K. Marie The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) has a high threshold for what constitutes a threat when it comes to statements made by one of its own. So when one sergeant policing a protest on a public sidewalk last November approached an activist who was legally filming cops and said, incorrectly, that the man “could […]
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A Cop Lied to Get a Portland Activist to Stop Filming
The Police Bureau Says That’s Completely Fine
The police bureau says that’s completely fine.
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“Proud Boys” Founder Wants to “Trigger the Entire State of Oregon” by Helping Patriot Prayer’s Joey Gibson win the Oregon Person of the Year Poll (Updated)
A bad poll UPDATE: In response to a cease and desist letter from Gavin McInnes’ lawyer, I’ve included more links and clarifications in the post. Online polls, particularly those where people can vote more than once, are almost always meaningless. Enter bad online poll exhibit #1,607,292 into the record: Joey Gibson, who lives in Washington, […]
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Washington’s Patriot Prayer to Hold Yet Another Dumb Rally In Portland. This Time It’s During Hillary Clinton’s Appearance Downtown.
Patriot Prayer’s Joey Gibson at one his dumb Portland rallies in August Doug Brown Hillary Clinton is promoting her new book at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall tonight, and a group of far right wing clowns from Southwest Washington and the suburbs are planning to gather outside the downtown venue to troll Portland liberals yet […]
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Feds Seize $50,000 From Repeat International Gun Part Smuggler in Oregon City
Haoquin Liu’s business adeadvancedoptics.com Oregon City’s Haoqian Liu, who runs an online gun store, keeps getting busted by the feds for illegally smuggling in gun parts from countries in Asia. In the middle of a probation sentence for bringing in at least 30 shipments of gun parts from the Philippines—including some that violated the International […]
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Good Morning, News: The Sidewalk Sitting Ban, Tonya Harding, and Ted Wheeler’s Tweets to Ben Carson
Good morning, Portland. Hit these links. First up is this week’s feature (pick up a print copy) from Emilly Prado about Portland Ballroom: “a monthly gathering that continues the decades-long tradition and evolution of drag balls.” The Columbia store downtown Doug Brown Dirk VanderHart’s news story about the anti-homeless sidewalk sitting ban: “While Portland’s had […]
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NORCOR is “Inhumane” For Kids, Report Says
ALISHER9 / GETTY IMAGES Look out a window? You could be punished. Ask what time it is? You could be punished. Is your hand above your waist? Yup, punished. Such is life for kids locked behind bars at the Northern Oregon Regional Correctional Facility (NORCOR), according to a new report from a Portland advocacy group. […]
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Conditions Are “Inhumane” for Kids at a Jail in The Dalles, a New Report Says
Jail Officials Call Findings “Over-Exaggerated and Sensationalized”
Jail officials call findings “over-exaggerated and sensationalized.”
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A Portland Cop Was Fired For Sexual Assault Last Year. A Discipline Board Originally Cleared Them.
A Portland cop was fired for sexual assault after initially getting cleared by the internal discipline board. (This is just a stock photo of a random Portland officer—the identity of the fired cop is not publicly known.) Doug Brown A Portland Police Bureau cop was fired last year after accusations that they raped a person […]
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Portland Strip Club Patron Accused of Ranting about “Anti-White” Racism Before Firing Gun In Parking Lot
Daniel Frank MCSO A man at a Portland strip club is accused of firing his gun at least seven times in the parking lot of a Southeast Portland strip club last Wednesday, shortly after witnesses say he ranted about how “that DJ is racist to me because I am white” and threatened to kill a […]
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The Force Looks Into Oakland’s Police Department—Which Isn’t So Different From Portland’s
In making The Force, acclaimed documentary filmmaker Peter Nicks followed the Oakland Police Department (OPD) around for two years—two chaotic, scandal-plagued years. The result is a solid documentary with behind-the-scenes footage that regular people don’t often get to see. Nicks takes the role of a dispassionate observer, capturing high-level officials dealing with police shootings and […]
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Local Activist Joe Walsh Sues City, Mayor, and Cops for “Chemical Attack” at a Protest
Activist Joe Walsh at a 2016 Citizen Review Committee meeting Doug Brown An elderly activist filed a federal civil rights lawsuit this week alleging his First Amendment rights were violated after a Portland police officer “attacked” him with “chemical weapons” (likely pepper spray) during a protest this summer. Joe Walsh—the fiery 75-year-old veteran who’s a […]