News for the week of February 15

General news

AP News

KGW

Police called to Fred Meyer after group gathers food dumped during power outage

OPB

The Oregonian

Portland Mercury

Hall Monitor: “Here to help”

Street Roots

The human stories behind a slate of Oregon policing bills

Vice

Why Were Portland Police Guarding a Dumpster of Discarded Food?

Willamette Week

Far right extremism

CNN

Oath Keeper claims she was VIP security at Trump rally before riot and says she met with Secret Service agents

Global Voices

Serbia expels US neo-Nazi after investigative website Bellingcat outed his location

Media Matters for America

January 6 insurrectionists and other far-right figures are congregating on gaming platform Trovo

The New York Times

A Small Group of Militants’ Outsize Role in the Capitol Attack

NPR

Justice Department Charges Suspected Oath Keepers In Plot To Attack The Capitol

OPB

The Oregonian

Protocol

A Macedonian misinformation site dominated Parler before the Capitol riot

Raw Story

Proud Boy open to plea deal — and believes an associate has turned cooperating witness: report

Star Tribune

Woman charged in Capitol melee says Proud Boys recruited her

Vice

Department of Homeland Security Confirms Neo-Nazi Leader Used to Work For It

Willamette Week

Hate crimes

OPB

The Oregonian

First Oregon missing and murdered Indigenous persons report released

Housing and homelessness

Portland Mercury

Emergency Homeless Shelters Will Remain Open Monday Night

OPB

The Oregonian

Willamette Week

Incarceration

OPB

Executioners sanitized accounts of deaths in federal cases

The Oregonian

Judge limits jail booking criteria as Multnomah County works to reduce inmate population after COVID outbreak

Law enforcement

Daily KOS

‘Gas em. I don’t give a s–t,’ says cop from same force that wanted BLM protesters charged as gang

NPR

U.S. Capitol Police Union Issues No-Confidence Vote For Top Leaders

The Oregonian

Portland police launch specialized team of officers to respond and investigate shootings in city

Portland Mercury

Willamette Week

Portland Police Bureau Forms 24/7 Investigative Unit to Curb Historic Shootings and Homicides

News for the week of February 8

Temperatures are dropping below freezing and snow has blanketed the Portland metro area this week. A list of warming shelters and resources for those who are houseless in Multnomah County can be found here, for Washington County here, and a list of warming shelters in Clackamas County can be found here.

General news

It’s Going Down

Did Donald Trump Order The Execution Of Portland Activist Michael Reinoehl?

Los Angeles Times

Review: Andy Ngo’s new book still pretends antifa’s the real enemy

OPB

The Oregonian

Truthout

Police Deployed Potentially Lethal Chemical During Black Lives Matter Protests

Village Portland

Portland Indigenous land defenders address targeted violence by ICE, the Portland police, and white supremacists

The Washington Post

The FBI warned about far-right attacks. Agents arrested a leftist ex-soldier.

Far right extremism

Bellingcat

Bodycam Footage Shows Far-Right Figure Alan Swinney Preparing for Portland Violence

Huffington Post

‘I Miss My Mom’: Children Of QAnon Believers Are Desperately Trying To Deradicalize Their Own Parents

Just Security

#StopTheSteal: Timeline of Social Media and Extremist Activities Leading to 1/6 Insurrection

The New York Times

First They Guarded Roger Stone. Then They Joined the Capitol Attack.

The Oregonian

Ammon Bundy, veteran of armed standoffs, builds militia network on COVID-19 backlash

Hate crimes

The Oregonian

Asian-owned businesses hit in more than a dozen acts of vandalism in Portland’s Jade District

Vice

Asian Americans Are Calling on Allies in Response to a Wave of Violence

Willamette Week

Restaurants in the Jade District Had Their Windows Smashed as Wave of Vandalism Hits Asian-Owned Businesses

Housing and homelessness

The Oregonian

Portland Mercury

Freezing Weather Alert: Where to Find Warming Shelters and How You Can Help

Willamette Week

ICE and immigration

Daily KOS

Groups call for investigation after Haitian man is stripped and beaten by guards at ICE facility

Democracy Now

Biden Administration to Continue Trump-Era Policy of Turning Away Asylum Seekers at Southern Border

OPB

Biden team unveils new asylum system to replace Trump’s ‘remain in Mexico’

Incarceration

OPB

The Oregonian

Portland Mercury

Willamette Week

State Officials Expect 45% of Oregon Prison Staff to Refuse a COVID-19 Vaccine

Portland Tribune

Inmates ‘riot’ at Inverness Jail as COVID-19 stokes tension

Law enforcement

Courthouse News Service

Summer of Violent Policing Means More Federal Review for Portland Police

OPB

The Oregonian

Portland Mercury

ProPublica

“I Don’t Trust the People Above Me”: Riot Squad Cops Open Up About Disastrous Response to Capitol Insurrection

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

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Protest

Scheduled Events

Reclaim Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Day – 1pm at 700 N Rosa Parks Way

Timeline

Media

Present

The Oregonian

News for the week of January 18

General

CNN

Here’s why protesters say they’re gathering in Portland

The Intercept

State Legislatures Make “Unprecedented” Push on Anti-Protest Bills

It’s Going Down

Why A New ‘War On Terror’ Will Just Mean An Expanded War On Dissent

KGW

The News Tribune

Tacoma police car plows through crowd of pedestrians gathered at downtown street race

OPB

The Oregonian

We Out Here Magazine

Willamette Week

Apple Has Donated the Black Lives Matter Mural Painted Outside Its Downtown Store to Don’t Shoot PDX

World Socialist Web Site

Facebook purges left-wing pages and individuals

Far Right Extremism

AP News

Judge says Amazon won’t have to restore Parler web service

Committee to Protect Journalists

Trump lit the fuse, but anti-media sentiment among his supporters may outlast him

The Daily Beast

Now Even the QAnon Shaman Disowns Trump: I Was Duped

Daily KOS

Metal detectors keep finding House Republicans with weapons. How long has that been going on?

Double Sided Media

Oregon National Guard Soldier Under Federal Investigation

Newsweek

Parler Hopes for U.S. Host as Russian Firm Provides Temporary Website

The New York Times

The Oregonian

Raw Story

‘We really are the cucks’: QAnon adrift after Trump ‘fails to ascend as God Emperor’

Vice News

Houselessness

The Oregonian

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s urgent mandate to move homeless campers into ‘humane’ shelters isn’t working

Portland Mercury

With Hazelnut Grove Set to Close, City Looks to Expand Village-Style Shelter Options

ICE

Buzzfeed News

A 9-Year-Old Boy Is Set To Be Separated From His Brother By Immigration Authorities

Inauguration Day

It’s Going Down

Resistance In The Streets On #J20 Confronts Far-Right & ICE; Denounces Neoliberalism

NBC News

Trump supporters threatened state Capitols but failed to show on Inauguration Day

The Oregonian

Portland Mercury

Portland Activists Protest Inauguration, Clash With Police

Vice News

On Inauguration Day, the Military Tried to Convince America It’s Safe Again

Willamette Week

Inauguration Day Extremist Threat Mostly Fizzles in Oregon as Biden Administration Takes Power

Incarceration

OPB

The Oregonian

7 prisoners file restraining order, ask federal judge to compel Oregon to vaccinate them against COVID-19

Willamette Week

Indigenous Land

Courthouse News Service

Nearly Two Centuries Later, Chinook Might Be Compensated for Their Land

Law Enforcement

OPB

Police agencies weigh officer discipline after rally, Capitol riot

The Oregonian

Portland police leave 911 calls on hold for hours, then closed them without response, records show (Subscriber Exclusive)

The Washington Post

After Capitol riot, police chiefs work to root out officers with ties to extremist groups

We Out Here Magazine

POLICE UNION CONTRACT GOVERNS PORTLAND STREET RESPONSE PROGRAM

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

AP News

Feds: Man in Capitol attack tried to flee to Switzerland

The Oregonian

Washington D.C. Far Right Coup

Huffington Post

Feds Arrest Proud Boy Member Joe Biggs Over Capitol Riot

OPB

Nearly 1 in 5 defendants in Capitol attack cases served in military

The Oregonian

Vice News

The FBI Wants to Know Why This Arrested Proud Boy Was Wearing a Walkie-Talkie Inside the Capitol

News for the week of January 11

General news

Los Angeles Times

After a year of civil unrest, the U.S. is running low on body armor and gas masks

NBC

Ex-governor, 8 other former Michigan officials charged in Flint water crisis

OPB

The Oregonian

Portland Mercury

Willamette Week

City of Portland Urges Building Owners to Hide Dumpsters Ahead of Anticipated Civil Unrest

Far-right extremism

OPB

The Oregonian

PBS

Oregon statehouse braces for repeat right-wing violence

Portland Mercury

Parler’s Downfall Is Even More Ridiculous Than We Expected

Vice

The QAnon ‘Shaman’ Is Turning Indigenous Culture Into Cosplay

Willamette Week

ICE

AP News

Watchdog: DOJ bungled ‘zero tolerance’ immigration policy

OPB

Justice Department knew 2018 border policy would separate children from families

Inauguration Day

AP News

FBI vetting Guard troops in DC amid fears of insider attack

NBC

As law enforcement braces for more violence, state capitols come into focus

OPB

The Oregonian

Willamette Week

Incarceration

OPB

The Oregonian

Disability rights advocates say Oregon prisons doing better by severely mentally ill inmates

Willamette Week

Law Enforcement

Courthouse News Service

Judge Mulls Sanctions After Holding Portland in Contempt for Violent Protest Policing

The Guardian

US police three times as likely to use force against leftwing protesters, data finds

OPB

The Oregonian

Portland Mercury

City’s Top Proposals in Contract Negotiations Put Police Union on Defense

Washington D.C. Far Right Coup

Associated Press

FBI warns of plans for nationwide armed protests next week

CNN

‘Kill him with his own gun’: Police describe facing the mob at the Capitol

OPB

The Oregonian

Portland Mercury

Good Afternoon, News: Chad “Chode” Wolf Resigns, Fallout from Capitol Attack, and (Woo! Woo!) All Aboard the Impeachment Train!

ProPublica

Vice

A Proud Boy in Disguise Helped Lead the Insurrection at the Capitol

The Washington Post

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

News for the week of December 21

Protest News

Crimethinc

Washington Prosecutors Refuse to Charge Far-Right Shooter

The Hill

Police investigate after bust of Breonna Taylor was smashed into pieces

It’s Going Down

KOIN

The Olympian

Thurston prosecutors decline to charge Bellingham man accused of shooting at protest near Capitol

OPB

The Oregonian

Portland Mercury

Portland Tribune

Vice

Willamette Week

Hate Crimes

The Atlantic

The People vs. Hate

Portland Mercury

The Year in Review: Jeremy Christian Has Been Found Guilty on All 12 Charges for 2017 MAX Stabbings

Houselessness

The Oregonian

ICE

NPR

Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody

Incarceration

OPB

The power has been out at Oregon’s Two Rivers prisons for nearly 1 week, amid surge in COVID-19

The Oregonian

Portland Mercury

Vice

Trump Is Executing 3 More People Before He Leaves Office. Here Are Their Stories.

Law Enforcement

New York Times

How Cities Lost Control of Police Discipline

OPB

Oregon State University’s new police department begins next week, some campus members still oppose it

Portland Mercury

The Year in Review: Portland City Council Approves 3% Reduction in Police Budget

Portland Tribune

Citing hostility, Portland police leaving mid-career

News for the week of December 14

We’re going to be trying a new format to better represent what’s happening, with fewer protests taking place throughout the week. Each Monday we’ll start a news round-up by category, still focusing on the topics of racial justice, policing, and protests. Individual protests and actions will get their own post for the day. You can let us know what you think by tagging @ameschright on Twitter.

Protest News

Double Sided Media

UPDATED: EPD Officers Shoot Black Man, Department Struggles to Keep Story Straight

It’s Going Down

The New York Times

America, We Have a Problem

OPB

The Oregonian

’They’re shooting at me,’ Kevin E. Peterson Jr. tells girlfriend as he flees police in drug sting

Reuters

U.S. whistleblower was pressed to exaggerate leftist role in urban protests, lawyer says

Uprising

Episode 4 of this amazing news podcast is available now. Robert Evans is joined by an excellent crew of reporters who have been on the ground here to explain what happened in Portland, and why.

Willamette Week

Hate Crimes

The Oregonian

Jeremy Christian appeals his conviction for double murders on a Portland MAX train

I.C.E.

Daily Kos

Asylum-seeking families still jailed by ICE face double threats of virus, deportation

Incarceration

Daily Kos

New Warren report calls out ‘corrupt’ accreditation of nation’s prisons

OPB

The Oregonian

Willamette Week

Oregon Inmate Dies of COVID-19 Two Days Before His Release

Patch

As Coronavirus Surges In WA Prisons, Advocates Call For Action

Law Enforcement

OPB

The Oregonian

Portland Mercury

Portlanders Question Police Priorities As 911 Response Times Lag

Racial Justice

Boston Globe

Governor Baker, regulating facial recognition technology is a racial justice issue

OPB

The Oregonian

Willamette Week

Oregon Nurse Danaya Hall Knows Why COVID-19 Is Disproportionately Killing Black People

Red House Eviction Defense

OPB

Kinney family may be able to buy back Red House

The Oregonian

Willamette Week

Protests for December 11

Timeline

The eviction blockade at the Red House continues amid news that the property developer may be interested in selling the house back to the Kinney family at cost.

Not much live reporting is happening today, and everyone is strongly discouraged from sharing photos taken inside the barricades for safety reasons. You can see one set of responses to that in the articles below.

Media

Present

Articles

OPB

Family at center of ‘Red House’ protests owns second Portland home

The Oregonian

Police

Agencies present

N/A

Munitions used

N/A

Number of arrests

N/A

Charges

N/A