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Proud Boy Tusitala “Tiny” Toese Will Be Released Early From Jail Next Week Toese completed an in-custody work program, which shaved off a portion of his sentence. Patriot Prayer organizer Tiny Toese. (Christine Dong) Updated December 16, 2020 Tusitala Tiny Toese, a regular at Proud Boy rallies in Portland and Vancouver, Wash., is scheduled to be released from the Multnomah County Inverness Jail on Dec. 21. Multnomah County Circuit Judge Kathleen Dailey sentenced Toese, 24, to 181 days in jail Oct. 20 for violating his probation agreement by, among other things, leaving the state where he lived, Washington, without permission to attend a protest in Portland this summer.
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Murmurs: City Fines “Black Lives Matter” Sign Owner In other news: Let s get a round of shots! Black Lives Matter sign at The Pickle Factory, North Columbia Boulevard. (Brian Burk) Updated December 16, 2020
CITY FINES BLACK LIVES MATTER SIGN OWNER: Just off Interstate 5 at the Columbia Boulevard exit in North Portland, motorists are presented with a 42-foot-long Black Lives Matter sign on the front of an industrial building at 866 North Columbia Blvd. Somebody didn t like the sign and, on Nov. 23, filed a complaint with the city s Bureau of Development Services. On Dec. 10, BDS fined owner David Gold $292 for violating the city s sign code the BLM banner, bureau determined, is too big and was installed without a permit. BDS spokesman Ken Ray says that before citing Gold, the bureau notified him he d