Police arrest one guy for naked bike riding, but allegedly grope suspects in the street. Who’s indecent?
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Towing the Line
Cops Take Car, Leaving Older Disabled Woman Homeless
Cops leave 58-year-old disabled woman homeless on the street after towing her car for charges that were later dismissed.
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Taser Eraser
Cop Accused of Lying in Court to Cover Mistakes
Did a Taser-happy cop blatantly lie to the court?
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Leonard’s Secret List
Commissioner’s Shady Scheme Faces Legal Challenge
Commissioner Randy Leonard is subpoenaed—again—to defend his Old Town crime program.
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Above and Below the Law
Cop Gets Parking Ticket, City May Change Rules
A judge fines a cop for parking illegally.
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Back in the Ring
Attorneys Argue over Domestic Partnership Referendum in Federal Appeals Court
Gay rights group and foes take the fight for domestic partnerships to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Where He/She Belongs
Bigendered Person Wins Claims Against Portland Women’s Shelters
LEE/LISA IACUZZI and his/her three-legged dog, Rowdy, aren’t interested in fitting in. A bigendered person who was born a woman but now identifies as a “he” and a “she” simultaneously, Iacuzzi has won two gender discrimination claims against different Portland women’s shelters in the last six months. And Iacuzzi isn’t stopping there. Now, in a […]
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Trial Effort
Portland to Get Pilot Mental Health Court
PORTLAND IS ON TRACK to get a pilot mental health court by the end of June, with the aim of reducing repeat offenses by those whose illegal behavior is primarily the result of mental illness. The project is good news for those like Public Defender Rachel Bredfeldt, who watched one of her clients have a […]
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In Other News
ON TUESDAY, APRIL 29, the League of American Bicyclists finally granted one of Portland cyclists’ longtime wishes, crowning Portland as the bike-friendliest big city in the US. Portland is now a “Platinum”-rated Bicycle Friendly Community—an upgrade from the gold rating earned in 2003—thanks to things like our 270 miles of bike lanes, our third consecutive […]
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Blacklisted
Does City’s “Livability” List Have Racial Imbalance?
The city’s effective replacement for the now-defunct Drug-Free Zones (DFZs) appears to be targeting black people for harsher treatment by the judicial system—just as the DFZs did. Of the 408 people now on the city’s Neighborhood Livability Crime Enforcement Offender List (NLCEOL)—a list used to determine who is diverted into a city program that couples […]