Oregon once legally barred Black people—has the state reconciled its racist past? msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Portland police ‘unwittingly helped arrest a man based on a deeply flawed criminal investigation,’ review of Michael Fesser case finds
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Mike Stradley had enlisted Portland’s gang enforcement officers to assist West Linn in arresting Michael Fesser in 2017 on allegations that he stole from A&B Towing. Stradley told West Linn officers that Fesser was a gang associate. In a sworn deposition in Fesser’s civil suit, Stradley later admitted that he hadn’t had contact with Fesser for more than 20 years and had no direct knowledge that Fesser was tied to a gang. (File photo)
Black Lives Matter joins the effort to restore and preserve The Abyssinian Meeting House, underway since 1998. Author: Zach Blanchard (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 5:05 PM EST February 24, 2021 Updated: 6:30 PM EST February 24, 2021
PORTLAND, Maine Nestled on Portland s Munjoy Hill in the shadow of construction for a new office building, the Abyssinian Meeting House would be easy to miss.
Its rich history, however, is impossible to overlook. This to me is a national monument, not yet defined, Leonard Cummings said.
Cummings knows all there is to know about the nearly 200-year-old Meeting House that was once was at the center of the civil rights movement in Maine, even before slavery was abolished.
Pamplin Media Group - No charges for West Linn cops in wrongful arrest of Black man pamplinmedia.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pamplinmedia.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Man accused of yelling racist slurs at officer faces charge Follow Us
Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Thursday, February 4, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A 57-year-old man is accused of yelling racist slurs at a Black Portland police officer while making a shooting gesture toward the officer and then charging at him, according to court records.
Steven James Betz was arrested Monday and accused of two counts of committing a second-degree bias crime, second-degree disorderly conduct and second-degree criminal trespass, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported.
The encounter happened as police were trying to remove Betz, who is white, from a streetcar stop in Southeast Portland for allegedly harassing riders and operators.