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Warm weather prompts numerous search and rescue calls in Columbia River Gorge
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Search and rescue crews responded to multiple calls of lost and distressed hikers in the Columbia River Gorge over the weekend.Brooke Herbert/The Oregonian/OregonLive
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That prompted a busy weekend for area search and rescue crews, as temperatures climbed into the 80s.
Early Saturday morning, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office search and rescue teams gathered near Multnomah Falls for a training exercise. A call came in around 5:15 p.m. that a 50-year-old hiker was having a heart attack 2 miles up the trail to Angel’s Rest.
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
Pamplin Media Group April 20 2021
Ex-police officer is convicted of killing George Floyd, which touched off a year of Black Lives Matter protests.
The Minneapolis jury has returned a verdict of guilty in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was accused of killing George Floyd 46.
Local reactions ranged from relief to rage on Tuesday, April 20, as the verdict after the verdict was announced around 2:05 p.m. local time.
By 2:09 p.m. cars in downtown Portland began honking and people began shouting in the streets.
The jury s findings:
• Third-Degree Murder: Guilty
Local reactions
Marcus Mundy, executive director of the Oregon-based Coalition of Communities of Color, responded quickly to the verdicts. Justice is hard to come by in America. The members of the Coalition of Communities of Color know that all too well, he told Pamplin Media Group. Today s decision in Minnesota matters, truly, but it is not nearly enough, and it is not
Portland mayor declares State of Emergency, National Guard on standby KATU Staff
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Following days of vandalism and a declared riot in Portland, and as the city prepares for the possibility of more unrest, Mayor Ted Wheeler is declaring a state of emergency.
The mayor also said in a Tuesday press conference that the National Guard are on standby, as well as support from the Multnomah County Sheriff s Office and Oregon State Police. Caption: Portland mayor declares State of Emergency, National Guard on standby. (KATU)
Mayor Wheeler said he wants to ensure people can express a passionate Portland response in keeping with our progressive values, but adds that any response needs to be focused on the needs of people most impacted – Black men and women and their families.