Jason Sturgill As Portland police officers refuse to relinquish their guns when entering Portland’s new mental health hospital, advocates are asking Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese to take a different position. Disability Rights Oregon this week sent Reese a letter, asking that the MCSO comply with the Unity Center’s policy asking law enforcement officers to […]
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Portland Police Refuse To Check Their Guns At the City’s New Mental Health Hospital. They’ve Done It Elsewhere.
Jason Sturgill ON A WALL just past two locked doors at Portland’s new facility for people in acute mental health crisis, a small silver sign sits above three beige lockboxes. It’s easy to miss, but a top administrator at the Unity Center for Behavioral Health says the placard conveys a valuable concept. “We do not […]
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UPDATE: Man Shot By Police Yesterday Was 24, Homeless, and Perhaps Struggling with Mental Health Issues
Wikimedia/ M.O. Stevens A dog who injured one man and was reportedly menacing others was shot by police this morning, the second use of deadly force by the Portland Police Bureau in as many days. According to a sort of confusing release from the bureau, cops responded just after 8 am to a report that […]
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“Riot” Declared As Demonstrators Break Windows, Set Fires During May Day March
May Day 2017 Doug Brown Despite plenty of recent evidence to the contrary, Mayor Ted Wheeler presented an upbeat front when asked Monday morning whether he was concerned about conflicts between demonstrators and police at today’s May Day march. “It’s my expectation that people who are going to be on the street demonstrating will be […]
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Portland Police Union Files Complaint Against Ted Wheeler Over Handling of Marshman Complaint
The labor union representing high ranking police officers today filed a complaint against Mayor Ted Wheeler and his chief spokesperson, over Wheeler’s decision earlier this week to share a human resources memo while reinstating Police Chief Mike Marshman. Complaining of “a shocking disregard for the due process right of a city employee,” the Portland Police […]
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A City Council Attendee Just Rushed Mayor Ted Wheeler With A Pepsi
This was probably unavoidable. It was also super uncomfortable. Toward the end of this morning’s City Council meeting, as the body was taking up an ordinance that would allow Portland Parks and Recreation to more easily tow boats left on city docks, a man rushed Ted Wheeler and handed him a Pepsi. The man identified […]
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Pepsi Just Eliminated Police Brutality!
YouTube UPDATE, Wednesday, 12 pm As a result of the enormous backlash, Pepsi has pulled this ad offline and issued a public apology. They address the scores of people they have offended, and star of the shit show, Kendall Jenner. Pepsi admitted that in an attempt to portray “a global message of unity, peace and […]
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Quanice Hayes Supporters and Cops Clash at the Portland Building
Doug Brown The burial of Quanice Hayes occurred earlier today. Combined with new, secretive plans by Mayor Ted Wheeler to be more strict on meeting disruptions, it’s made for a tense atmosphere at the Portland Building this afternoon. Demonstrators who’d walked over from the Multnomah County Justice Center earlier in the day—chanting for justice for […]
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Police Chief Mike Marshman Was Just Placed on Leave for Unclear Reasons
Police Chief Mike Marshman, left, and Mayor Ted Wheeler last month. Doug Brown Okay, something’s up at the Portland Police Bureau. Roughly two weeks after two top police officials were placed on leave for uncertain reasons, Police Chief Mike Marshman today joined the party. Mayor Ted Wheeler’s office issued a statement shortly after 6 pm […]
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A Complaint About a “Police Official” Spurred Amanda Fritz’s Opposition to Experimental All-User Restrooms
Portland’s lone remaining multi-stall, gender-neutral bathroom is on the second floor of the Portland Building Earlier this month, City Commissioner Amanda Fritz caught hell for her opposition to Portland’s experimental multi-user, gender-neutral restrooms. While Fritz last June supported converting two multiple-stall restrooms on the second floor of the Portland Building to allow users of any […]
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The Portland Officer Who Killed Quanice Hayes Last Month Won’t Face Charges
Friends mourn the death of Quanice Hayes in Northeast Portland last month. Doug Brown The police officer who killed a Portland teen in an early morning manhunt last month won’t face criminal charges in the incident. A Multnomah County grand jury has declined charges against Portland Officer Andrew Hearst in the February 9 killing of […]
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Portland’s About to Consider New, Watered Down Changes to Police Oversight
Glenn Harvey Aguilar Changing up the city’s system for police oversight has been a herky-jerky process of late. Last year, when the City Auditor’s Office cooked up a host of code changes that would’ve dramatically reshaped that labyrinthine system—and, Auditor Mary Hull Caballero argued, help the city comply with a federal settlement—it was met with […]