6/2/2023 News Roundup

THE FASH <<The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that a federal grand jury has indicted a former FBI agent who lived in Bend for his alleged role in the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol building. Jared Wise, 49, was charged with two felonies and four misdemeanors in the case after federal …

1/21/23a News Update #1

AARON CAMPBELL A commission of international human rights groups is investigating: https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2021/01/portland-police-shooting-of-aaron-campbell-in-2010-under-scrutiny-by-international-commission.html DEMOS “Crowds of people across Portland turned violent on Inauguration Day, smashing windows at the Democratic Party of Oregon and later targeting the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement facility where federal officers declared an unlawful assembly. A crowd of around 150 people gathered at …

1/19/23 News Update

LESS LETHAL <<Portland and Multnomah County are paying a combined $80,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed by a man shot with less-lethal munitions by a Portland police officer and a county sheriff’s sergeant during a declared riot downtown on July 4, 2020. The city will pay $75,000 and the county $5,000 to Erik Hoofnagle, …