Too tough on homeless? Top U.S. court to rule
A legal case that is now being considered by the Supreme Court has placed Grants Pass, Ore. and its population of 39,000 at the heart of a social and economic crisis confronting much of western America
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A legal case that is now being considered by the Supreme Court has placed Grants Pass, Ore. and its population of 39,000 at the heart of a social and economic crisis confronting much of western America
On Monday, the US Supreme Court will hear a case from Grants Pass, a city of 40,000 nestled in the mountains of southern Oregon, where rents are rising and there is just one overnight shelter for adults. As a growing number of tents clustered its parks, the city banned camping and set $295 fines for people sleeping there.
On a sunny afternoon in a grassy park by the river, Amber Rockwell loaded a black, steel cart with a tent, suitcases, bags, camping stove and a plastic tin of licorice and tightened it all down... -April 20, 2024 at 08:07 am EDT - MarketScreener
A $1.3 million civil rights lawsuit that a former Baker City man filed more than three years ago against Baker County and Sheriff Travis Ash is still pending in federal
June 16 2021 Portland Police Bureau Officer Brent Taylor is named as a defendant in the suit filed by protester Hanna Helm A protester with disabilities was trapped inside a car for hours after Portland police slashed its tires near a curb — preventing the woman from fully opening the passenger door or accessing her wheelchair, a new lawsuit claims. The suit accuses Portland Police Bureau Officer Brent Taylor of stabbing the vehicle's tires, leaving protester Hanna Helm stranded and stuck for nearly five hours, despite the best attempts of her boyfriend, who was driving the car. Nei...