More specifically, he has to decide how he will instruct the cops on using force to subdue the several hundred protesters who arrive at police precincts most nights. Please support the city we loveby joining Friends of Willamette Week. The Daily Wire is one of America’s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Don't stop.". “No one should say ‘defund the police’ ever again,” the Virginia Democrat said. His office did get back to us with a number: three. DEFUND THE POLICE! Unite Oregon is a statewide, intercultural, movement-building organization which organizes and activates immigrants, refugees, people of color, the rural working class, and low-income Oregonians. Only 10% of respondents approved of Oregon Democratic Governor Kate Brown’s response to the protests, and even that was better than the 8% of respondents who approved of leftist Democrat Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s response. We'll send you a newsletter with what you need to know every week. There were no employee layoffs associated with those cuts. As we assess the status of policing in Portland and around the United States; as we analyze our past and present through a BIPOC and Black Queer Feminist lens, we have concluded that nothing short of police and prison abolition is sufficient to make Black Lives Matter. -- Everton Bailey Jr; ebailey@oregonian.com | 503-221-8343 | @EvertonBailey. Tonight, Tom McCall Waterfront Park once again hosted thousands of demonstrators who marched across a bridge—this time, the Hawthorne—to pledge, sometimes in unified chants, to resist in the streets until police violence ended. The $15 million the council subsequently cut included funding for the gun violence reduction team, school resource officers and Portland police’s stake in the regional transit police division. "I did not have those three votes to remove those three units," she told the protesters. Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty and Commissioner Chloe Eudaly, who proposed the cuts to the police budget and voted yes, noted the funds would have been reallocated to community needs such as food assistance and legal defense for Portlanders facing evictions. Hardesty credited a week of political uprising in the city streets. PORTLAND NEEDS WILLAMETTE WEEK. Hardesty said she had received 12,700 emails this week from constituents supporting her call for defunding police units. Here, he explains why it was the right decision.

WW presents "Distant Voices," a daily video interview for the era of social distancing. Ensure that all personnel at PPB, Sheriff’s office, DOC, and court are complying with Sanctuary from ICE. (503) 287-4117 We must keep our people housed and get our people housed. It was $241.5 million the previous year. The program is similar to others around the country … "Fuck yeah," he said. "It's not stopping.". Kate Brown Tells Portlanders to Stop Holding House Parties for Two Weeks, Portland Police Union Files a Grievance Against the City Challenging the Reform Measure That Voters Passed Overwhelmingly, Workers at PacifiCorp Will Have Their Pay Docked 10% If They Don’t Return to the Office, Witnesses and Photos Confirm the Identity of an Aggressive Officer Wearing Helmet Number 67, As Oregon Exceeds 800 COVID Cases a Day, an Elected Official Again Calls for Closing Indoor Barrooms, Oregon Activists Who Opposed Public Health Efforts to Increase Vaccination Rates Are Now Running for Office, Newcomer Mingus Mapps Sweeps Commissioner Chloe Eudaly From Office, Sarah Iannarone’s Campaign Warns Teressa Raiford Can’t Legally Participate in Portland Mayor’s Debate, WW’s November 2020 Endorsements: Portland City Hall. Black folks who are poor, women, people who are currently and formerly incarcerated, working class, LGBTQ+ and gender non-conforming, differently abled, and Black immigrants and refugees of all documentation status are particularly vulnerable. Public opinion isn't much of a guide.

However, the economic downturn caused by COVID-19 continues to makethis a very challenging time. Please don't stop now. Someone banged a drum. 1017 N. Riverside Avenue The $18 million police cut and another proposal by Hardesty to keep $2.1 million in funding for the alternative first responder program Portland Street Response were the … She has tried to eliminate the unit before, only to see it protected with pledges of reform. If you have additional Black names to add, please email us at advocacy@paalf.org. In Eugene, Oregon, it’s normal for medics and crisis workers to respond to public safety calls instead of the police. Divest from the Juvenile gang enforcement team. “No one should say ‘defund the police’ ever again,” the Virginia Democrat said. Defund the Gun Violence Reduction Team, formerly known as the Gang Enforcement Team, which is still dedicated to over-policing Black Portlanders. We lead grassroots efforts to empower our community through education, civic engagement and policy advocacy, community organizing and mobilization, and intergenerational leadership development.

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Get Directions. PAALF helps our Black community imagine the alternatives we deserve and build our civic participation and leadership to achieve them We envision a world where people of African descent enjoy the rights, resources and recognition to be a thriving, resilient and connected community. Please support the city we loveby joining Friends of Willamette Week. It was not immediately clear who the other votes on the City Council would be, although Eudaly has signaled extensive support for such budget cuts.

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Commitment from City Council to never vote for PPB Budget increases again. Tonight's crowd included a slight variation: three protesters in kayaks on the Willamette River, waving "Black Lives Matter" flags. "We’ll continue to talk about Black lives, but we won’t actually do anything to make Black lives better.

42% of respondents felt the police should use more force; another 18% felt the force currently used was fine with them. The city of Portland spends over 30% of its total budget funding the city’s police. Formerly Center for Intercultural

Another quarter of them live elsewhere in the Willamette Valley and the rest are from other parts of the state,” Oregon Live noted. On Monday, she backed off supporting curfews. “I did not have those three votes to remove those three units,” she told protesters. But they said taking more money away from the bureau without a more thoroughly developed plan is not in the city’s best interest. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.

(541) 772-4029 Immediately reduce the Multnomah County Sheriff and DOC budget by $50 Million. Portland’s overall budget was adopted at $5.6 billion in June, with the Police Bureau getting $229.3 million of that. Three blocks away, in front of the Multnomah County Justice Center, a more strident group heckled Wheeler when he promised an upcoming announcement about future use of tear gas on protesters. "Until you.". End any participation of PPB in Trimet fare enforcement, or the escalation of fare violations with additional charges. Calls to defund the police are growing nationwide—and in Portland, Hardesty predicts they'll lead to the elimination of at least three police units. DHM Research conducted a poll between September 3 to 8, 2020. He voted to eliminate the bureau's Gun Violence Reduction Team, but questioned that decision when homicides spiked in July. Hardesty said the Portland City Council will vote Wednesday, June 10, to eliminate the budget allocations for transit police on TriMet trains and buses as well as the Gun Violence Reduction Team—once known as the Gang Enforcement Unit. We must protect and expand community-led health and safety strategies. Police agencies in Portland, including Portland Police Bureau, Multnomah County Sheriff, Trimet police, and Portland State’s Campus Public Safety officers, like police in other cities, maintain practices of violence against BIPOC people; poor and houseless people; queer, trans, and gender nonbinary people; and immigrants and refugees. We’ll keep talking about transformation, but let’s talk about it first and about who didn’t come to the table. Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Explains Why He’ll Defund the Police but Only a Little Here, he explains why it was the right decision. They’re attacking his home now (turn on audio). He has championed unarmed social workers responding to mental health crises, but the program has yet to launch. City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty tonight told a crowd of thousands on the Portland waterfront that she will secure the votes to cut two more police units out of the city budget. Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission. In 2020, our analysis has changed. He’s a Florida man who enjoys waterfalls, Trail Blazers basketball and Brutalist architecture. Unite Oregon Get Directions, ROGUE VALLEY CHAPTER "I have been advocating for police reform for 30 years," she said. Portland, Oregon, has agreed to pull police from public schools. The Portland mayor wants to be reelected to a second term in November. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a, over the layoffs that could result from a cut of that size. "It is because of you. A group of white teenagers "baited" fishing poles with doughnuts and waved them over the fence to taunt officers. We are in the midst of a health, social, and economic crisis that is having its most devastating impacts on Black, Indigenous, and Brown communities. Portlanders' view of protesters is nearly as polarized as views in the rest of Oregon, as a survey showed today. Among the proposals the council approved Thursday were $1.75 million for the Oregon Worker Relief Fund, more than $22,000 to cover protest-related damages to city park property and new positions in the Office of Equity & Human Rights, Office of Violence Prevention and Office of Government Relations to help address racial and inclusion equity as well as gun violence. The physical and economic violence of policing, incarceration, and judicial supervision can no longer be tolerated. The $18 million police cut and another proposal by Hardesty to keep $2.1 million in funding for the alternative first responder program Portland Street Response were the only proposed changes to the city budget out of nearly two dozen that the council rejected Thursday. Police pushed protesters back to make way for firefighters to extinguish a mattress fire. The Daily Wire is one of America’s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Organizing and Oregon Action, © 2016 - Center for Intercultural Organizing, D.B.A. But it remains a protest movement with differing aims and tactics. (Alex Wittwer), Amid COVID Onrush, Oregon Gov. In September, a poll found that a near-majority of Oregon voters thought police should use more force in confronting protesters. Get breaking news coverage as events unfold. In the past, we have called for reform and regulation, training and increased community accountability. Addressing health and safety for Black, Indigenous, and Brown communities means prioritizing these solutions.