KBOO’s Theresa Mitchell spoke with Dan Handelman of CopWatch about grand
juries, deadly force, Tasers, and the ongoing collaboration between
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Portland Police Bureau.
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Tonight, the Portland Public School board will vote on funding a Portland
Police presence in the schools.
KBOO’s Theresa Mitchell caught up with CopWatch’s Dan Handelman to ask
whether that is appropriate, and in related news, whether the State medical
examiners are ex...
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Washington Hate Crime Assault
Eight suspected white supremacists, including three from Oregon, have been
arrested for a violent attack on a black DJ in Washington, which took place
in the early hours on Saturday.
The seven men and one woman – including Daniel Dorson of C...
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Join Theresa Mitchell's weekly look at the news you're not supposed to know
and her conversation with Professor Alex S. Vitale. They'll discuss his
book THE END OF POLICING
How the police endanger us and why we need to find an alternative:
Recent years have seen an e...
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70 MILLION AMERICANS 18+ HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD.
The first season of 70 Million will focus on how locals are addressing the
role of jails in their backyards. Reporters will travel around the country
and hear from people directly impacted by their encounter with jails a...
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In the first of a three part interview Bill Resnick interviews China scholar
Richard Smith on how China became a world economic and political power, able
to challenge U.S. world supremacy, and thus fulfill its historical destiny as
they see it--to lead the world. For mo...
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Portland's newest City Council member and longtime community activist Jo Ann
Hardesty returns to the KBOO airwaves to host her show Voices From the Edge
on December 13th.
The legacy and impact of the "War on Drugs" on already vulnerable communities
is hard to overs...
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Bike Path Booby Trap
According to the Willamette Week, two of the three men that Booby trapped
part of a bike path corridor earlier this month are being indicted on felony
charges of assault and reckless endangerment. The three suspects: Antonio
Tolman-Duran, Dakota Mur...
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On November 7, the Citizen Review Committee met for a "conference hearing" on
a police misconduct case it first heard back in August. Portland Police Chief
Danielle Outlaw was in attendance to present her own findings in the
case--she agreed with the CRC on all but two o...
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PPS Sexual Conduct Rules
The Portland Public School Board has released its new proposed policy on
professional conduct, but not everyone is happy with it.
The six page document is the result of a promise made by the School Board to
adopt a policy of conduct after it was ...
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