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Unemployment Rates Were Already Worse for Black Portlanders. Then the Pandemic Hit.

One of the reasons was discriminatory hiring practices.

Forceful Arrest of Student Climate Protesters Draws Condemnation From Portland Civic Leaders

“It was shocking to see police officers push into a group of children, and toss two boys to the ground to be handcuffed,” Nkenge Harmon Johnson tells WW.

Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty Suggests Disbanding a Portland Police Team

“I think it’s past time for it to happen,” Urban League of Portland president Nkenge Harmon Johnson told Oregon Public Broadcasting on May 3.

Murmurs: Wheeler Criticized for Singling out Hardesty

In other news: Jeff Cogen could run for Portland City Council.

Black Lives Matter Investigation Drags on for 127 Days

On March 16, it will be 127 days since the Urban League of Portland went public with allegations that an Oregon Department of Justice agent used law enforcement software to track the agency’s own civil rights chief, Erious Johnson, and his use of the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter on social media. Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced Nov. … Continue reading Black Lives Matter Investigation Drags on for 127 Days

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