[City of Portland] Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty said the rise in shootings is completely unrelated to the disbanding of the Portland Police Bureau’s Gun Violence Reduction Team. Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt has pointed to the pandemic as being a contributing factor but Turner disagrees. “Our elected leaders can no longer turn a blind … Read more
With less than two weeks remaining in 2020, Mayor Ted Wheeler, Police Chief Chuck Lovell and Office of Violence Prevention Director Nike Greene announced preliminary plans to try and curb a dramatic increase in shootings and homicides. The plan, announced Friday evening, calls for more detectives to be assigned to investigate and follow up on … Read more
From the Associated Press . . . One person was shot and killed late Saturday in Portland, Oregon, as a large caravan of President Donald Trump supporters and Black Lives Matter protesters clashed in the streets, police said. It wasn’t clear if the shooting was linked to fights that broke out as a caravan of … Read more
“It is not a solution to tell federal officers to leave when there continues to be attacks on federal property and personnel,” [U.S. Attorney for Oregon Billy J.] Williams said. ”We are not leaving the building unprotected to be destroyed by people intent on doing so.” Protesters filled the streets again into the early hours … Read more
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