DEFUND THE DA <<On May 16, District Attorney Mike Schmidt went to the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners to ask for more money in this year’s budget, citing a report showing his office was 26% understaffed. “We’re pretty to the bone,” he told the board. WW has obtained the staffing report, which was completed in …
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4/13/2023 News Roundup
ARMED CAMPUS COPS <<There’s mixed reaction from the community after Portland State University’s announced that they’re rearming campus police. The decision to disarm campus officers came after years of protest that really picked up after the death of Jason Washington at the hands of PSU police.>> <<Jason’s death had re-energized protests calling to disarm PSU …
4/6/2023 News Roundup
THE FASH << A Battle Ground man who took selfie-style photos with his son during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021 pleaded guilty to a single count of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds. Jeff Grace, 64, appeared by Zoom for Monday’s plea hearing before Judge Randolph Moss in the U.S. …
1/27/23 News Update
INSTEAD OF PRISON <<The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office launched two new programs last year to divert people accused of violent offenses from prison time. The first was profiled in this week’s paper: a treatment court for Measure 11 offenders. The second is called Restorative Roots. It’s a partnership among prosecutors, public defenders and a …
1/21/23b News Update #2
THE FASH <<Prominent Proud Boys member Tusitala “Tiny” Toese was in court on Friday after being arrested Thursday. Toese has been arrested several times, and a warrant for his arrest was issued in November following an incident where Toese’s GPS monitor died for more than 24 hours. After being arrested, he appeared before a judge …
1/13/23 News Update
OPACITY <<Portland police Officer Joshua Dyk shot and killed 40-year-old Aaron Stanton on July 27 in the Hazelwood neighborhood of Southeast Portland. Less than four months later, Officer Christopher Sathoff fatally shot Immanuel Clark-Johnson, 30, near Reed College. But the public did not learn these names until December, when the Portland Police Bureau identified Dyk …