Tag Archives | Portland Oregon

A progressive prosecutor faces off with Portland’s aggressive police

Originally published: The Intercept by Alice Speri (September 16, 2020 ) | - Posted Sep 18, 2020

Portland’s new district attorney said he wouldn’t prosecute most protesters. Police kept arresting them anyway.
Michael Meeropol: This Is How It Starts

Originally published: WAMC Northeast Public Radio (July 24, 2020 )

Early in the campaign for the 2016 Republican Presidential nomination, I stated that I believed Donald Trump was a fascist.
From Portland to the World

Originally published: Crimethinc (July 22, 2020 ) | - Posted Jul 24, 2020

Since the end of May, demonstrators opposing police violence and white supremacy have thronged the streets of Portland, Oregon, clashing with law enforcement officers. Last week, aspiring autocrat Donald Trump escalated the situation by announcing that he would be sending federal agents around the country to assert his authority through acts of violence against protesters.
As Trump threatens secret police deployment nationwide, Democrats debate expanding surveillance powers and new money for DHS

Originally published: The Intercept by Ryan Grim (July 21, 2020 ) | - Posted Jul 23, 2020

The rogue deployment of secret federal police forces in Portland, Oregon, has added a new complication to negotiations over reauthorizing the Trump administration’s vast surveillance powers and appropriating new money for the Department of Homeland Security.