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Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. Portland Police Dogs Are Biting White People Less—and Black People Just as Often “I can still feel it: [My leg] will cramp up, and it will feel like when he had me.” James Waters says he still can’t run without pain shooting up his leg. (Wesley Lapointe) James Waters still has nightmares nearly eight years after a police dog bit him. On April 10, 2012, Portland police unleashed one of their K-9s, and the dog sunk his...

Flower, pre-rolls, edibles, carts and more. These 4 Days of 420 are for you. "This is a moment of change," said Steven Schuback, the outside labor attorney hired to lead the city's negotiations, at the start of Wednesday's session. Since the negotiations were put on pause by the pandemic—a decision that eventually forced the city to extend the expiring contract past its June 30 end date—a national uprising against racist policing and police brutality drew tens of thousands of Portlanders to the streets to call for overdue changes. Officers with the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) responded t...