Judge Deems Mayor Wheeler's 2020 Protest Curfew to be Unconstitutional
A Multnomah County judge dismissed criminal charges against a protester Tuesday on the basis that an emergency curfew policy enacted by Mayor Ted Wheeler during the 2020 racial justice protests was unconstitutional. The decision could impact how the mayor's office addresses protest restrictions in the future. Wheeler instituted the citywide 8 pm curfew on May 30, 2020, the day after Portland's first large protest following the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis officer. The...