Illustration by Sparrow V. Swallow Two years ago, a grown-up Oregon Boy Scout sued the Boy Scouts of America for failing to deal with a troop leader’s years of sexually abusing kids. He won his case, but the lawsuit revealed a massive stockpile of evidence the scouts had compiled on their volunteers: Over decades, the […]
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Arkansas Police Say Handcuffed, Searched Man Shot Himself in the Head
Jesus fucking Christ, Arkansas. When a young African-American man is found dead in the back seat of a police car, you shouldn’t be so cavalier about it: Chavis Carter was a passenger in a pickup truck that was stopped by police in Jonesboro, Ark., Saturday night, according to KAIT, an ABC-affiliated television station. An officer […]
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BREAKING: Interview and Documents from FBI Raid Show Feds are Targeting Anarchists
The first interview with any of the Portlanders who were served grand jury subpoenas as FBI agents searched their homes on Wednesday, July 25, shines some light on what authorities may be hoping to achieve with the raids. Dennison Williams was in bed at his house on NE 8th Avenue on Wednesday morning when he […]
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Thief Steals Hollywood Guns from Movie Madness!
All points bulletin! Movie Madness has been robbed! According to the police, this man is accused of strolling into the landmark SE Belmont video store, poking around for about 25 minutes, then breaking into one of the shop’s many locked display cabinets of classic Hollywood props. He waltzed out with two guns and then, of […]
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Today in Traditional Marriage
CNN: A 32-year-old man from Twin Falls, Idaho, has been charged with solicitation of rape and burglary after posting an advertisement on Craigslist seeking a man to enter his home and rape his wife, according to a Twin Falls County Court affidavit. The husband admitted to having sent e-mails to Michael Combs asking that he […]
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This Week in Portland Shootings
The shooting this morning in Colorado is absolutely horrifying. Also terrifying is that the death toll from the shooting is about half of the average gun-related deaths in the US every day. Since just last Thursday, July 12th, police have responded to six shootings in Portland. Two of those were fatal and one of the […]
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12 Dead at Colorado The Dark Knight Rises Screening
In an absolutely terrifying and tragic story, 12 people are dead and at least 50 are injured after a gunman entered a screening of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado, threw a tear gas canister and began opening fire on the audience. From ABC News: The suspect, James Holmes, 24, of Aurora, was caught […]
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George Zimmerman to Give First Televised Interview Tonight!
Travon Martin shooter George Zimmerman is scheduled to give his first ever TV interview tonight to Rachel Maddow, and HAHAHAAHAHAHAAAAAAAA! I’m sorry… I just couldn’t hold it. His first interview will actually go to Sean Hannity of FOX News. From EW: Sean Hannity will air an exclusive hour-long interview with Zimmerman tonight at 9 p.m. […]
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Meth Bust Nets “Dozens of Bicycles.”
Just to confirm my worst fears that it’s meth heads who are responsible for a lot of bike theft in town, the police sent out this press release about this morning’s big federal meth bust in Old Town: Investigators from the Metro Gang Task Force arrested seven people in connection with this morning’s search warrant […]
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Good News: Reported Hate Crimes Are Down in Portland
The badass reaction of two transgender ladies to an attempted assault in downtown Portland last month is one of 10 hate or bias crimes reported in the city so far this year. While 10 might seem like a lot, that’s actually good news. Last year at this time, we’d had 16 reported. Of course, statistics […]
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How Do You Make Sense of Horror?
I’ve been thinking all morning—and all last night and all yesterday—about Adam Lee Brown, the guy who attacked and stabbed a 10-year-old in a Portland Wendy’s on Sunday. Today’s news that he not only assaulted many other children in his past, but intentionally tried to infect them with AIDS makes my eyes hot and my […]
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Absolutely Terrifying Knife-Stabbing Episode in NE Portland Wendy’s
Yesterday afternoon, a the Wendy’s on NE 30th and Sandy became host to a scene that nightmares are made from. According to the police account, a 10-year-old boy walked toward the Wendy’s bathroom, where this guy was allegedly waiting: The guy, 49-year-old Adam Brown, is a registered sex offender who had a warrant out on […]