In the week since Isabel Rosa Araoju’s conviction, Andy Ngo has been busy taking a victory lap. Nine separate posts on Twitter/X, an article in The Post Millennial, a blog entry for his “Ngo Comment” project, and even a Newsmax TV appearance — all centered on the same misdemeanor case. What’s missing from Ngo’s account […]
We got a late start after arriving at the courthouse an hour late, but the third day of Araoju’s misdemeanor trial quickly showed a courtroom already in a state of transition. In the missed hour, the defense laid out their entire side of the case, relying solely on Doctor Laney’s expert testimony on how we […]
Corrections: The original version of this article had accidentally misspelled Ms. Araoju’s name, and has been corrected Day two of the misdemeanor trial of Isabel Rosa Araoju moved at a surprising pace, with law enforcement witnesses completing their testimony, complainant Sorbeah Almosa taking the stand, and the state resting its case before the end of […]
Corrections: The original version of this article had accidentally misspelled Ms. Araoju’s name, and has been corrected Yesterday was opening motions and the beginning of jury selection for the State v Arajou case, where the state has alleged that leftist Isabel Araoju harassed and maced anti-Muslim activist Sorbeah Almosa (her anti-Muslim views are prevalent in […]
Corrections: The original version of this article had accidentally misspelled Ms. Araoju’s name, and has been corrected Editor’s Note:I have chosen not to publicize the specific trial date for this case in advance, a decision made for both safety and journalistic integrity reasons. Post Millennial staff, including Andy Ngo and Katie Daviscourt, have a documented […]
Editors Forward: The roots of this story have been sitting in our draft folder for the last two months now, because we knew there was massively relevant information that was missing. We thought it was one thing, but it ended up being so much more that just came to light today. So I’m going to […]
https://bsky.app/profile/raindropworkspdx.bsky.social Visit us on BlueSky while we navigate what happened on X The short of it is … we’re not sure. We’ve been openly discussing a story that is still going through secondary research before writing about local conservative activist couple RealPDX. Jeff Church, half of the group, was caught out lying about prior criminal […]
The docket and media files had to be stored seperate from the case summary. Please see those documents on our wiki at https://court.raindrop.works/wiki/20CV19618 This case is a long winding and at times confusing case featuring a broad variety of allegations against a number of individuals and organizations, with events starting in 2019 or earlier. Due […]
We wanted to get this out in advance of Tuesday’s sentencing hearing for Benjamin Smith, the Normandale shooter who pled guilty last month. We do plan to run a livestream for the hearing, however, due to a refusal by Judge Marshall to allow us to use the livestream from the courthouse, and no helpful way […]
Opacity, compartmentalization and self-dealing. SWNI seems to be focused on making themselves as insular as possible as the city looks to pay them for it.