More secrecy on the part of the D.A.'s office. Typical.

There is an easy fix to all of this....have the DA charge all felonies as....FELONIES! Then the DA wouldn't have to justify why one individual was given misdemeanor treatment (for a felony offense) and another individual (who just happens to be a repeat offender) is charged with a felony.

If these lists are as much of a mess as the old Red Squad lists from the 90s were, I'm not surprised they are trying to keep them out of sight. I still have copies of some of these (obtained when they were used as evidence in a trial) and for the most part the "intelligence" contained therein was pure rubbish. Unfortunately, PPD was also sharing it far and wide, so it's out there in who knows how many databases around the country.
There's a fairly obvious solution to dealing with these lists--release the files to a panel of judges, with a charge to examine the information without revealing any details that would violate either law enforcement needs or the right of individuals to privacy. Shouldn't be that hard, actually. Much safer than allowing rogue cops to carry lists around in their pocket...

R. James is right. Charge all drug crimes as felonies and let's throw in an automatic six months in jail too. Because then the publicly funded lawyers would get paid more for the same cases, the city could get rid of the absurd community court issues/secret lists/etc issues Matt Davis has to cover, jurors would have hundreds more very fun jury trials every year, a bunch of lawyers would get to become judges, there would be absurd pressure on the system as a whole, and eventually we could get around to discussing the merits of prohibition overall without getting bogged down in the details.

How amusing. The attorney who committed a felony and should have been disbarred for conspiring with Morris Dee's to suborn perjury from David Mazella in the civil case against I and my son is again lauded as a champion of civil rights. Eldon knows the whole truth perhaps one day he may tell all but I doubt it.
I don't forget Portland and its justice system.
Tom Metzger

Tom, you're a dying breed. Hurry up.

Oh, puh-leeze, Metzger. Anyone who had any dealings with the local PDX skins knew exactly who was feeding them BS.
I actually knew that little weasel Bob when he was in SF, he came back to town boasting about being plucked from obscurity (minor local thuggery), having been tapped for greatness by--YOU. What a surprise when he turned up in Portland later, and started recruiting. Not.
Of course, he really did kind of have to get out of dodge since his buddies had crossed the Hell's Angels back in SF. Didn't look so tough when the Angels showed up to crack their heads, guess it wasn't as easy as luring runaways off Haight St to their squat so they could rape them.
Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas, as my mother used to say. It's just hard to say who in this scenario is the dog, and who is the flea.

Can't wait to hear that you've joined Ricky Cooper.
Loser.

Oh, puh-leeze, Metzger. Anyone who had any dealings with the local PDX skins knew exactly who was feeding them BS.
I actually knew that little weasel Bob when he was in SF, he came back to town boasting about being plucked from obscurity (minor local thuggery), having been tapped for greatness by--YOU. What a surprise when he turned up in Portland later, and started recruiting. Not.
Of course, he really did kind of have to get out of dodge since his buddies had crossed the Hell's Angels back in SF. Didn't look so tough when the Angels showed up to crack their heads, guess it wasn't as easy as luring runaways off Haight St to their squat so they could rape them.
Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas, as my mother used to say. It's just hard to say who in this scenario is the dog, and who is the flea.

Can't wait to hear that you've joined Ricky Cooper.
Loser.

Tom Metzger supporting the PPB, I love it.

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