Oregon lawmakers approved a bill Monday aimed a preventing on racially-motivated calls to police. The bill, which would allow victims to sue if they’ve had the police called on them for discriminatory reasons, received overwhelming approval from the state Senate, passing on a 27-to-1 vote June 4, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported. The House passed…
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New Oregon Bill Would Allow Black People to Sue Folks Who Make Frivolous 911 Calls with Racist Intent
Oregon lawmakers approved a bill Monday aimed a preventing on racially-motivated calls to police. The bill, which would allow victims to sue if they’ve had the police called on them for discriminatory reasons, received overwhelming approval from the state Senate, passing on a 27-to-1 vote June 4, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported. The House passed the…
Oregon bill would allow victims of racially motivated 911 calls to sue the caller
Janelle Bynum, an Oregon state representative, was going door-to-door talking to constituents when a suspicious neighbor called the police on her. USA TODAY SALEM, Ore. – Oregon moved to crack down on racially motivated 911 calls on Monday, responding to a series of publicized incidents across the country where predominantly white civilians called the police…
Oregon Police Kill Mentally Ill, Blind Black Man
The 36-year-old man shot and killed by a Portland police officer in a Southeast Portland home was identified Tuesday as Andre Catrel Gladen, a California native who had family in Portland, suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and was legally blind, according to relatives.
Oregon racist threatens to blow black teen’s head off for riding past his house on a bicycle
Michael James Black An Oregon man was charged with shouting gun threats and racial slurs at a black teen who rode a bicycle past his house. Michael James Black was arrested and charged with second-degree intimidation and menacing in the May 10 incident, when he made racist and threatening remarks to the teenager, reported The…
Oregon County to Pay Black Employee $100k Over ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Flag
Photo: iStock Karimah Guion-Pledgure had been an employee of Multnomah County, Ore. since 2011 when her employer put up a “Blue Lives Matter” flag in the workplace in 2017. According to CNN, the county is about to pay for it. In September of 2017, a probation officer at Guion-Pledgure’s workplace hung the flag above his…
