The Portland Police Association and the Park Block Riots

The controversy over the park block riots faded soon enough. The portland police association succeeded in winning contract in 19 72, and yet more money they withdrew from the international police union they'd helped to start. In march of that year, after deciding that it lacked focus and direction, the portland Police Association was now an independent union with no ties to any national organization. It remains that way to this day, loyal to no one but itself.