News for the week of February 1

General news

AP News

Oregon looks at ban on using tear gas against crowds

The New Yorker

When Reporting Becomes a Defense for Rioting

OPB

Portland has 5th worst arrest disparities in the nation, according to compiled data

The Oregonian

Portland Mercury

Truthout

On Inauguration Day, Police Nationwide Went After Left-Wing Protesters

Willamette Week

Far Right Extremism

CNN

Prosecutors ask for Kyle Rittenhouse arrest warrant after questions over current address

Courthouse News Service

Canada Adds Proud Boys to Terror List

NPR

Former CIA Officer: Treat Domestic Extremism As An Insurgency

OPB

The Oregonian

Politico

House Dems move to yoke GOP to QAnon

Vice

The Democrats’ Lazy QAnon Attack Ad Will Only Make Things Worse

Housing

OPB

Willamette Week

New Bill Sponsored by House Speaker Kotek Would Decriminalize Homelessness

ICE/Immigration

The Intercept

NPR

Biden Signs 3 Immigration Executive Orders. Activists Want More

Incarceration

Huffington Post

Over 100 Organizations Call On Biden To Close Guantanamo Bay

It’s Going Down

Prison Break: A Key For Every Lock

OPB

Judge orders Oregon to offer prison inmates COVID-19 vaccines immediately

The Oregonian

Portland Mercury

A COVID-19 Outbreak in Portland’s Inverness Jail Sparks Calls for Change

Willamette Week

For Sen. Floyd Prozanski, Giving Oregon Prisoners the Right to Vote Is About Letting Go of a Search for Vengeance

Law Enforcement

Denverite

In the first six months of health care professionals replacing police officers, no one they encountered was arrested

The Oregonian