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Detective Erik Kammerer Is Investigating a Police Shooting While Being Investigated for His Own Use of Force

Five Infamous Incidents That Didn’t Cost Portland Police Officers Their Jobs

In four of them, officers were fired but got their jobs back.

Inbox: Letters About Moving to the Edge of Portland to Help Refugees

Living Among City’s Refugees This author has focused on the neediness of refugees, but I think there needs to be more awareness of their strengths [“Set Adrift,” WW, Sept. 14, 2016]. I know some of the people D.L. Mayfield talks about in her article. They wouldn’t make it this far if they were slackers, and … Continue reading Inbox: Letters About Moving to the Edge of Portland to Help Refugees

A Former Portland Police Officer Who Fatally Shot Keaton Otis Is Now a Prosecutor

Last month, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office hired a new prosecutor with an unusual background: Cody Berne is a former Portland police officer who in 2010 fatally shot Keaton Otis, a mentally ill black man. Berne’s hiring has outraged protesters of police violence against African-Americans. Otis was the last black man to be killed … Continue reading A Former Portland Police Officer Who Fatally Shot Keaton Otis Is Now a Prosecutor

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A Portland Parent Found Her Daughter’s Textbook Racist. Her Teacher Has a Contract That Says He Could Use It Anyway.

A bronze bust of York, an enslaved member of the Corps of Discovery, has drawn visitors to Mount Tabor since it was anonymously installed last month. The debate over how history is portrayed is also occurring in Portland's classrooms. (Justin Yau)

Face Masks Aren’t Going Out of Style. Maybe You Should Wear Two.

RAMONA THE PEST: If she can wear a mask outside, so can you. (Brian Burk)

For Nearly a Year, Teenagers Have Been Robbing Portland Dispensaries. Then Somebody Shot a Budtender.

IN MEMORIAM: Jina Yoo, the owner of Cured Green, holds up artwork of her employee and longtime friend, Michael Arthur, who died during an armed robbery in the store on Dec. 14. (Wesley Lapointe)

Safeway Pulled Bestselling “Antiracist Baby” Book From Shelves in Oregon Stores Last Month

A Black Lives Matter march in June of 2020. (Mick Hangland-Skill)

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