DEAR POT LAWYER, Tell me about the weed fraud case! WEED, FELONS, forgeries, lawsuits, California swindlers, and duped Canadian backers—the weed fraud case had it all. The culprits in this story are a Northeast Portland dispensary called Cannacea, its owner Tisha Siler, a California group called Green Rush Consulting, and, per the Oregonian, a Green […]
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Everybody Relax: The High Guy Wearing Camo and Throwing a Hatchet on Foster Has Fallen Asleep
Portland-Police to 85th/Foster-report of a high guy in camo pants throwing a hatchet around and breaking out windows -avoid area— Portland OR Alerts (@pdxalerts) July 15, 2016 @pdxalerts Update-hatchet was lost after he threw it through a window of a business, subject now on the ground rolling around— Portland OR Alerts (@pdxalerts) July 15, 2016 […]
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Furious Police Officer Speaks Out: “How Dare You Stand Next to Me in the Same Uniform and Murder Somebody”
“You have no business being a police officer.” Nakia Jones/YouTube Watch this whole thing. The woman speaking is Nakia Jones, the only black and female police officer in the Cleveland suburb of Warrensville Heights: Who’s going to be the first Portland-area police officer to stand up publicly and say, “I agree with Nakia Jones”? You […]
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You Have No Excuse for Missing ESPN’s O.J.: Made in America Documentary
O.J. Simpson and Nicole Brown Simpson ESPN There are three possible excuses for not watching ESPN’s O.J.: Made in America and they are all invalid. EXCUSE #1: But I don’t have time to watch a 10-hour documentary! Oh, stop. Take out the commercials, and this five-part film from director Ezra Edelman—part of ESPN’s excellent 30 […]
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Brock Allen Turner “Got Far More Than 97%-98% of Rapists Do”
According to Department of Justice statistics cited by Rebecca Solnit, police and prosecutors drop the ball on 87 percent of rapes reported to them. Africa Studio/Shutterstock Mad about Brock Allen Turner’s sentencing? Read this from Rebecca Solnit: Lorrrrrd, Rebecca Solnit has all the receipts and I just.. *faints* pic.twitter.com/6zoRDAGkeF— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) June 7, 2016 […]
Posted inTheater & Performance
Former Executive Director of Defunkt Theatre Arrested on Charges of Theft
On Tuesday, a grand jury indicted Lori Sue Hoffman on 10 counts related to theft. Multnomah Country Sheriff Today, the board of Portland theater company Defunkt has posted the following on the theater company’s website. It’s signed by the board’s six members. Bolds are mine: Dear Friend of Defunkt Theatre, We are writing you today […]
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Smooching Fire Chief! The 48-Hour Rule Lives! Cops Bungle Their Own Rules! Crime Is Down!
Smooching fire chief! 48-hour rule lives! Cops bungle their own rules! Crime is down!
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Here’s A Map of Where Recent Homelessness-Related Fires Have Occurred
A lot’s changed since we last reported on a recent rash of fires related to homelessness in town. In late April, Portland Fire and Rescue gave the Mercury preliminary numbers that suggested there’d been nine fires at homeless camps in recent months, and that none of them were set intentionally. That data was surprising. The […]
Posted inCannabis
That Famous Bowie Mugshot: The Return of the Thin Weed Duke
Surely a contender the handsomest mugshot of all time. My eyes have been redder than normal this week, and it has nothing to do with cannabis. I’ve been very affected by the passing of David Bowie, one of my guiding lights through my tumultuous high school years (and beyond)—a truly brilliant artist. Better writers than […]
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Can We Talk About That Former State Prosecutor in Making a Murderer?
Netflix Like everyone else in the world (everyone else a week ago?), I finished Netflix’s Making a Murderer this weekend, and entered a state of stupor-grade bummed-out. It was a dark cloud that did not abate until I had to go review a crazy experimental play last night and I could transfer my attention from […]
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$5,000 Reward for Information on the Portland Cat Stabber
Guys, the person who stabbed Grand Theft Auto and Alibi—two cats in the Woodlawn neighborhood who managed to survive the June 25 attacks after being found near the intersection of NE 6th and Holman by their owner—is still at large. It seems the trail is going a little cold, so the national non-proft Animal Legal […]
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Dead Dog in Woodlawn Park Possibly Connected to Cat Stabbings
It was beginning to seem like the trail was cold as far as catching the sick fuck responsible for last month’s cat stabbings in the NE Woodlawn neighborhood. Then, on Tuesday, a small dog who had been missing since June 25 was found dead in Woodlawn Park. That, at first, wasn’t deemed suspicious until further […]