sparrow v. swallow The largest single collection of documented sex abuse cases that the country has ever known. An estimated 6,000 to 18,000 victims, whose abuse was recorded over 60 years but never reported to police. That’s what local lawyers Paul Mones and Kelly Clark say lies within the Boy Scouts of America’s “perversion files”, […]
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Signs Seeking Help in Kipp Crawford Case Appear
I’ve noticed a couple of these signs posted around town recently, seeking help in solving the case of 32-year-old local musician Kipp Crawford, who was likely robbed last November before being fatally run over by two drunk drivers. The number on the flier goes to the police tip line. Though I haven’t heard any updates […]
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Sam Adams on Gun Laws: ‘Modest Tweaks’
Seattle Times Mayor Sam Adams’ spoke with me this afternoon about his new plans to combat gun violence in the city, released last week after a surge in gang violence throughout North and Northeast Portland left police practically begging for witnesses. There are five proposals—and Adams is giving the public two weeks to comment on […]
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Mayor Called Out at Gang Task Force Meeting
After a rash of shootings across North and Northeast Portland this week, police are stepping up patrols this weekend while residents in some of the violence-stricken areas are on edge. Since Aug. 1, police have been called out to more than a dozen shootings, and tension over that surge spilled out this morning at a […]
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Stabbed in the Face at Comic-Con—FOR REAL!
According to police, a man was STABBED IN THE FACE yesterday afternoon at Comic-Con, allegedly over a fight about (what else) seating for a popular panel. Says EW: Police are investigating an alleged assault inside San Diego Comic-Con’s 6,000-person Hall H that occurred today around 5 p.m. PST. According to San Diego police, one man […]
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Own the Barefoot Bandit’s Boat!
Feeling flush with cash this week? Now you can own a piece of Pacific Northwest history! The boat that Colton Harris-Moore a.k.a the “Barefoot Bandit” stole on his last day of freedom in the Bahamas is now up for sale. Washington’s notorious Bandit had been evading police for months when he was finally caught on […]
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Solutions for Prostitution
In today’s editorial in the New York Times, Nicholas Kristof resurrected the debate on something he says is often “ignored’ in our country: human trafficking. Says Kristof: Human trafficking tends to get ignored because it is an indelicate, sordid topic, with troubled victims who don’t make great poster children for family values. Indeed, many of […]
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Breaking News: Jean-Claude Van Damme Got Lame.
THE EXPENDABLES It’s Stallone vs. Lundgren vs. Li! I HOPE THEY ALL BECOME FRIENDS True, I’m a sucker for ’80s action flicks, but goddamn, I can’t wait for The Expendables, a movie that looks like it’s been hewn out of concentrated badass and lit dynamite. The New York Times has a bit of background on […]
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Only in Utah!
Ugh: A Utah mom allegedly doctored a pornographic photo of a woman having sex with a dog, superimposing into the picture the face of a 13-year-old girl who attends middle school with her daughter. Danette Stark, 37, appeared in court Monday to face 18 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. Prosecutors said she created […]
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Facebook Complicates Horman Case
Judging by the sneering tone of this blog post, Gawker blogger Adrien Chen does not find the following evidence compelling in the case of missing Portland second-grader, Kyron Horman, but I’m not so sure. Site I’ve never heard of before, MomLogic, thinks Horman’s parents’ Facebook usage suspicious, saying: Kyron’s stepmom has gotten criticism for posting […]
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You Can Now Report a Hate Crime Online
In an impressive feat of bureaucratic wizardry, Attorney General John Kroger unveiled a significant advance in Oregon’s crime reporting system at the Q Center today, only five days after a public forum on gay bashing held at the center revealed serious gaps in reporting of Oregon’s hate crime stats. Thanks to the public outcry over […]
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Look Who Made Busted!
It’s our old friend, Oregonian Editorial Page Editor Bob Caldwell who was arrested for drunk driving in May. Now he’s hit the big time!