News reports.
“Unfortunately, this decorated public servant has been caught in the crossfire of agenda-driven city leaders and a politicized criminal justice system,” the Portland Police said Tuesday.
Portland Police Association Executive Director Daryl Turner told the “Lars Larson Show” Wednesday that he feared officers would quit in response to what he called a “Witch Hunt” of a prosecution.
The incident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6hOw5TqLi8
The Portland Police Bureau's Rapid Response Team is voluntary. The officers have left it but they are still regular working police.
Assault in the fourth degree is the weakest assault charge. (https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=9A.36.041)
The city lost a civil court case filed by the injured party, a freelance photojournalist. https://abcnews.go.com/US/portland-police-officer-indicted-assault-charge-alleged-force/story?id=78304472
You're lying. The civil lawsuit was "settled" as per the text of your own link. The city did not "lose" in civil court. Cities will settle shit all the time, regardless of culpability, to make things go away and because in the long run it's cheaper.
From the OP's article:
However, it is critical to mention that the bureau found the baton strike in question was “not intentional” and therefore not considered lethal force, while the Independent Police Review office viewed the strike as a “push,” WCAX News reports.
“Unfortunately, this decorated public servant has been caught in the crossfire of agenda-driven city leaders and a politicized criminal justice system,” the Portland Police said Tuesday.
Portland Police Association Executive Director Daryl Turner told the “Lars Larson Show” Wednesday that he feared officers would quit in response to what he called a “Witch Hunt” of a prosecution.
You're dead right about that. My wording was wrong, and I apologize for putting it that way.
Watch the video and make up your own mind about whether the second strike was a push or not.
Sorry. There are so many shills that lie, that I presumed it was a lie rather than a wording error. I'm jaded.
Push or strike, I don't care, and it shouldn't matter, because nothing should have been done.
No problem.
I don't like seeing accredited independent journalists attacked by police.