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Matt Davis was news editor of the Mercury from 2009 to May 2010.
Nick Fish breaks ground on the new Resource Access Center for the
homeless.
Police commissioner suspends cop for excessive force; police union
goes ape.
Portland mulls nonprofit media startup.
Here at the Mercury, we were thinking it was pretty risky for the police union to have all those t-shirts and signs printed up for the rally yesterday with the “I am Chris Humphreys” slogan so blatantly plastered across them. What might happen, we wondered, if those signs and t-shirts got into the wrong hands? […]
Sarah may have spoken prematurely when she said the media blitz around this story had come to a close. From the ‘met: TriMet terminates MAX operator that contributed to family separation. Termination based on operator’s actions, not mechanical or intercom issues. TriMet today terminated the operator who was driving a MAX train when the separation […]
“There are many officers who do a fantastic job, a tremendous job,” said the Reverend Doctor LeRoy Haynes, Vice President of the Albina Ministerial Alliance (AMA) this morning. “But there are some rotten apples that need to be exorcised from the Portland Police Bureau.” Haynes made the remarks at a rally this morning on the […]
KROGER VERSUS THE NAZI SMOG MONSTER: ILLUSTRATION BY ZACK SOTO The Oregonian is reporting that John Minnis, a former Portland Police Bureau officer and head of the state’s Department for Safety, Standards and Training—the regulating agency for cops, security guards, and rent-a-cops alike—has resigned in the midst of a criminal probe by Attorney General John […]
Update, November 26, 12:51pm: Some understandable attempts to influence the poll by the union chief, from the “Support Chris Humphreys” Facebook page. Update, 1:50 WILL YOU “STAND WITH” THE POLICE UNION AFTER TODAY’S MARCH ON CITY HALL?<iframe src="https://podcasts.portlandmercury.com/blogpolls/2009/11/will_you_stand_with_the_police_union_after_todays.php" width="100%" height="200" style="border:1px solid #CCC;"? Original Post: “Will you stand with us?” That was the question posed […]
BILL SIZEMORE RUNS FOR GOVERNOR!!! No, really. 34,000 MORE TROOPS FOR AFGHANISTAN!!! Rumored to be announced this morning. US ECONOMY EXPANDING!!! Now is the time for you to whack as much money as you possibly can into an IRA. Yes, that is financial advice. So, sue me. PALIN UNINFORMED!!! Sorry, I know, this is good […]
The Portland Police Association plans a march on City Hall tomorrow morning following the announcement of its “no confidence” ballot last Friday—over Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman’s suspension of Officer Christopher Humphreys. “RALLY TO SUPPORT POLICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY SCHEDULED PORTLAND, OR — November 23, 2009—The Portland Police Association will hold a march and rally on […]
The Portland Police Association is running a no-confdence vote on the police chief and the police commissioner. We didn’t get any notice of a PPA press conference, for some reason—seriously, guys, give notice to local media already—but here’s what the Tribune has this afternoon: Ballots for a vote of a no-confidence on Saltzman and Sizer […]
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