Sean Michael Kearney The Portland Police Bureau, after months of work and millions in bond money spent, is ready to unveil its new training center this afternoon. There will be tours and refreshments and local dignitaries, the PPB said in a news release sent out this morning. What the bureau didn’t mention, until another release […]
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The NFL, Domestic Violence, and #WhyIStayed
Many of us have been tracking the story of former Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice and his wife Janay Rice over the last few days. But if you haven’t, it’s a good jumping off point for talking about domestic violence—a conversation that, like one on many touchy topics, people seem to have a really hard […]
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Jesse Helt, Miley Cyrus’ VMA Award Accepter, Turned Himself In
Polk County Jail Jesse Helt’s Mugshot We return to the continuing saga of Jesse Helt, already in progress… Helt, the homeless 22-year-old aspiring model from Salem who accepted Miley Cyrus‘ MTV Video Music Award on Sunday night, surrendered to Polk County Police yesterday and was later released on bail. After Helt’s appearance at the VMAs, […]
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St. Louis Police Killed Kajieme Powell in a Barrage of Bullets
“Over two fucking sodas,” says a witness who caught the incident, which occurred on Tuesday, on camera. Twenty-three-year-old Kajieme Powell, who is alleged to have stolen a few drinks and pastries from a nearby store, reportedly had a history of mental illness. This video, released by the police, is not easy to watch: The video […]
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I Watched a Car Get Broken Into. Should I Have Done Something Different?
It was a corner much like this. On Sunday I noticed, from my fourth-story apartment, a guy trying to unlock car door with a hanger. He was in the parking lot across the street on the corner and in broad daylight. I assumed it was his car. So did everybody else walking around on this […]
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The City’s Gang Violence Is On The Rise. Again.
Illustration by Jeff Sheridan It’s nearly June, and Portland’s gang violence is heating up again. According to numbers released today by the city’s Office of Youth Violence Prevention, Portland’s seen 50 gang-related attacks so far in 2014, compared to 34 at the same time last year. It’s disheartening sign, obviously, for the people and organizations […]
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Combatting Rape on College Campuses
One in five college-age women have been sexually assaulted—but that doesn’t mean one in five college-age men are rapists. Amanda Marcotte: No one is saying that the high rates of victimization among college women mean that all men are rapists. That one in five college women have been assaulted doesn’t mean that one in five […]
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Woman Who Ran Over Three Teenage Cyclists, Killing One, Now Experiencing Episodes of “Irritability”
So she’s suing the boy she killed and that boy’s family and the other boys she ran over. Toronto Sun: Brandon was struck from behind by an SUV and killed while his friend Richard McLean, 16, was seriously injured with a broken pelvis and other bones. His other pal Jake Roberts, 16, was knocked off […]
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Military Sexual Assault Bill Dies in the Senate
From the New York Times: The Senate on Thursday rejected a controversial bipartisan bill to remove military commanders from decisions over the prosecution of sexual assault cases in the armed forces, delivering a defeat to advocacy groups who argued that wholesale changes are necessary to combat an epidemic of rapes and sexual assaults in the […]
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Woody Allen’s Defenders and Rape Culture
Woody Allen’s friend Robert B. Weide rushes to his defense in The Daily Beast by—you guessed it—attacking the credibility of Dylan Farrow, who accused him of molesting her as a child in an open letter last week, and her mother, actress Mia Farrow. Aaron Brady in The New Inquiry responds: This is a basic principle: […]
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Poor, Bullied Montana Judge Says He Shouldn’t Have to Lose His Job for Sending Rapist Teacher to Jail for Just One Month
The AP’s Matthew Brown says: A Montana judge says he doesn’t deserve to lose his job for commenting that a 14-year-old rape victim appeared “older than her chronological age” when he sentenced her teacher-rapist to just a month in prison. Let me restate: District Judge G. Todd Baugh, who is 72, thinks that implying a […]
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Man Defiles She-Goat; Sentenced to 10 Years and Eternal Humiliation on the Internet
There are many alarming things in this news story of a Kenyan man who “defiles” (has sex with) a “she-goat.” But the most alarmig thing is that the she-goat was actually present in the courtroom. Okay, maybe that’s not the most alarming thing. BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY ALARMING THINGS!!! More information here, if you’re […]