Tell the Oregon District Attorneys Association: bigotry is not an Oregon value

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We are deeply disappointed to learn that the Oregon District Attorneys Association (ODAA) recently honored someone with a nationally known history of racially discriminatory policies and practices.

ODAA invited the Chief Prosecutor of St. Louis County Bob McCulloch to be its keynote speaker for their summer conference. It is not surprising that his remarks were so offensive and racially charged that several prosecutors who were attending decided to leave.

We wrote about it in this blog post declaring that the ODAA needs a gut check.

In case there was a question about where McCulloch stands, he cleared that up with his remarks in Oregon that mocked criminal justice reform groups and reinforced racist stereotypes of Black men as criminals.

Racism and bigotry should be unacceptable, but the ODAA stood by McCulloch and refused to apologize for his harmful behavior. Shouldn’t we expect more from an association of Oregon’s law enforcement leaders?

Send a message to the ODAA that Oregon voters demand better. Email the District Attorney Association’s president and executive director to make it clear that they have crossed a line.

Message Recipients:
Matt Shirtcliff, ODAA President, Baker County District Attorney
Tim Colahan, ODAA Executive Director

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I am disappointed to learn that your organization gave Bob McCulloch a platform. And I am even more disappointed to learn that you are standing by his statements.

Bob McCulloch has not represented prosecutors well and sends the wrong message about what kind of values Oregon’s district attorneys stand for. From his refusal to prosecute Michael Brown’s killer, to lying on record about his dealings with grand juries, to his history perpetuating racism in St. Louis County’s criminal justice system, he should never have been honored as a keynote speaker for Oregon’s DAs.

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Let’s be clear. If you care about the reputation of Oregon’s district attorneys, you should be working hard to reduce issues of racial disparity in the state’s justice system. Lifting up the voice of people with well-documented histories of discriminatory practices sends exactly the wrong message.

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Tell the Oregon District Attorneys Association: bigotry is not an Oregon value

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