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Officer stops black bicyclist in North Portland, but was racial
profiling or gang violence to blame?
Image via ehow.com d2bcomer: Do you know what your children are up to? On Sept. 10, Portland Police Officer Cody Berne testified that some gang members will use Washington Nationals hats and Boston Red Sox jackets to signify their loyalty to certain gangs. It’s not a Portland-centric thing, either. Last year, the Washington Examiner reported […]
Are Portland’s gang enforcement police officers legitimately targeting gang members, or sweeping up young black men for “doing fifty-five in a fifty-four,” as Jay Z and criminal defender Chris O’Connor assert? Much has been reported in the Mercury about how the police bureau’s gang enforcement efforts might bring about racial profiling. But I decided to […]
via reederbeach.com As of last Monday, long-time residents of the RV park on Sauvie Island thought they would soon find themselves without a place to park their homes. The Oregonian reported that if Multnomah County enforces its interpretation of urban growth boundaries and land-use codes, residents of the park who have been there for years […]
This guy is calling you out. President Obama tried to reign in an increasingly raucous debate on health care last night. Tough crowd. Drug addict + religious fanaticism + weird fascination with the number 9 = A hijacked plane in Mexico. No passengers or crew were harmed. American ambassador: Iran could maybe build a bomb. […]
Choosing North/Northeast Portland’s next state senator.
State foster agency faces another lawsuit over alleged neglect.
A big week for the printed word is coming up. Next week will see the release of Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol; Sen. Edward Kennedy’s memoir, entitled True Compass; and John Krakauer’s Where Men Win Glory: The Odessy of Pat Tillman about the NFL-start-turned-warrior/patriot. But local booksellers remain a bit tepid about the blockbuster releases. […]
I’m used to the Jersey shore: tens of thousands of people crammed onto a coastline about the size of a tapeworm (which may be the New Jersey state parasite). I don’t want to have a similar experience this weekend when I head to the Oregon coast for Labor Day weekend. Stay in town. Better yet, […]
As several readers correctly pointed out yesterday, the Mercury’s got a new byline. So I suppose I should introduce myself. My name is Sean Breslin. In 2003, I abandoned my dreams of being a rock legend in favor of a more stable career. But instead of staying near my New Jersey home and majoring in […]
Wednesday morning started bleakly for the Oregon Department of Human Services Children and Families Division—at 10AM a woman known only as “B.D.” filed suit against the Division and two of its caseworkers seeking $5 million in damages for years of abuse. According to the complaint, Children and Family Services (CAF) removed the woman from her […]
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