The fallout of police use of force against members of the public during 2020 racial justice protests has cost more than just negative headlines for the city of Portland. As of early August, the city has paid out just over $325,000 in legal compensation to Portlanders who sued the city after they were injured by […]
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Portland Officer Fatally Shoots Armed Person in East Portland
This is the third time Portland police have fired at a member of the public this week..
Update, December 9: The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) has released the name of the officer responsible for this shooting, five months later. According to PPB, an officer named Joshua Dyk pulled the trigger. Dyk remains on administrative leave, as the shooting remains under investigation by the Multnomah County District Attorney’s office. Original story, July 28: […]
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City Selects Controversial Vendor for Body Camera Pilot Program
The decision was made without any public input, which community groups had requested.
The city of Portland has quietly selected a vendor to run its $2.6 million body worn camera pilot program within the Portland Police Bureau (PPB). According to city documents, officials have selected the company Axon to run the pilot, which is set to begin in September. The decision comes after community groups with concerns about […]
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Police Officer Shoots at Driver in St. Johns Neighborhood
A Portland police officer shot at a man driving a car in North Portland’s St. Johns Neighborhood Tuesday morning, after the driver allegedly attempted to run over a cop. According to a press release from the Portland Police Bureau (PPB), officers arrived at the scene near N Fessenden St. and N Macrum Ave. around 1:15 […]
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Retired Portland Cop Convicted for Driving Car Into Burglary Suspect During Protest
Retired Portland cop Scott Groshong pleaded guilty to charges of assault and misconduct Monday for driving his car into an individual who he believed had just robbed a store during a protest. Groshong was on the clock working for the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) at the time of the June 15, 2020 incident, but retired […]
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Police Identify Officer Who Fatally Shot Man in Centennial Neighborhood Sunday
Update, July 27: The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) has identified the person killed by a PPB officer Sunday as 19-year-old Johnathan Worth. Original story, July 25: The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) has identified the officer who fatally shot a man in Southeast Portland’s Centennial Neighborhood early Sunday morning as Gelsomina “Mina” Cavalli-Singer. Cavalli-Singer and an […]
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Mayor Wheeler Announces State of Emergency to Streamline Response to Gun Violence
The program directs additional funding to gun violence intervention programs that are already operating within the city.
Mayor Ted Wheeler has announced a state of emergency to address Portland’s surge in gun violence during summer months. The announcement allows Wheeler to gather all city departments related to deterring gun violence under his office in hopes of orchestrating a coordinated response. “Emergency declarations can get results the status quo cannot,” said Wheeler at […]
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City Withdraws Employment Offer to Police Bureau’s New Training Dean
The decision comes five days after announcing his hire.
On Friday, the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) announced that the city had hired its first “Civilian Dean of Training”—a position laid out as a requirement in the city’s settlement agreement with the US Department of Justice (DOJ). Days later, PPB has announced that they’ve rescinded the job offer to their new hire, former Los Angeles […]
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Judge Rejects Don’t Shoot Portland’s Request for Class Action Lawsuit
The judge believes there aren’t enough commonalities between people hit by tear gas and munitions during the 2020 racial justice protests to place them in a specific class.
A federal judge has barred Portland protesters from upgrading their lawsuit against the city to “class action” status, arguing that there aren’t enough commonalities between people hit by tear gas and munitions during the 2020 racial justice protests.
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Police Oversight Group Will Ask Council to Adopt Controversial Gunshot-Detecting Technology
With the city’s gun violence rate still hitting historic highs, Portlanders are looking for new ways to crack down on shooters. The latest suggestion comes from a new volunteer-led police oversight group, which meets weekly to analyze the previous week’s shootings with officers from the police bureau’s gun violence prevention unit, the Focused Intervention Team […]
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Portland Remains Out of Compliance With DOJ Settlement
A scene from the 2020 racial justice protests in downtown Portland. MATHIEU LEWIS-ROLLAND It’s been 16 months since the city of Portland first fell out of compliance with the settlement agreement it made with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding police use-of-force against people with a mental illness. Yet, the city is still a […]
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City Attorneys Ask to Dismiss Lawsuit Because Protester Didn’t Know Which Officer Injured Him
A PPB officer during one of Portland’s 2020 racial justice protests. MATHIEU LEWIS-ROLLAND Portland city attorneys are asking a federal judge to throw out a use-of-force lawsuit against the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) because the plaintiff can’t identify which PPB officer shot him with a munition from behind during a 2020 protest. Portlander Dexter Pearce […]