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Portland Protest News

News – October 10, 2020

Today’s news summary: Jonathan Price march in downtown Portland, Jaelin Scott memorial, federal court rules journalists are protected at marches, podcast on Portland protests

Oregonian: Portland protests to end police violence resume Friday downtown

KGW: ‘Didn’t deserve to die’: Portland teen remembered at gathering to stop violence

Courthouse News: Ninth Circuit Rules Federal Agents Can’t Target Journalists at Portland Protests

WNYC: The New Yorker Radio Hour – The Battle Over Portland (podcast with interviews of Portland protest participants)

News- October 9, 2020

Today’s news summary: Police review board working to identify Officer 67, Wheeler threatened PPB chief with termination over tear gas opposition, story of one independent journalist’s journey, protest zine, advice from a 60’s radical

Willamette Week: Portland Independent Police Review Is Trying to Identify “Officer 67”

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler threatened termination if police chief didn’t back him on tear gas

Village Portland: My journey from social justice protester to independent journalist

Village Portland: Mainstream media is scamming us, one indie journalist says

Unknown: Zine giving a perspective on the Portland protests (via PNW Youth Liberation Front)

Oregonian: Advice to Portland protesters from a ’60s radical: Commentary

News – October 8, 2020

Today’s news summary: Human rights group issues report on Portland police brutality, focus on evictions, Blumenauer fights deputization, complaints to oversight agency about PPB behavior at protests

Portland Mercury: Human Rights Group Finds Portland Police Violated UN Guidelines During Protests

The Guardian (UK): Portland: officers targeted medics with teargas and projectiles, report finds

Willamette Week: Three People Who Attended Portland Protests Say They Recognize the Helmet Number of an Officer Who Struck a Black Homeowner

KOIN: Protesters turn attention to Portland evictions

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Oregon lawmaker seeks to curb deputizing power of federal government

Willamette Week: Following Deputization of Portland Police Officers, Congressman Earl Blumenauer Introduces Legislation to Limit Federal Reach

KOIN: Complaints against PPB at protests flood oversight agency

News – October 7, 2020

Today’s news summary: ICE protest in SE Portland draws federal response, Beauty Block event

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Federal officers use tear gas during protest in South Portland

News – October 5, 2020

Today’s news summary: I Choose Love PDX rally, march on new courthouse, 6 arrested, questions raised about police conduct at Bend protests, Demetria Hester profile

KPTV: Group rallies in downtown Portland to promote peace, love and unity across the city

KATU: Six people arrested during march in downtown Portland

OPB: Protesters see disparities after Bend police release man who pointed gun at Trump rally

OPB: Portland pulls officers from federal deputations, but legal questions swirl

Oregonian: ‘I’ve been fighting my whole life.’ Demetria Hester reflects on Portland protests and her lifelong activism

News – October 4, 2020

Today’s news summary: Silent ICE vigil at Waterfront Park, BIPOC mural event in Tualatin

KGW: Vigil, silent march held for ICE detainees in Portland

KOIN: Dozens gather downtown for abolish ICE march, vigil

KOIN: BIPOC artists, students unite for Beaverton mural installation

News – October 3, 2020

Today’s news summary: 4 arrested in protest at Kelly building, PPB motorcycle runs over protester, report on police brutality at protests

KOIN: 4 arrested from ‘hostile crowd’ at Portland police building

Oregonian: Portland police officer drives motorcycle into protester blocking his path at Friday night demonstration

Vice News: The Casual Brutality of Protesting in Portland

News – October 2, 2020

Today’s news summary: Protester pleads guilty to arson charge, several takes on federal deputization, JoAnn Hardesty calls for deputized officers to be removed from street/protest duty, followup from Proud Boys rally in September 2020

Willamette Week: Federal Prosecutors Secure Guilty Plea From Portland Man Who Set Fire to County Property During Riot

Portland Mercury: Portland Cops Will Stay Federally Deputized Through 2020. What Does That Mean for Portland? (interview with Juan Chavez, an attorney with the Oregon Justice Resource Center)

Willamette Week: Some Portland Police Officers Are Now Deputy U.S. Marshals. What Does That Mean for Protesters? (interview with criminal defense lawyer John Schlosser)

KOIN: Hardesty ‘will not stand’ for deputized officers on streets

Truthout.org: Anti-Fascists Worked to Keep Portland Community Safe Amid Proud Boys Rally

KGW: Antifa’s history and current status in Portland

KGW: Proud Boys get international exposure. So who are they?

News – October 1, 2020

Today’s news summary: Demonstration on anniversary of death of Patrick Kimmons, release of transcripts in Patrick Kimmons grand jury, US DOJ pursuing protesters under civil disorder statutes, more on federal deputization issue

KGW: Demonstrators honor man killed by Portland police in 2018 (Patrick Kimmons), call for change

Oregonian: Demonstrators gather in downtown Portland on 2-year anniversary of fatal police shooting (of Patrick Kimmons)

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Portland Officers Describe Witnessing Shooting Before They Killed Patrick Kimmons (release of grand jury transcripts)

Thread of videos of demonstration
Thread of videos from Patrick Kimmons demonstration

Oregonian: Oregon’s U.S. marshal, U.S. attorney won’t cancel federal deputization of local, state officers

Oregon Public Broadcasting: US Justice Department cracks down on Portland protesters with law from civil rights era