Shooting report says cops fall short on “discipline and corrective action.”
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The Unexamined Life
Shooting Report Says Cops Fall Short on “Discipline,” “Corrective Action”
Denis C. Theriault
Denis C. Theriault is the Portland Mercury's News Editor. He writes stories about City Hall and the Portland Police Bureau, focusing on issues like homelessness, police oversight, insider politics, and civil liberties. Before arriving in Portland, Denis wrote and edited for the San Jose Mercury News, covering the California Legislature and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, as well as the city of San Jose—a real-live million-person town.
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Portland Street Tax Amendments: “Sunset” Clause After 2020, Promise to Maintain Current Spending
ILLUSTRATION BY FRANCOIS VIGNEAULT The Portland Bureau of Transportation has confirmed news first reported by the Oregonian on Monday that a vote on the “Portland Street Fund” pitched by Commissioner Steve Novick and Mayor Charlie Hales will wait until December 10. That vote had been tentatively set for December 3. That hearing, instead, will serve […]
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Attorney: No Indictment in Police Shooting of Unarmed Black Teenager in Ferguson, Missouri; Portland Rally Planned Tomorrow—Maybe Tonight, Too
Here’s the scoop from the USA Today, which talked to the attorney representing the family of Michael Brown ahead of what was supposed to be an official announcement at 6 pm local time: FERGUSON, Mo. — A white police officer will not face charges for fatally shooting an unarmed black teenager in a case that […]
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UPDATED: Chief Reese Says Cops Who Declared “I Am Darren Wilson” on Facebook Face Internal Investigation, Calls Actions “Inflammatory”
UPDATE 11:31 AM: Chief Mike Reese has issued a statement confirming he ordered the three officers named below to take down their “I am Darren Wilson” Facebook profile pictures. He’s also asked Professional Standards to review the matter—using their badges, he says, trumped the officers’ right to free speech in their time off the job. […]
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Good Morning, News: Someone Did Something About Immigration! The Nation Waits for a Ferguson Verdict. (Portland’s Waiting for the Sellwood to Reopen.)
It will take almost as long as the hearing itself. But if you fee like punishing yourself, take some minutes and read through our exhaustive live blog of yesterday’s “Portland Street Fund” hearing. (You should also read the Oregonian‘s recap of the nearly five-hour affair.) Dozens of opponents—and some supporters, too—got their first crack at […]
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The Street Fee Live Blog! The Street Fee Live Blog! EEEeeeeeeEEEEEE!
ILLUSTRATION BY FRANCOIS VIGNEAULT It’s been a brisk 175 days—just under half a year—since Portland City Council last gathered for a public hearing on Commissioner Steve Novick and Mayor Charlie Hales’ intensely controversial push to raise millions in new revenue for street maintenance and safety projects. It was a five-hour-plus ordeal. It started out with […]
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Umm… Remember How Everyone Called the Defeat of Measure 92? A Recount Might Be Looming.
wikimedia That same picture of corn we always run. Corny! The “no” side in the fight over Measure 92—which would have required GMO labeling on most foodstuffs in Oregon—has held an enduring if tiny lead ever since Election Night. That lead, some 16,000 votes, was sizable enough, even with a bunch of ballots left to […]
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Good Morning, News: Even More Street Fee Angst! A Gunman at the Library! The Banal Tale of the Exploding Airbag!
Here’s hoping Steve Novick and Charlie Hales (and half the print reporters in town) all snuck in some decent sleep last night. Today’s the first major public hearing on the Portland Street Fund (formerly the street fee) since late May, when testimony and debate sprawled over five or so hours—and sore feelings and intrigue are […]
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Advocacy Group Lays It Out for Novick, Hales: Make Street Fund Tax More Progressive, or We Might Not Back You in Ballot Fight
One of the advocacy groups prominently backing Commissioner Steve Novick and Mayor Charlie Hales’ controversial bid for millions in new transportation revenue has just issued a soft ultimatum concerning that support—given the likelihood that certain business interests have promised to put the plan before voters next spring. Ditch the more spread out income tax that’s […]
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Hall Monitor
It’s Time for the Nuclear Option
City hall could totally win a ballot fight over a transportation income tax.
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Cracking Open the Wallet?
Hales Promises Some City Money for Mental Health Facility
Mayor promises city money for a mental health facility—assuming everyone else does, too.
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Hall Monitor: Will Backstabbing PBA Force City Hall to Consider “Nuclear Option”?
UNSURPRISINGLY, there’s already an air of doom hanging over Commissioner Steve Novick and Mayor Charlie Hales’ controversial push to raise millions in new revenue—via an income tax and business fee—for badly needed street paving and safety projects. The day the plan came out, last Monday, November 10, the always-skeptical Portland Business Alliance (PBA) extended its […]