David Jones

== Biography ==
=== Early Years ===
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In his family, reading is something you are forced to do in school, and don't do again once you leave. 
=== Employment ===
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David is a lieutenant in the Portland Police Bureau. He plays on law enforcement basketball and baseball teams.
At 8pm on Tuesday October 13, Lt Jones is in the police line between the BLM protesters and the federal building in downtown Portland. He is dressed in black, with his weapons' belt and face shield. J.J. thinks he looks like a storm-trooper, not a father. EWN's Protest Documentary after the news that night shows police, including Lt Jones, using batons and pepper spray on protesters, arresting them for just standing there and chanting.
The next morning, Lt Jones is called into his captain's office, and asked about J.J. His captain says he didn't like what J.J. had to say about the protests, and that Lt Jones needed to 'rein him in'.
Lt Jones is waiting in the kitchen when J.J. arrives home at 9pm that night. He tells of his meeting with his captain that morning, and complains that EWN never writes about what the police are going through. J.J. says the police won't talk to them, but they'd like to tell their story. Would his dad talk to a reporter like Cage? Lt Jones declines saying 'the department and union have decided there's nothing to be gained by officers on the line talking to reporters'. J.J. points out that reporters can't tell the police side of things if the police won't talk to them. Lt Jones tells J.J. he's too young to understand what police face on the job, that they're just trying to do their jobs. J.J. asks him about stats on police brutality complaints, but Lt Jones says 'if you don't want to get arrested, don't do the crime; if you don't want bruises during arrest, don't resist'. When he asks who Cage is, J.J. gets up and goes to bed.
== Physical Appearance ==
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Lt Jones is tall, broad-shouldered with buzz-cut blond hair and of Norwegian heritage. He has hard-fast notions about grooming.
== Personality ==
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Lt Jones sees the protestors as 'looters and thugs', just causing trouble and rioting.
In his family, reading is something you were forced to do.
== Relationships ==
=== Family ===
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David is married, and the father of Jacob 'J.J.' Jones. He has always been J.J.'s hero, strong but gentle with his wife and children. He coached Little League when J.J. was young. He converted to Judaism for his wife. He supervised homework for all the kids as they grew up. 
Lt Jones picks up J.J. from EWN at 9pm on Tuesday October 13. While driving home, he makes it clear he does not want J.J. at the protests. After they arrive, he gives J.J an ultimatum: 'If you're going to continue under my roof, you won't go down there at all'.
As J.J. helps Carroll hobble away from the chaos at the downtown protest on Saturday October 17, Lt Jones in full riot gear sees him on the other side of the road. As J.J. continues to walk away, Lt Jones raises his gun, aims at them, then shoots J.J. with a non-lethal bullet. Because J.J. dodges, he is only hit in the shoulder.
When Mr & Mrs Jones arrive at OHSU at 9am the next morning, Sarah King is in a wheelchair in the waiting room. Dr Clarke comes out and introduces herself, assuring them J.J. is in no present danger, and telling them she wants to talk to them one at a time. She says she has to respect that J.J. doesn't want her to give them information, so they can use that time to become acquainted. Lt Jones protests, but Dr Clarke says that J.J. is an adult and has a legal right to privacy if he chooses. She invites Mrs Jones into her office, and Mrs Jones doesn't look back at him. Sarah asks Mr Jones if they can talk, saying she's the one who save J.J.'s life the previous night. He claims not to know what happened, but Sarah challenges that, saying that he saw his son, clearly labelled as a journalist, helping another injured journalist, and he chose to shoot him. Mr Jones claims he was just doing his job, that they were rioting, and he had orders to clear the streets, and if J.J. defies him and sides with rioters and looters then he's going to get treated the same way. Sarah says J.J. was doing nothing wrong, there are court orders stopping police from targeting journalists, and moreover, he knew it was his son and deliberately shot him. She tells him it was the shock, horror, and betrayal of that act that drove J.J. to attempt suicide. If Sarah hadn't gone to investigate a sound, J.J. would be dead. Mr Jones has no response, so Sarah tells him how things will go. They will make no effort to see J.J. until J.J. want to see them. They will continue to pay for his health care and education. If he wants to live on campus, they will pay for that too. If not, Sarah will personally file an excessive force complaint against him, and every cop will know Lt Jones shot his own son. She says he threw away a bright, talented young man, and she caught him, so he belongs to her now as part of her chosen family. Mrs Jones has come out with Dr Clarke while Sarah is talking, and is listening and weeping. Mrs Jones asks Sarah to take good care of J.J. for her, and walks out, not looking at her husband. He follows her out.
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Mrs Jones is short and stocky with dark hair. She acts as if she had just come off the boat from the old country the previous day, rather than 3 generations before. She is a very positive person, and thinks everything her children do is wonderful. She frames their childhood art, and brags about them in the Hanukkah family newsletter.
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