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The Oregon chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the City of Portland, the Portland Police Bureau, and other law enforcement entities on June 28, claiming that police targeted and attacked journalists and legal observers [271] On July 17, the ACLU added the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the United ...
In the summer of 2020, Portland’s city commissioners voted to cut the police budget by $15 million — short of the $50 million some demanded — and disband its Gun Violence Reduction Team ...
Video footage showed an officer kneeling on the back of Stallings, who is nine months pregnant. In response to the video, demonstrators began protesting outside city hall demanding the resignation of Kansas City Police Department Chief Richard Smith and for the city to redirect 50% of the police department's budget to social services. [95]
In New York City, while most events were peaceful, some were marred by violent clashes with police and looting. As a result, and amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the city was put under a curfew starting on June 1. The curfew was moved from up 11:00 pm to 8:00 pm the following day.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A television station in Portland, Oregon, apologized Friday for inadvertently showing a racist image during a program aimed at highlighting positive stories.
Public school teachers in Portland, Oregon, walked off their jobs for the first time ever on Wednesday after months of failed negotiations, forcing scores of schools to close and keeping thousands ...
Protesters line Ellsworth Street in downtown Albany, Oregon on June 2. 1,000 peaceful protesters lined Ellsworth Street in Downtown Albany on June 2, calling for racial justice. After 2 hours the group moved to city hall where they knelt for 9 minutes of silence in memory of George Floyd. [3]
Portland teachers have been on strike since Nov. 1, shuttering schools serving about 45,000 students in Oregon's largest district. Students have missed 11 days of class because of the walkout.