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Strange blend of 'antifa' and government-denying 'sovereign' movement come together in fast-changing saga. In a year of the unusual for Portland, the saga of the Red House eviction blockade stands out. The Kinney family's refusal to leave their former house on North Mississippi two years after it no longer belonged to them drew together belief systems from opposite ends of the political spectrum and sparked a standoff that made national news. Perhaps the most unexpected part? The unusual melding of tactics and ideology appears to have won the day — so far, at least. On Sunday, city off...

A son’s crimes spurred the financial problems that led family to lose N. Portland house now at center of activist occupation Updated Dec 10, 2020; Facebook Share The financial troubles of the family at the center of the North Portland “red house” occupation date back nearly 20 years to a criminal case involving the former owners’ son. William Kinney III pleaded guilty in 2002 to felony hit-and-run, third-degree assault and the juvenile equivalent of criminally negligent homicide for causing the death of an 83-year-old man, Frederick Goetz, and seriously injuring Goetz’s wife, Ann. ...