Convicted killer appointed to police oversight panel in Oregon city
Kyle Hedquist was convicted for murder in 1994, was sentenced to life in prison, then served 28 years before being granted clemency in 2022. Hedquist was 17 at the time of the crime. His victim was Nikki Thrasher, 19, shot execution style and then left by a road. Two years after Hedquist’s release, Salam City, Oregon, appointed him to the Community Police Review Board. Hedquist will take part in overseeing public safety and police conduct.
From Blaze Media:
Hedquist was 17 at the time of the crime. Prosecutors said he drove Thrasher to a wooded area, shot her in the back of the head, and left her body on a remote logging road. They described the killing as an “execution-style” murder.
According to prosecutors, Hedquist believed Thrasher had discovered he had stolen items from his aunt and killed her to prevent her from reporting him. Thrasher had asked him about the stolen items, which prosecutors said he interpreted as a threat.
Two years after his release, the Salem City Council appointed Hedquist to the city’s Community Police Review Board, which oversees police conduct and public safety matters. The council recently reappointed him to the position, prompting renewed backlash.
Some city officials have defended the decision, citing Hedquist’s rehabilitation and community involvement since his release.
Others strongly disagree. Marion County District Attorney Paige Clarkson criticized the appointment, calling it inappropriate for a public safety role.
“While I acknowledge there are appropriate ways for those who have completed their sentences and demonstrated rehabilitation to give back to our community, this is not one of them,” Clarkson said. “Our police and fire professionals have a right to expect better from city leadership.”
The Oregon Republican Party also condemned the decision in a statement, calling it “absurd” to place a convicted murderer on a board overseeing public safety and policing.
Additional Reading:
Garcia, C. (2025, December 29). Outrage after Oregon city appoints convicted killer to police oversight panel. Blaze Media. Link.
Category: Crime, Democrats, Liberals suck, Society
Who’s surprised?
“While I acknowledge there are appropriate ways for those who have completed their sentences and demonstrated rehabilitation to give back to our community, this is not one of them,”
He has not completed his life sentence.
His sentence will be completed when he dies.
If he has any assets he can give back to the community
through his last will and testament.
If they would just execute murderers, we wouldn’t be having these kind of woke failings. On the other hand, who knows; maybe he wised up in jail, found religion and got right. Oh, who am I kidding; send him the juice. Zapp!!
Give him the juice, the noose or a firing squad!
No shit!
We’re not talking a crime of passion here, this was premeditated murder, with the intent to cover another crime.. I don’t give a crap if he actually rehabilitated or not, he never should have had the opportunity. Immediately after the “guilty” pronouncement, he should have been marched to the closest available tree, and hung by the neck until dead… Alternatively, he could have received the same treatment as his victim.. (coyotes gotta eat too!)
Fuck this guy, and the city council that thinks it’s a good idea to give him such a position.
Bzzzzzzz! 💥
Liberals are not unlike a biological parasite, but instead of killing a living host, they make a place completely unlivable with their crap, then migrate to infest other locations and ruin them, my example is of liberal moonbat Californites who have migrated to infest Washington, Oregon and Colorado, and thie subject of this thread IMO is a fine example of how they completely fuck up everyplace they infest!
An even better analogy would be a filovirus, which exists only to replicate itself within the cells (communities) it infects, until the cells (communities) rupture and the host (state/country) crashes and bleeds out.
Leftist progressives truly have suicidal empathy.
They’re pathetic.
Like the fox in the hen house
Like a coyote hired and trusted to keep foxes out of the henhouse. And if he reoffends, IMO the one who granted him clemency needs to be held accountable like how a Bartender is for serving someone already inebriated that crashes into someone out on the road!
Imagine if he had committed an unforgiveable crime; for example, using the wrong pro-nouns.
Liberalism is a mental disorder!!!
We are seeing it more and more everyday!
If I lived in Salem, I’d be calling and emailing the city council and mayor every day, day in and day out.
I did live there and did those things. They made zero difference. In fact, my emails were blocked and caller ID made sure my calls were not answered.
I kinda figured that’s what would happen. I live right up I-5 from you, figured they’d do the same to me.
“Antifa runs Barter Town.”
Then there is us, Florida. We have executed 19 death row inmates, or 40% of the 47 people put to death across the US in 2025.
Our Death Chamber had a revolving door this year. Now if we can just get through the rest of them, numbering between 250-330, it’ll be even better.
Mike
USAF Retired
57deg. in PBC and I’m sitting here freezing my butt off in a LLBean checkered wool shirt that was actualy made in the US…..
Let’s hear it fer Democrats:
