The ACLU hires hot-poop attorney to fight city’s secret list program.
Jeff Myers
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Officer Pandora’s Boxes
Attorneys Want Cop’s Secret List Documents
Lawyers fight city for secret list documents.
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The Lost List
Attorneys Dig Deeper into City’s Secretive Program
Attorneys dig for more information on the city’s secret list of downtown offenders.
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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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The Policy that Wasn’t There
City’s Hazy Drug-Free Zone Replacement Program
AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS researching the city’s $1.3 million per year replacement program for the now defunct Drug-Free Zones (DFZs), the Mercury has been unable to find a clear and consistent written policy on the new program anywhere in Portland. The DFZs sunset last September, after independent statistical analysis showed African Americans were more likely to […]
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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 […]
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In the Shadows
One-Man Safety Net
[In the Shadows is a new biweekly column in which Mercury crime and cop reporter Matt Davis explores Portland’s underbelly.—eds.] Chris O’Connor is a cross between a public defender in community court and Superman. He’s a sharp-eyed, sharp-witted barrel of a guy, whose surprising lightness on his feet extends to his conversation—you don’t converse with […]
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In Other News
BIKE JUSTICE On Tuesday, January 22, the Portland Police Bureau announced that Timothy Wiles—the cement truck driver who drove over cyclist Tracey Sparling at the intersection of SW 14th and Burnside on October 11, killing her—was cited for failure to yield to a bicycle, which carries a $242 fine. In another high-profile collision that claimed […]
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Cracksploitation!
Is Old Town Under Siege After Drug Free Zones?
Since Portland’s Drug Free Zones (DFZ) expired on September 30, drug dealers have taken up residence on the streets of Old Town and Chinatown, say numerous business owners and residents. “In recent weeks, I’m just seeing an enormous number of drug dealers, drug users, people smoking crack in the doorways. I’ve run off crack smokers […]
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Evicting the Elderly
A Tough Summer for Portland’s Homeless Women
Alice Malacote, a woman in her 80s frequently spotted spare-changing near Powell’s and Whole Foods, will become the latest addition to Portland’s female homeless population if she is evicted, as planned, from her Park Tower apartment on SW Salmon on August 29. Sean Cruz—a legislative aide to Oregon State Senator Avel Gordly, who came across […]
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Giving ‘Em the Boot
City Continues Crusade Against Homeless
Less than a month ago, city council hosted a virtual love-in for the homeless. Voting 4-1 to accommodate Dignity Village, city council expressed their support and concern for men and women living on the street. But last Wednesday, those good vibes were decidedly missing. Council member Jim Francesconi, the only one to vote against Dignity […]