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The Killing of a Portland Antifascist Activist Went Unsolved, Then Journalists Sued the City Three years after Sean Kealiher was killed, police arrested a suspect, just as The Intercept’s public records lawsuit neared a ruling. 16 August 2022 For months after her son’s killing, Laura Kealiher...

LGBTQ Pride Organizers Weigh Multiple Threats, From Police Brutality to Vigilante Violence Between angry cops, hateful politicians, and plotting right-wing extremists, they have their hands full. 24 June 2022 Seattle’s Pride Parade, among the largest in the country, will return this weekend...

Survey Says Portland Cops Should Be Locked Out Of Recordings Until After They’ve Written Reports, Answered Investigators 11 March 2022 The Department of Justice has been keeping an eye on the Portland (OR) Police Bureau (PPB) for nearly a decade now, finding that officers routinely engage in...

Survivors of a Deadly Attack on a Portland Protest Were Victimized Twice: First by the Gunman, Then by the Police Victims of a right-wing gunman’s shooting spree in Portland said it was unprovoked. Why did the police make the attack sound like a shootout? 23 February 2022 PROSECUTORS IN...

Portland Releases Police Training Material That Encouraged Beating Protesters A presentation included a meme pushing violence against left-leaning demonstrators. 16 January 2022 [fairuse Portland, Oregon’s mayor announced just before the weekend that the city’s police department is...

Cops who are "disrespected" are disrespected for good reasons. Why any police administrator in his right mind would try to recruit other departments' brutes and bully boys is beyond me. 3 stars or 4? Confused? Make up your mind! Sheriffs Making Much Ado 9 November 2021 This week...

ACLU, NAACP allege Vancouver police, Clark County sheriff’s deputies use excessive force, urge federal DOJ investigation 10 November 2021 Community groups called Wednesday for the U.S. Department of Justice to open a civil rights investigation into the Vancouver Police Department and Clark...

State trooper arrested for alleged drug trafficking 4 November 2021 A trooper with the Texas Department of Public Safety stationed in the Valley is charged with drug trafficking. According to a criminal complaint obtained by Channel 5 News, Trooper Pablo Talavera Jr. was arrested last week...

Biden's Pick to Lead CBP Supports Two of Trump's Most Controversial Border Initiatives 19 October 2021 AFTER MONTHS OF delay, a Senate committee held a confirmation hearing Tuesday for President Joe Biden’s pick to lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the nation’s largest law enforcement...

New Research Says Police in Schools Don't Reduce Shootings but They Do Increase Expulsions and Arrests 20 October 2021 New research finds that police deployed in schools, commonly called school resource officers (SROs), do not reduce school shootings, but do increase suspensions, expulsions...

In a California Desert, Sheriff’s Deputies Settle Schoolyard Disputes. Black Teens Bear the Brunt. 29 September 2021 Barron Gardner, a high school history teacher in Southern California’s Antelope Valley, stared down Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies during an online meeting in...

Federal police reform talks have thus far failed – but local efforts stand a better chance of success, including in California 28 September 2021 Bipartisan talks over police reform ended with no agreement on Sept. 22, 2021, with House Democrats and Republicans blaming each other for the lack...

Greyhound settles lawsuit over immigration sweeps on buses 27 September 2021 Greyhound Lines Inc. will pay $2.2 million to settle a lawsuit over the bus line’s practice of allowing U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents to board its buses in Washington state to conduct warrantless...