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Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 20 August 2020

Multnomah County DA Mike Schmidt

New Multnomah County DA Mike Schmidt makes the case for dismissing low-level offenses

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 19 August 2020

Anita Khandelwal, King County Public Defense Director

Innovative program seeks to fundamentally reshape the Seattle misdemeanor pretrial legal system while protecting the community through harm reduction strategies.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 17 August 2020

A man was taken to a hospital with serious injuries after being beaten and kicked by protesters after crashing a truck Sunday night

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 15 August 2020

Portland Police Bureau declared the demonstration of a couple hundred people an unlawful assembly Friday night, saying people were throwing fireworks, golf balls and chunks of concrete at officers. Crowd control munitions but no CS tear gas was used to disperse the crowd

Details: Written by GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press; Published: 13 August 2020

Jason Washington

In June 2018, two campus officers fatally shot Jason Washington, a Navy veteran, while he was trying to break up a fight outside a bar off-campus.

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 13 August 2020

Six groups receive grants to focus on restorative justice, closing income gap.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 12 August 2020

(photo by Bernie Foster)

View a slideshow of recent photos taken by The Skanner downtown Portland.

Details: Written by GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press; Published: 11 August 2020

In this Feb. 20, 2020, file photo, Demetria Hester reacts to verdicts of guilty on all twelve counts at the Jeremy Christian trial in Portland, Ore. (Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian via AP, Pool, File)

At least several hundred people who have been arrested in the past few months will not face criminal prosecution.

Details: Written by SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America; Published: 11 August 2020

Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, listens to House Speaker Tina Kopek, D-Portland, speak in a committee meeting during a special session of the Legislature at the Capitol in Salem, Ore., Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Brian Hayes/Statesman Journal via AP)

Sen. James Manning, D-Eugene, says choke holds are "a tool to take a life."

Details: Written by LISA BAUMANN Associated Press; Published: 11 August 2020

Protestors block Fourth Avenue outside Seattle City Hall during Monday's Seattle City Council budget committee voting, which included potential Seattle Police Department cuts, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Erika Schultz/The Seattle Times via AP)

Carmen Best, the city’s first Black police chief, said in a letter to the department that her retirement will be effective Sept. 2.