WHAT TO KNOW:
- A listening session hosted by Portland Police Chief Danielle Outlaw and Mayor Ted Wheeler resulted in a lot of yelling, stomping, and hissing as people aired grievances old and new against the Portland Police Bureau.
- Portland police union president Daryl Turner issued a press release yesterday, in which he demanded Commissioner Eudaly apologize to police and suggested leftist activists are the real threat to Portland.
- Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek this morning demoted two lawmakers for their public remarks, as she tries to contain the fallout from a sexual harassment scandal that has paralyzed the Capitol.
- After the public fiasco, Oregon lawmakers are also proposing a bill to make sexual harassment complaints confidential.
- A U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant arrested in Maryland last week on gun and drug charges was found to be a white supremacist who called for the creation of a “white homeland” in the Pacific Northwest.
- Legislation to make it legal for Lyft and Uber to operate everywhere in the state of Oregon was introduced in the Legislature yesterday, again with provisions that would strip away Portland’s ability to regulate the ride-hailing companies.
WHAT TO WATCH:
- In a Portland screenwriter’s adaptation of We the Animals, human drama feels dreamt more than written, intimating the lives of three brothers approaching adolescence in their upstate New York world.
WHERE TO DRINK:
- If you’re looking for a place to get a drink at the end of this long week, here are our recommendations for the top five Portland bars right now.
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