HATE CRIMES <<A man has pleaded guilty to hate crime charges for threatening to use his vehicle to hit an Idaho library worker who defended a transgender coworker, as well as two women he believed were lesbians, according to court documents and the U.S. Justice Department. Matthew Alan Lehigh, 31, of Oregon, on Thursday entered …
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6/16/2023 News Roundup
HATE CRIMES <<A 32-year-old Portland man is facing multiple assault charges after he allegedly attacked and injured a bouncer in a Portland strip club and restaurant while shouting racial and anti-Semitic slurs, according to court documents. On May 28, police responded to the Acropolis Steakhouse on Southeast McLoughlin Boulevard after reports of a customer, identified …
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 …