News for the week of January 4, 2021

General News

The Guardian

Prosecutors clear white police officer over Jacob Blake shooting in Kenosha – video

The New York Times

Justice Dept. Seeks to Pare Back Civil Rights Protections for Minorities

OPB

The Oregonian

Portland Mercury

Willamette Week

Far-right Extremism

Buzzfeed News

The Leader Of The Proud Boys Was Arrested In The Burning Of A “Black Lives Matter” Banner

Cocktails & Calamity

Portland Riot Journalist Explains the Proud Boys [and Their Strange 4 Step Initiation Process) (Youtube Video)

Courthouse News Service

Video Shows Oregon Lawmaker Letting Protesters Inside State Capitol

The Hill

It’s Going Down

This Week In Fascism #90: Proud Boy Leader Arrested As DC Prepares For Another Neo-Fascist Rally

Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Neo-Nazis, QAnon and Camp Auschwitz: A guide to the hate symbols and signs on display at the Capitol riots

OPB

The Oregonian

Politico

MAGA activists plot revenge on Republican ‘traitors’

Portland Mercury

Willamette Week

“We’re Not Going Home!” Proud Boys and Pro-Trump Protesters Fight Leftists and Police Outside Oregon Capitol

Houselessness

Willamette Week

Black Residents of Multnomah County Face a Greater Risk of Homelessness

Incarceration

It’s Going Down

Political Prisoners And Prison Rebel Birthdays For January

The Oregonian

Law Enforcement

OPB

The Oregonian

Cleaning crew left holding cell open, allowing man wanted in cop attack to escape, Portland police say

Willamette Week

Portland Police Say COVID-19 Cleaning Crew Allowed Attempted Murder Suspect’s Escape From Custody

Washington D.C. Far Right Coup

Al Jazeera

The Atlantic

Bellingcat

The Journey of Ashli Babbitt

CNN

DC police made far more arrests at the height of Black Lives Matter protests than during the Capitol clash

The Hill

Medium

I Lived Through A Stupid Coup. America Is Having One Now

NBC

FBI, NYPD told Capitol Police about possibility of violence before riot, senior officials say

The New York Times

OPB

The Oregonian

Portland Mercury

The Washington Post

WBHM

One Alabamian Dies During Siege At U.S. Capitol