Fears of a weekend of unrest fizzle out at Oregon Capitol January 18 2021
Journalists outnumbered participants at a million militia -style protest at the Oregon State Capitol on Sunday, Jan. 17.
Fears of unrest at the Oregon State Capitol turned out to be unfounded last weekend, after a small showing of armed protesters dispersed peacefully in Salem on Sunday, Jan. 17.
The windows of the Capitol building were boarded up, the local branch of the FBI established a command center and Gov. Kate Brown deployed a contingent of National Guard to patrol the center of government in Salem ahead of the feared weekend revolt. The mobilization was partially spurred by social media chatter from various right-wing groups planning protests in the wake of a near-insurrection in Washington, D.C., earlier this month.
January 13 2021
Clackamas County postpones a Jan. 13 swearing-in ceremony for new commissioners as Mark Shull faces condemnation.
Clackamas County has postponed a swearing-in ceremony for county commissioners. That ceremony had been planned for Wednesday, Jan. 13, but is being rescheduled, the county said, because of recent threats of violence.
County officials said it will provide a new date for the ceremony once they are determined. Additionally, the government said policy and business meetings would return to the streaming platform Zoom for the foreseeable future.
While the brief announcement posted online doesn t mention newly-elected Commissioner Mark Shull the politician has become the isolated center of a firestorm of controversy after Pamplin Media Group first reported on his Facebook posts, which widely deemed to be racist, Islamophobic, anti-immigrant and transphobic.
The COVID-19 pandemic appears to be widening achievement gaps for Portland s students of color.
Data shows that in Portland Public Schools, students of color are attending school less often and failing classes at two and three times the rate of their white peers.
For example, roughly 40% of Black and Latino high school students in PPS were receiving at least one non-passing grade during the first quarter of the 2020-21 school year, according to data provided by the school district.
Comparatively, nearly 15.5% of the district s white high school students were failing a class. The numbers were even higher 53% for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students.
January 14 2021
More than 100 elected leaders, community organizations have called for Clackamas County Commissioner Mark Shull to immediately resign.
Leaders in Oregon s Muslim community have rejected an embattled Clackamas County Commissioner s plans for outreach and apologies saying his hate speech requires an immediate resignation.
Newly-elected Commissioner Mark Shull referred to Muslim Americans as invaders and savages as recently as mid-2019 in his Facebook posts and called for military force against them, including extermination outside the lands of Islam.
And while the former lieutenant colonel told The Oregonian he plans to meet with Muslim leaders to build understanding, the most prominent officials in that community say they haven t heard from him.
January 13 2021
Clackamas County postpones a Jan. 13 swearing-in ceremony for new commissioners as Mark Shull faces condemnation.
Clackamas County has postponed a swearing-in ceremony for county commissioners. That ceremony had been planned for Wednesday, Jan. 13, but is being rescheduled, the county said, because of recent threats of violence.
County officials said it will provide a new date for the ceremony once they are determined. Additionally, the government said policy and business meetings would return to the streaming platform Zoom for the foreseeable future.
While the brief announcement posted online doesn t mention newly-elected Commissioner Mark Shull the politician has become the isolated center of a firestorm of controversy after Pamplin Media Group first reported on his Facebook posts, which widely deemed to be racist, Islamophobic, anti-immigrant and transphobic.