Tommy Pak News Today

A Multnomah County judge dismissed criminal charges against a protester Tuesday on the basis that an emergency curfew policy enacted by Mayor Ted Wheeler during the 2020 racial justice protests was unconstitutional. The decision could impact how the mayor's office addresses protest restrictions in the future. Wheeler instituted the citywide 8 pm curfew on May 30, 2020, the day after Portland's first large protest following the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis officer. The...

The morning after Portland streets first erupted in protest, fires, and broken windows in response to the murder of George Floyd in 2020, Mayor Ted Wheeler took on the tone of a disappointed dad, and placed the entire city under an 8 pm curfew. “There was a pain that erupted into violence in our city last night,” he told reporters the morning of Saturday, May 30. “That is not something we can tolerate.” The curfew,...