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ICYMI, “After a No-Show, Police Watchdogs Are Forcing Cops to Appear“:
For the first time anyone can remember, Portland police essentially boycotted their citizen oversight board on April 20, three weeks after a tumultuous meeting of the Citizen Review Committee (CRC) that culminated in an activist throwing a cup of water on a CRC member who had sided with the cops over a citizen’s appeal.
Gov. Kate Brown fired Oregon Lottery Director Jack Roberts on Tuesday. The Oregonian has the story of Roberts claiming “Brown axed him after he took steps to protect a high-ranking agency employee who claimed her supervisor had harassed and intimidated her.”
The O published this story to put term “malicious erections” in a headline. I’m linking to it so I can do the same, so click on “Divorcee built tiny wedge-shaped house to spite ex, runs afoul of laws against ‘malicious erections‘”
The Trail Blazers had a fantastic fourth quarter last night, so they beat the Clippers to take a 3-2 series lead, which is good. Here’s Casey Holdahl’s game story.
Speaking of the NBA playoffs, if you’re going to make guarantees, you better play well: “Terry scored zero points on 0-for-7 shooting in 22 minutes of the Houston Rockets’ series-ending 114-81 loss, after he guaranteed a Game 5 victory over the Golden State Warriors.”
There’s a video of a Vancouver Whitecaps fan throwing popcorn on a player and fighting security. Just like Europe!
SAN FRANCISCO — The chancellor of the University of California, Davis, was removed from her post and put on administrative leave on Wednesday pending an independent investigation into a number of possible violations, including using university funds to scrub negative references to the university on social media.
This sounds pretty intense. “Airlift Is Sending 33 Lions From South American Circuses to African Sanctuary“:
In what is being called the largest lion airlift ever, 33 circus lions — together weighing more than 10,000 pounds — will begin the long trip from South America to South Africa on Friday.
The journey is being coordinated by Animal Defenders International, an animal rights organization, which negotiated their release and is raising money to pay for their flight. They will be taken to Johannesburg from Lima, Peru, before reaching their final destination: the Emoya Big Cat Sanctuary in Limpopo, South Africa.