Sheriff's Deputy Daniel Szarowski Stole My Gadsden Flag Sign

MCSO Deputy Daniel Szarowski stole my Gadsden Flag sign from my window in 2017. The sign clearly said "Don't Tread on Me" but he decided to tread anyway. Is he illiterate or just disrespectful? Either trait is not desirable. I felt like my right to free speech was being trampled on by a giant tyrant. Szarowski may or may not be familiar with the true meaning of the Gadsden Flag. If he is familiar with it he probably viewed it as a statement against the tyranny of the government he represents and rightfully felt threatened by the sight of anyone waving it because such people are not likely to obey his every word. He obviously did not associate it with the freedoms that he personally enjoys thanks to the revolution that the flag represents. Had he done so he would not have had a problem with it, but had he appreciated the revolution and the constitution that would not exist without it, he would not be working for a government that has come to represent a greater tyranny than that which inspired the flag's creation in the first place.#danielszarowski #multnomahcountyjail #theft #gadsdenflag

source https://copblaster.com/blast/3279/sheriffs-deputy-daniel-szarowski-stole-my-gadsden-flag-sign

David Collman: Does Anyone Understand The Words Out of His Mouth?

I don't want to hate on a guy for a speech disorder if that is what he has, but if that is not the case then he is deserving of this criticism. When he was running the unit at the FDC in Sheridan, Oregon his directives to the inmates were often not cognizable. By this I mean he would made a loud announcement to the unit and it would sound more like, "heeeehuuuhhhh, hee huh, ehhhh euh." Just some loud thing that we could not make out. We would typically have to guess at what he said based on the clock, so if it was near the end of our walk we figured he meant cell in or if it were near a meal we figured it was meal time. On top of that he always had a redness around his face even in winter that must have been due to high blood pressure or something like that. Maybe he was drunk? We really were not sure. The last time I was at Sheridan was in 2018 and by then he was working in the SHU at the FCI where I don't recall hearing him say anything at all.#davidcollman #fcisheridan #fdcsheridan

source https://copblaster.com/blast/3278/david-collman-does-anyone-understand-the-words-out-of-his-mouth

Officer Ryan Ruman Conducted Unlawful Search of Legal Material

My first memory of Ryan Ruman at FCI Sheridan was a fellow SHU inmate pointing him out and saying that he is a bad guard that should not be angered. Over the course of my time in the Special Housing Unit in 2018 I noticed nothing but a negative attitude towards inmates from him. You can tell just by the way he projects himself that he does not like inmates. I was warned not to piss him off because according to this other inmate he has an attitude problem. Eventually I did have a problem with him after a board up. I had covered the window and food port demanding that medical give me my medication because it was long past the time that they usually pass out pills, it was almost the end of the drug mules' shift, and I had been denied medication before, so I knew that if I did not get it soon I would not get it at all. The medication was something I needed to sleep. If I did not get it I would probably not sleep at all that night and suffer withdrawal the next day. I remember that Ruman had no problem reaching his hand in, pushing the mattress aside, and taking down the window cover. He certainly was not intimidated at all. Eventually he came into the cell and pushed me against the wall even though I was cooperating at that point. For some reason I seem to recall him making a verbal threat of some sort but I don't remember exactly what he said. The part of him storming the cell wasn't that bad. That really is not the point here. The point is that the responsible and safe way to handle that would have been to wait until medical arrived with the medication and if they had forgotten me to make sure they came back. That entire extraction, which could have gotten someone hurt, should not have happened because medical came shortly afterwards with my medication. When I was in the holding cell after the extraction, Ruman retaliated by ransacking my legal material, taking several items, and leaving a big mess of paperwork that had been in organized folders. I ended up having to reorganize the material and place it back where it belonged. That was totally uncalled for. First, it is illegal to search an inmates legal material without him present and if it is to be searched, it is not appropriate to dump it together. They are supposed to search the folder with the inmate present and put the material back where it was found. On top of that, Ruman violated BOP policy by conducting a cell extraction without a video camera. I seem to recall hearing later that the Warden had verbally reprimanded him for that. When there is an extraction the Warden usually asks to see the footage when he hears about it and gets mad if it was not recorded. That policy exists to protect guards and inmates alike because otherwise the cameras in the unit would not see the extraction.#ryanruman #fcisheridan #shu #theft #legalmail #bophealthservices

source https://copblaster.com/blast/3277/officer-ryan-ruman-conducted-unlawful-search-of-legal-material

Ex-Cop Christopher Meyer Despite Similarities is NOT Christopher Myers

Phoenix Police Officer Christopher Meyer is not the same cop that pulled a gun and wrongfully shot an illegal immigrant in Seattle Washington, but I had to look into it to be sure. In 2010 Seattle Police Officer Christopher Myers pulled a gun and wrongfully shot Jose Manuel Cardenas-Muratalla after receiving a report of an armed man that Myers thought looked like Jose. That incident was later ruled an unjustified Terry Stop by the Washington Court of Appeals which overturned Jose's subsequent firearm conviction. The case involving Christopher Meyer is eerily similar, so when I saw that name I just had to verify that Christopher Myers was not working in Phoenix as a gypsy cop. The case against Christopher Meyer involved pulling a gun, handcuffing, and doing a leg sweep on a pregnant black woman holding a baby in Phoenix, Arizona. Meyer has since been fired much to the understandable delight of the woman, Iesha Harper.#christophermeyer #christophermyers #racism #assault

source https://copblaster.com/blast/3276/ex-cop-christopher-meyer-despite-similarities-is-not-christopher-myers

Anything Can Wait Until the Next Shift for Taylor Pennington

Taylor Pennington is really lucky to have another shift working immediately after him at FCI Sheridan. That way he can rest assured that if an inmate needs anything he can procrastinate until the end of his shift knowing that the next shift will probably handle it and he will not need to deal with it the next day. That is basically how Pennington works and it works well for him. Inmates eventually figure out that if you ask him to do anything he will just feed you excuses until he goes home and the next shift will probably help you, so they stop asking him for anything that is not so important that they will ask anyone for help including Pennington. Pennington has also known as Igor or Ygor by the inmates ever since this author was confined to the Special Housing Unit (SHU) at FCI Sheridan. That is because once the similarities between his appearance and that or Igor from Frankenstein were pointed out people realized that this giant ogre could have been a movie star if he were shorter. See Pennington is so tall that when he is pushing the food cart down the hall he is always bent over like a hunchback. #taylorpennington #fcisheridan #shu

source https://copblaster.com/blast/3275/anything-can-wait-until-the-next-shift-for-taylor-pennington

Lynn Foss Make Sure Your Bed is Made

Being in jail is bad enough without Lynn Foss showing up and making you make your bed if you want to come out on your walk. These kinds of power trips do nothing but create contempt with the inmate population. Now you might wonder what the big deal is, it is just a bed, why don't you just make it. Well, the issue really is that you never have to make your bed unless she shows up, gets on the intercom, and says "make sure your beds are made, close your doors behind you." At first you probably won't make your bed after which you'll be told to make it or you'll be celled in. It is one of those little things that builds in the minds of the inmates and makes it harder for them to tolerate further transgressions down the road. Making a jail bed is not important enough to increase the stress and feeling of dis-empowerment that already results from being in jail. It does little to make the inmates more disciplined and obedient, and more to make them hate the staff. The trade off is not beneficial for anyone. She is lucky that I have better things to do than knock on her door as ask her if her bed is made because if I did not I would be right there asking that. Then when asked to leave I would probably say that she had better make her bed or she'd see me again. Then I would keep asking her until she finally would let me inside, show me the bedroom, and let me verify that the bed is made. Then she would never hear from me again, but not before telling her that I would be stopping by from time to time to make sure her bed is made.#lynnfoss #multnomahcountyjail

source https://copblaster.com/blast/3274/lynn-foss-make-sure-your-bed-is-made

Multnomah Deputy Brett Russell Has a History of Disrespecting Inmates

Multnomah County Sheriff's Deputy Brett Russell has a history of disrespecting inmates and paying the price for it. Personally I have never had an issue with him, but I have seen and heard of too many to keep quiet about it. I first witnessed him harassing inmates in 2012 when I was housed in unit 8C at the Multnomah County Detention Center (MCDC) and he was insulting female inmates in 8B. At the time inmates in 8B and 8C could see and speak to one another because there was nothing blocking the view from the deputy's station to one unit or the other. The women in that unit were usually in there for close custody mental health reasons and many of them had a history of prostitution which explains why they tend to flash male guards and inmates. One day I heard Russell say something to a woman in 8B to the effect of "you're not my type, I'm not cruising down 82nd avenue." 82nd avenue is a busy street in Portland, Oregon historically known for being a prostitution hotbed. Before the internet it was not uncommon to see hookers on the sidewalk and even today the street is lined with cheap motels. Russell was obviously and inappropriately even if accurately calling the female inmate a whore. I then met a man that went by Kai and he talked about how Russell hated him. He mentioned at one point Russell and some other guards beating him up in a cell while he was experiencing a bipolar episode. He filled me in more about Russell's general attitude. When I met Andrew Barnett at the Columbia County Jail the following year, he told me that one of his charges was for throwing feces in the face of a Multnomah County deputy, showed me the paperwork, and I when read Russell's name, I was not surprised and laughed pretty hard. Barnett went into detail about how Russell acted like Russell during a visit between Barnett and his girlfriend. According to Barnett, Russell had made derogatory comments about her weight where both of them could hear him. Barnett also said that Russell found excuses to give him bad marks and take his visits. Eventually Barnett had enough, filled a small syrofoam cup with feces and urine, waited for Russell to pick up meal trays, did something to draw Russell's attention to the food port, and slung the contents of the cup into his face. Then while Russell was washing the feces and urine out of his mouth and eyes, Barnett yelled something like, "now you have a reason to give me bad marks and take my visits." Despite or maybe even because of his attitude Brett Sheldon Russell is now a sergeant.#brettrussell #multnomahcountyjail #harassment

source https://copblaster.com/blast/3273/multnomah-deputy-brett-russell-has-a-history-of-disrespecting-inmates