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A Trio of Indictments Shows Which Crimes Local Officials Won’t Tolerate Who gets indicted and why is always a decision of political significance. But especially now in Portland. SHATTERED: Rioters shattered windows at the First Christian Church downtown. Updated 5:34 AM In a city reeling from confrontational protests of police, ideologically motivated property damage, and lethal gunfire, criminal indictments have become required daily reading almost like the weather report. Who gets indicted and why is always a decision of political significance. But with Portland engaged in a bitter argument over the future of criminal justice, the announcement of an indictment sometimes feels akin to a campaign platform: Local officials, especially embattled Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt, are declarin
Portland police ID officer, man fatally shot in Lents Parks April 17 2021
Eight-year veteran Officer Zacary Delong is on administrative leave after killing a Robert Delgado, who was reported to have been pointing a gun.
The Portland police officer who killed a man reportedly carrying a replica firearm in Lents Park on Friday, April 16, has been identified.
He is Officer Zachary Delong, an eight-year veteran of the Portland Police Bureau assigned to East Precinct. Delong remains on administrative leave during the investigation into the shooting as per bureau policy.
On Saturday, police also ID d the man who was fatally shot by police as 46-year-old Robert Douglas Delgado.
Four charged with felonies during violent protests
Police have declared riots three time and unlawful assemblies twice over the past week.
Felony charges have now been filed against four people arrested during two of the series of violent protests over the past week.
The most recent arrests were made on the night of Monday, April 19, when a crowd vandalized numerous business and the nonprofit Blazers Boys and Girls Club in Northeast Portland.
According to police, Emily Keppler, 27, was arrested for felony criminal mischief. Emma Lightstone, 27, arrested for felony riot and felony criminal mischief.
Before that, the Multnomah County District Attorney s Office announced it had charged Theodore Matthee-O Brien, 22, and Cameron Millar-Griffin, 24, with one count each of felony riot and criminal mischief. Both were arrested during a downtown riot that damaged numerous businesses, the Oregon Historical Society and the First Christian Church that feeds the homeless on Frida
Portland police ID officer, man fatally shot in Lents Parks April 17 2021
Eight-year veteran Officer Zacary Delong is on administrative leave after killing a Robert Delgado, who was reported to have been pointing a gun.
The Portland police officer who killed a man reportedly carrying a replica firearm in Lents Park on Friday, April 16, has been identified.
He is Officer Zachary Delong, an eight-year veteran of the Portland Police Bureau assigned to East Precinct. Delong remains on administrative leave during the investigation into the shooting as per bureau policy.
On Saturday, police also ID d the man who was fatally shot by police as 46-year-old Robert Douglas Delgado.
Protesters rally after Portland cop kills man in Lents Park April 16 2021
UPDATE: Protesters gather at Southeast Portland park after police fatally shoot a white male on Friday morning.
The Portland Police Bureau said an officer killed a man in Lents Park early Friday, April 16.
According to the bureau, East Precinct officers responded to a call of an armed male, who is believed to be white, around 9:30 a.m. After officers arrived, both less lethal and lethal force was used against the man. Two officers deployed less lethal 40 mm rounds and one officer used lethal force.
Authorities have not verified that the man was armed, saying specifically that a caller, presumably a member of the public, told police there was an adult white male pointing a gun.