Police in Portland, Oregon, agreed to pay a former city commissioner $680,000 to settle claims that they leaked information falsely implicating her in a crime.
A Portland Police Bureau officer leaked the accusation to an activist friend who later shared the information on a livestream, anconducted last year found. Then-union president Brian Hunzeker also leaked the false information to a reporter, according to Hardesty's lawsuit.
Hardesty was soon cleared of any connection to the crash and Hunzeker — who had only been on the job for a few months — stepped down. The union cited a"serious, isolated mistake" related to the incident as the reason for Hunzeker's resignation. Hunzeker was later re-hired and then resigned a second time after it emerged that he was moonlighting as a sheriff's deputy inThen-City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty addresses protesters as they take part in a rally against police brutality on July 24, 2020, in Portland, Oregon. Hardesty was a harsh critic of Portland police and spearheaded efforts to slash the bureau’s budget in the wake of nightly protests.
PORTLAND WOMAN KNOCKED OUT BY ATTACKER BLAMES CITY FOR SLOW POLICE RESPONSE: ‘WE DID THIS TO OURSELVES’She spearheaded efforts to slash PPB's funding as social unrest rocked Portland in 2020, though the bureau's budget is now nearly $20 million higher than before the protests.and infiltrating the crowds of protesters who took over Portland's streets for more than 100 consecutive nights.
She lost re-election in November to political newcomer Rene Gonzalez, who ran as a centrist and supporter of
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