July 20, 2020 | 12:59am | Updated July 20, 2020 | 10:21am A black man carrying an American flag confronted protesters outside a federal courthouse in Portland on Sunday, telling the mostly white crowd that “none of you guys represent black lives.” The unidentified man can be seen in video footage attempting to stop the…
Daryl Turner, the head of the Portland Police Association, said Sunday that city politicians have not acted in the best interest of the city after weeks of violent protests and instead prioritized their own political agenda as the city burned.HUCKABEE SLAMS OREGON GOVERNOR “The elected officials have condoned the destruction and chaos,” Turner, who is Black,…
The Portland, Ore., Police Association office was set on fire Saturday night amid protests throughout the city, police said in a statement Sunday. Around 10:45 p.m. people broke into the Portland Police Association office and ignited a fire “within a few moments.” Police declared the situation a riot, according to the statement. Several people in the crowd…
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said President Donald Trump doesn't have a clue about what's going on in his city, adding that the Trump administration's tactics in the area "are abhorrent.""Well, the president has a complete misunderstanding of cause and effect," Wheeler said in responding to Trump's Sunday morning tweet about Portland. "What's happening here is,…
CLOSE Federal agents in green camouflage uniforms have been taking into custody people in the streets of Portland, not close to federal property that they were sent to protect. Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler called it "an attack on our democracy." (July 17) AP DomesticPortland, Oregon, police declared a gathering Saturday night a riot after hundreds of demonstrators who…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…