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BLAINE HUMAN RIGHTS INDEX

After three years of threats by hoodlums and retaliatory policing by Blaine PD, I was reading about the human rights index of Turkmenistan recently, where, "activists face the constant threat of government reprisal." While freedom of the press is non-existent in Turkmenistan, in Blaine the press is bribed by government advertising money, and leaned on by city hall. In Blaine and Turkmenistan, any opposition to the government is considered treason . Activists in both locales face false charges from government and police. Free and fair elections do not exist in Turkmenistan or Blaine. Political adversaries in both are demonized, intimidated, and accosted by government officials.

FUNK HARMON COLLABORATION

T he City of Blaine’s resolutions supporting Chief of Police Rodger Funk and his officers accused of retaliatory policing are now available online. Additional evidence in the certification investigation of Blaine PD--now underway at  the Criminal Justice Training Commission (CJTC)-- is the complete March 23, 2026 City Council meeting video and transcript , the May 18, 2026 submission to the CJTC by State Senator Sharon Shewmake, the related public-records communication involving Blaine City Manager Michael Harmon and Senator Shewmake’s office, and Chief Funk’s legal counsel Rebecca Singleton's June 10, 2026 transmission of Senator Shewmake’s letter to CJTC Investigations Division Manager Mike Devine.  This evidence is relevant to Chief Funk’s impartiality, his participation in the City’s official defense narrative, and whether materials presented to CJTC as support for Chief Funk originated from independent sources or from a common interested source at the City of Blaine. Mar...