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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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