MSNBC ran a more extended report on Tuesdays edition of Stephanie Ruhle Reports, highlighting Portland law enforcement officers plunging morale. The mass resignation of about 50 officers came after officer Corey Budworth was charged with a fourth-degree misdemeanor assault charge for repeatedly striking a woman in the head with his club and knocking her to the ground at a protest last August. The mass resignation comes a day after a grand jury indicted Portland Police Bureau Officer Corey Budworth on one count of fourth-degree assault, a misdemeanor, for what prosecutors allege was an "excessive and unlawful use of force" during a protest in August 2020. City employees who turned in their badges or retired were brutally honest about their reasons for getting out. Entire Portland Police Department Quits en Masse Admit Democrat With the entire RRT unit effectively shuttered through the resignations, Davis said PPB is still prepared to respond to the kind of crowd control events the team historically focused on. "In this case, we allege that no legal justification existed for Officer Budworths deployment of force, and that the deployment of force was legally excessive under the circumstances," District Attorney Mike Schmidt said in a video statement. As I understand the situation, I think that really this is the culmination of a very long process, said Davis. Officer Corey Budworth has been indicted by a grand jury for fourth-degree assault for his alleged excessive force during an Aug. 18 protest. An unprecedented number of police officers in Portland are leaving There has definitely been a surge in NYPD retirements. New York City saw its overtime payments quadruple in the two weeks after the protests. Davis said the bureau, including the members of the Rapid Response Team, has been under a "tremendous amount of stress" due to the coronavirus pandemic and in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, during which he said Portland saw over 150 nights of "sustained civil unrest. "Unfortunately, this decorated public servant has been caught in the crossfire of agenda-driven city leaders and a politicized criminal justice system," the union said in a Facebook post. Portland Officers Resign En Masse from Police Team Assigned to Protests - John Cusack Trashes USA: Were F**king Awful, Joe Rogan: Brian Stelter Is a Motherf*cker Pretending To Be a Journalist, by Sean Adl-Tabatabai in Sponsored 21, Copyright 2023 NEWSPUNCH, LLC. Davis said the bureau would continue to work with Schmidts office to get past friction points that he said naturally arise during difficult times. Thegatewaypundit.com reports: KXL was the first to break the story: FM News 101 learned late Wednesday night that in response to thecriminal indictment of Officer Corey Budworth, the bureaus entire Rapid Response Team resigned. 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Portland Two law enforcement sources close to the team told ABC News the officers decided the assault charge reflected too much hostility towards their police work, and they did not see a way forward in being members of the team facing sometimes violent protests in downtown Portland.