This week has been a lot of self-recovery and time in bed (still not sure what I got hit with. Not sick, just -incredibly- tired). But some things have been happening in recent days and here’s you’re catch up. In the Montgomery v. Portland case, where Mr. Montgomery alleges he was tackled multiple times by […]
Editors Note: Article was updated Nov 11, 2020 with formatting fixes of the emails. News out of the HUCIRP (Homelessness/Urban Camping Impact Reduction Program) is that they will not be sweeping the Laurelhurst houseless camp today, but are still promising to do so sometime this week. In a letter in response to my request to […]
This is a breaking story, in the next few days we hope to have more information. As reported on Andy Ngo’s Twitter (yes, I know …) Marquise Love was sentenced today to 20 months in jail for attacking a truck driver outside the Justice Center earlier this summer. The hearing was late today, and while […]
Newly seated Portland Commissioner Dan Ryan ran on a platform of that included divesting the Portland Police of more of it’s budget, stating “We have to find ways to follow up on the $15 million cuts to the Portland Police budget with even more substantial cuts.” On the night of October 28th, protesters, angry about […]
There’s been so much going on already just in the last few days that I have to give an update halfway through the week just to keep track of the stories that I still have to write (and there will be stories coming forward). So without further ado, here’s the recent courthouse news! State Court […]
I know, shocking, isn’t it. This is part of a thought train that I had last night before going to sleep, and I didn’t trust myself to write it out then, and now I’ve forgotten the other half of it. Obviously, All Lives Matter came out as a counter to Black Lives Matter, because white […]
A breakdown of new cases and updates on old cases that we’re actively watching.
we’re receiving multiple reports of a Black person shot by police in the Vancouver area earlier tonight. The exact circumstances of the shooting are still unclear, but early reports suggest the person was unarmed.
While we may never know how many people called in and joined the WebEx meeting for a remote hearing on a case that normally would have drawn little attention, the amount of chatter it generated on Twitter afterwards suggests that it well could have been a packed courtroom in non-pandemic days.
Last night I wrote about the arraignment of retired Portland Police officer Scott Groshong, one of the rare instances where it seems that a police officer in Portland could face actual consequences for actions that occurred while on duty. I just received the audio recordings of his arraignment hearing earlier today, and while I hadn’t really thought about it before now, I’m both surprised and not surprised at the level of privilege that a retired cop is given in the courts.