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PPB Holding Listening Session On Texts To Joey Gibson

(Portland, OR)  --  The Portland Police Bureau is holding a public listening session tonight on hundreds of text messages exchanged between a police lieutenant and the leader of the alt-right group Patriot Prayer.  Police Chief Danielle Outlaw called for the listening session, saying that 2019 is Portland's year for resolve against division and fear.  The Willamette Week submitted a public records request to obtain the texts between Lieutenant Jeff Niiya and Joey Gibson.  The texts show a friendly rapport between the two as Niiya advises Gibson of the positions of counter-protesters at Patriot Prayer rallies.  One text exchange appears to show Niiya advising Gibson on how a fellow Patriot Prayer member can evade arrest despite having an active arrest warrant out against him.  Tonight's listening session is set for 6:00 p.m. at the Maranatha Church in Northeast Portland.

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