“Now They Seem to Just Want to Hurt Us”
Physicians for Human Rights “Now they seem to just want to hurt us” Dangerous Use of Crowd-control Weapons against Protestors and Medics in Portland, Oregon October 2020 Contents Acknowledgments 3 Foreword This report was written by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) staff 4 Executive Summary members Kathryn Hampton, MS, senior officer, asylum program; 7 Background Michele Heisler, MD, MPA, medical director; and Donna McKay, 12 Timeline of Key MS, executive director. Events 14 Methods and The report was reviewed and edited by PHR staff, including DeDe Limitations Dunevant, director of communications; Ranit Mishori, MD, MHS, 17 Key Findings senior medical advisor; Karen Naimer, JD, LLM, MA, director of 17 Increasing serious programs; Joanna Naples-Mitchell, JD, U.S. researcher; Michael injuries Payne, senior advocacy officer and interim advocacy director; and 29 Medics wtinessed Susannah Sirkin, MEd, director of policy. and experienced attacks The report has benefited from external review by Stuart Casey- 32 Medics sustained Maslen, PhD, honorary professor, Center for Human Rights, serious injuries University of Pretoria; Brianna Da Silva Bhatia, MD, Kaiser 38 Lack of official Permanente, Portland, Oregon; Christof Heyns, LLM, LLB, PhD, medical assistance professor of human rights law, director of the Institute for 42 Destruction of International and Comparative Law in Africa, University of Pretoria; medical supplies Howard Hu, MD, MPH, ScD, professor and Flora L. Thorton Chair, 44 Legal Framework Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, PHR 50 Conclusion Advisory Council; Jennifer Leaning, MD, SMH, professor of the 51 Recommendations practice of health and human rights, Harvard Chan School of 54 Endnotes Public Health, PHR Advisory Council; Leonard Rubenstein, JD, professor of the practice, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Gerson Smoger, JD, PhD, Smoger and Associates, PHR Advisory Council; and Bryan Wolf, MD, assistant professor, Oregon Health & Science University.
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