Here’s where the cuts might be coming from.
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Short-Staffed Cops Are Being Forced to Trim Specialty Units to Adequately Patrol the City
Here’s Where the Cuts Might Be Coming From
Cops
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Portland’s on the Verge of Major Police Oversight Reforms.
Some Worry It Will Make Things Worse
Some worry it will make things worse.
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“Practice Peace but Prepare for War”
The Head of Portland’s Black Riders Liberation Party on His Group, the Police, and His Mission
The head of Portland’s Black Riders Liberation Party on his group, the police, and his mission.
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Portland’s Police Reforms Are Headed Toward a Big Shake Up—and Maybe That’s Good?
FRANÇOIS VIGNEAULT AFTER NEARLY two years of a rocky, uniquely Portland marriage, a group of well-paid Chicago academics and the local volunteer board overseeing Portland police reforms appear headed for a separation. “I got a letter from COCL; they want to divorce us!” said Jimi Johnson, of the volunteer Community Oversight Advisory Board (COAB), at […]
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Portland’s Police Reforms Are Headed Toward a Big Shake Up
After All the Recent Trouble, That Might Be a Good Thing
After all the recent trouble, that might be a good thing.
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Taking the LEAD
Cops and Prosecutors Are Embracing a Radical Idea: Not Filing Drug Possession Cases
Cops and prosecutors are embracing a novel idea: not filing drug possession cases
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“He’s Got a Gun!”
An Infamous Local Right-Winger Nearly Shoots at Black Lives Matter Protesters
An infamous local right-winger nearly shoots at Black Lives Matter protesters.
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Man Who Pulled a Gun on Protesters Had a Concealed Handgun License, According to Police Chief
The right-wing videographer who pulled a gun on Black Lives Matter protesters in downtown Portland last night was apparently legally allowed to carry the firearm, according to Police Chief Mike Marshman. That won’t still be the case after his actions Thursday. Marshman told the Mercury this morning he’s been told that Michael Strickland, 36, possesses […]
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A Man Was Arrested for Pulling A Gun on Black Lives Matter Protesters in Portland Thursday Night
It was the guy just right of center. Doug Brown One man was arrested during an otherwise peaceful protest in Portland tonight (that’s still going on as I write this) for pulling a gun on the crowd. The armed man, reportedly a local right-wing activist, was quickly talked down and shooed away from a crowd […]
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“Those Emotions Are a Reality That We Need to Acknowledge”: Chief Mike Marshman Issues a Memo to Cops After Recent Shootings
Not two weeks into his tenure at the top of the Portland Police Bureau, Chief Mike Marshman faces his second major challenge this evening (here’s the first). In the wake of the deeply troubling on-camera deaths of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, La., and Philando Castile near St. Paul, Minn., Portlanders are preparing a couple […]
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The New Chief Speaks
We Asked Mike Marshman About His Policing Philosophy. And How He Lost Part of His Trigger Finger
We asked Mike Marshman about his policing philosophy and how he lost part of his trigger finger.
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New Police Chief Mike Marshman Has Released His Full Personnel File, and An Investigation Into a Past Domestic Dispute
Mike Marshman before he was sworn in as police chief last week. Mike Marshman’s been police chief for eight days, and he’s already releasing a criminal investigation into himself. After news broke late last week that Marshman choked his former step-son more than a decade ago—an incident that apparently left marks on the 16-year-old’s neck—Marshman […]