That’s what I said, when I read this story. Eugh.
Crime
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Saturday Shooting: Note.
24-year-old Erik Ayala left a note for his Milwuakie roommate Saturday in an envelope marked “OPEN ON SUNDAY,” according to detectives, who released more information on the shooting at a 3pm press conference this afternoon.AYALA: Left note… “To my friends and family: I am sorry,” read the note. “And to my friend, [name redacted],” the […]
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Downtown Shooter Named
The shooter in the Downtown Portland Shooting has been identified as 24-year-old Erik Salvadore Ayala. Did you know him? Call 503 502 2106. Or email: news@portlandmercury.com. Police have also confirmed that the vehicle located in Downtown Portland (pictured, below), is associated with Ayala.
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Sizer on Downtown Shooting: “A Random Act Of Violence Of The Kind That Makes You Despair For America.”
“I think it’s extraordinary that this many people can be shot in Portland, Oregon,” said Police Chief, Rosie Sizer, at a noon press conference. “The randomness as well as the scale, that’s outside anything we’ve known in Portland, Oregon, in the past.“ 16-year-old Ashley Lauren Wilks from Portland is the first identified fatality in last […]
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Smoooooooooooooching And The Law
Before the Mercury‘s former news editor quit to become the mayor’s sustainability and planning policy adviser, this reporter covered cops, courts, crime, and civil rights issues. So I should probably draw your attention, once again, to the fact that nine people were shot by a gunman in downtown Portland last night, in what is perhaps […]
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Nine Shot Downtown Saturday Night
UPDATE, 10:24am Again, from the cops: Last night around 10:30 pm, a male subject began shooting people who were standing on the sidewalk in front of The Zone nightclub and Kells Tavern and Pub in Downtown Portland. After shooting a total of nine people, the man shot himself at the scene. Officers arrived in the […]
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Adams and ORS 260.532
It’s wonky but important election law, people! Read all about it, here.
Posted inFood and Drink
Ibiza: Raided! (now Updated!)
Ibiza, an Old Town restaurant and lounge with a tapas influenced menu, was raided this morning by Portland police as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged fraudulent bank transactions. According to the Portland Police bureau, officers arrested one 43 yr old Ramin Zamani in connection with the case on two counts of Theft in […]
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Secret List Trial Continues: “In Our System, Secret Police Lists Have No Place And That’s What This is About.”
It’s gratifying to see that the Oregonian finally ran a front-page story on the city’s Secret List program this morning: For the first time since Portland police created a secret list five years ago identifying the 35 most-frequently arrested petty criminals in the city’s core, the American Civil Liberties Union and a trio of defense […]
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ACLU Partner Attorney Fighting Secret List
I’ve been at Multnomah Circuit Court all day watching hot-poop attorney Elden Rosenthal fight the city of Portland’s controversial secret list program on constitutional grounds, as a partner attorney to the ACLU of Oregon. The list targets the top 35 arrestees in Portland on a quarterly basis, adding their names to a master list of […]
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The Cost Of Public Disclosure: $3773.40
Just before Xmas we ran a newslede about attorneys’ efforts to gain access to the contents of 20 cardboard boxes containing information about the city’s secret list program: Arguments are yet to go before a judge, but attorney Spencer Hahn lodged a public records request with the Portland Police Bureau to get a look at […]
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RoboCop Ignores RoboCop Duties, Steps Through Television to Eat Korean Family’s Dinner.
Thanks for making my day, crazy Korean commercial makers! If you’re taking requests, I’d really like to see a terminator going to SuperCuts, if that’s at all possible. Some people think that terminators’ haircuts are super-easy—that they always just get a flat top and it only takes like two minutes or whatever. But take it […]