The new police chief identifies some disadvantages to pulling out of the FBI's Joint ... Terrorism Task Force, and she discusses challenges police face surrounding homelessness Just a little over ... four weeks on the job as Portland’s chief of police, Jami Resch has been asked a lot of questions. ...
31 Jan 2020 - John Emshwiller
Social Work).” Coll was quoted by the school’s official Twitter account Sunday in response to a Twitter ... using military or police to round up people that the wealthy and powerful don’t like is anything but ...
14 Feb 2022 - SR editorial board
For more than 50 nights, protesters have taken to the streets to decry police brutality following ... the police killing of George Floyd. Photographer John Rudoff has captured the escalation of police ... before us, I observe that the recent Portland Police Bureau’s responses to protester provocations have ...
19 Jul 2020 - John Rudoff
sentences. Reform prison sentences in the 2021 legislative session Oregon disproportionately polices, charges ... that ensure accountability, equity and healing. criminal justice reform Print ...
2 Sep 2020 - Shannon Wight and Amy Davidson
Kolkata said, “Do small things with great love.” This series is a first-hand account of the struggles and ... instead. I am living with Grandma Sharon, while I put what I would pay for rent into a money market account ... around camps about to be swept by police? Do you want to submit something to Street Roots for ...
2 Sep 2020 - Dustin Dandliker
of earning an income with dignity. Learn more about Street Roots police accountability Homeless ... Portland Police engaged in suppressing the #OccupyICEPDX protest – demonstrating there is discretion in how ... police can enforce the laws. A stunning report by The Oregonian just revealed that more than half the ...
6 Jul 2018 - Elliott Young a...
a statement that said, “I ran on a platform of police accountability, and I intend to see it through.” ... process.” Local Politics police accountability mental health Print ... complaint against the Police Bureau. This only happens when the Citizen Review Committee and police cannot ...
23 Feb 2017 - Emily Green
Minneapolis following the police killing of George Floyd resonate with residents of cities across America: ... Police brutality against black people is rampant everywhere in the U.S. It always has been, and under the ... just about George Floyd, they’re about the young black lives taken by police right here at home: ...
5 Jun 2020 - SR editorial board
addressing Oregon’s increase in violent crime. In our first (“ Narrative of reduced police funds causing gun ... police funding. It’s not. Here’s what is true: Crime has many drivers, and therefore many solutions. As ... racial disparities and holds people accountable for harm without harsh prison sentences. We want ...
24 Nov 2021 - Shannon Wight
people accountable for violating traffic laws are reasonable. But she said upending a low-income person’s ... behind her for the police. “My kids have fallout from that,” she said. “All of them get anxiety when ... became familiar to police after she got pulled over for not signaling, no license plate or other “dumb ...
29 Dec 2021 - Jake Thomas