HARDESTY <<An apology letter to former Portland Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty was issued earlier this week by Mayor Ted Wheeler on behalf of the city of Portland, as part of a legal settlement with Hardesty. Hardesty, who served on the Portland City Council from 2019 to 2022, sued the city and police union in 2021, …
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4/20/2023 News Roundup Part 2
TEAR GAS <<Portland police blanketed downtown in tear gas at concentrations more than 50 times what federal regulators consider “immediately dangerous,” The Guardian reported yesterday. The first-of-its-kind analysis was performed by Forensic Architecture, a company that investigates human rights abuses. At one location, it concluded that concentrations were 2,000 times the federal limit on the …
4/16/2023 News Roundup
POLICE UNION <<Brian Hunzeker, the one-time president of the Portland Police Association who resigned over a false leak concerning then-Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, was placed on leave Saturday by the Clark County Sheriff’s Office, two days after resigning from PPB. Hunzeker was fired by Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler over the false leak that linked Hardesty …
4/15/2023 News Roundup
SCHOOL RACISM <<New data is revealing some concerning results regarding disciplinary action within Portland Public Schools. School leaders said the research shows students of color are disproportionately impacted and they’re also seeing an uptick in hate speech. The discussion at the Prophet Center centered around how to create an environment of belonging to transform culture …