A change of record may be coming for the family of a man killed by Portland police in the 1940s. After a Street Roots investigation into the 1945 Portland police homicide of Ervin Jones Sr. and the intergenerational impacts on his family, the Multnomah Co ...
5 Oct 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
Internal Affairs declines to investigate complaint by high-ranking official alleging sexist language on 2020 protest challenge coin An internal Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office complaint obtained by Street Roots offers one possible explanation for the se ...
15 Jun 2022 - K. Rambo
The tragedy of the Michael Brown killing is rocking the nation. It should. For anyone living in an urban environment, especially people of color and the poor — the events of Michael Brown and the community response is not surprising. It’s hard to shift th ...
29 Aug 2014 - Israel Bayer