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Good Morning, News: Council & Mayor Compromise on Gun Violence Plan, Gaetz Wanted Blanket Pardon, and Brazil Has 4,000 COVID Deaths in a Single Day

by Wm. Steven Humphrey • Apr 7, 2021 at 8:50 am We need your help. The economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis is threatening our ability to keep producing the quality reporting you ve come to love. If you’re able, please consider making a monthly contribution to the Mercury. Hospitals in Brazil are reaching their breaking point after the country suffers 4,000 COVID deaths in a single day. Andressa Anholete / Getty News GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND! It s good to hear your voice, you know it s been so long. If I don t get your calls, then everything goes wrong. LET S GO TO PRESS. IN LOCAL NEWS: • A compromise was reached last night between the new members of City Council and Mayor Ted Wheeler who had previously disagreed on whether to bring back the Gun Violence Reduction Team (GVRT) or take a more community-based approach to dealing with the uptick of Portland shootings. While a team of GVRT-style uniformed officers will return to t

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Pamplin Media Group - Council approves $6 million gun violence reduction package

Pamplin Media Group - Council approves $6 million gun violence reduction package
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Longtime Portland park ranger: We are not the police of the parks, period, and we re not going to be, period

Longtime Portland park ranger: ‘We are not the police of the parks, period, and we’re not going to be, period.’ Updated 7:07 PM; Today 7:04 PM The role of park rangers is that of an ambassador to make visitors feel comfortable and welcome, ranger Dave Barrios said. They aren’t set up to break up fights or wade into the middle of a disturbance, he said. Facebook Share A proposal to hire more park rangers to help stem Portland’s dramatic rise of shootings and gun deaths over the last year stunned one of Portland’s longest-serving park rangers. Dave Barrios, who has worked as a ranger for 15 years after 30 years as a police officer, said he knew nothing about the proposal by three commissioners.

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Good Afternoon, News: I-5 Expansion Hits New Roadblock, Cops Boo-Hoo Exit Interviews, and Transphobic Arkansas Bill Vetoed

Good Afternoon, News: I-5 Expansion Hits New Roadblock, Cops Boo-Hoo Exit Interviews, and Transphobic Arkansas Bill Vetoed
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Homicide spike inundates cities that slashed police funding

Portland, Oregon’s, homicide rate soared a staggering 1,900% in 2021, with 20 killings, compared with one during the first three months of 2020. The city carved $16 million, or 7%, out of its police budget last year. Austin, Texas, cut $20 million, or 23%, from its department budget and shifted another $80 million by moving certain services to other departments. Police have reported 19 homicides this year, compared with 14 during the same period last year a 35% rise. Philadelphia reduced police funding by 5%, or $33 million, and saw homicides climb 25% to 120 in early 2021 from 96 during the same period last year. In Minneapolis, there have been 19 homicides this year, a 46% jump from the 13 in the first quarter of 2020. The city council has shrunk its department’s budget by more than $9 million, or 5%.

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