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From the Portland Mercury, September 25, 2013 To get a sense of how things are going at the Bud Clark Commons Community Court, check out its chairs. Each Friday afternoon, the docket for the court lists dozens of transient offenders accused of minor, quality-of-life-type offenses—things like drinking in public, urinating in public, smoking pot in […]
By Stephen DuBois, The Associated Press, July 31, 2013 Houston Rockets forward Terrence Jones was arrested in Portland, Ore., on Wednesday after he was seen stomping on a homeless man’s leg, a police spokesman said. A police sergeant making sure people remained orderly while they left a downtown club shortly after 2 a.m. saw the […]
By Aimee Green, The Oregonian, July 30, 2013 A 27-year-old man who won a $306,000 jury verdict last year after Portland police beat him and then unlawfully arrested him has agreed to a carefully worded settlement to receive his check. READ – Gallagher Smith v. City of Portland Settlement Documents (PDF, 28KB) Gallagher Smith was stunned […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, May 17, 2013 The City of Portland would pay $35,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a man who was injured during a March 2010 anti-police protest, under an ordinance that will go before city commissioners Wednesday. The encounter, captured on television footage, resulted in injuries to Clifford Richardson. He […]
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