"Records obtained by the Mercury indicate Tyler Brunelle was the officer recorded using force on a protester who was already on the ground, being restrained by police. The incident occurred January 9, one day after two people were shot and injured by a Border Patrol agent in East Portland, triggering heightened protests against federal forces stationed at Portland's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility. Video shows the officer was working with Portland Police Bureau's (PPB) bicycle patrol squad that night."
"Tyler Brunelle was one of four officers named in a lawsuit filed by Dexter Pearce in 2022. Pearce alleged that PPB officers shot him with an impact munition as he walked away from them during a protest on July 4, 2020. At the time, Portland was experiencing prolonged protests following the murder of George Floyd. 'Sometime between 11:45 p.m. and 12:10 a.m., while [Pearce] was walking away, a PPB officer shot him in the back of his calf with an impact munition,' the complaint states."
Tyler Brunelle was recorded striking a protester who was already on the ground and being restrained by police during an anti-ICE protest on January 9. The protest followed a Border Patrol agent shooting two people in East Portland and involved PPB bicycle patrol officers; video was captured by Kevin Foster. The Portland Police Bureau opened an internal review and listed Brunelle as active with no change to duty status; Brunelle was hired by PPB in 2017. Brunelle was previously named in a 2022 lawsuit by Dexter Pearce alleging he was struck in the calf by an impact munition while walking away during a July 4, 2020 protest.
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