Tag Archives: Racial Profiling

Recommendations still not implemented from 2018 Portland police gang team audit

The Portland Police Bureau should do more to protect information about people’s alleged gang affiliations and to measure how effective the new gun violence teams are at reducing gun violence, according to a city auditor’s update released Tuesday. The update reports on progress at the bureau on recommendations the auditor made in a 2018 audit […]
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In a Raft of New Lawsuits, Black Oregonians Say Leading Retailers Profiled and Persecuted Them

The cases follow a $4.4 million shopping-while-Black verdict in Multnomah County last year. They hold different jobs: actor, banker, creative director, maintenance technician and sheriff’s deputy. They got detained at different stores: Home Depot, Safeway, Sephora and Walmart. But they use the same words to describe their alleged experiences: “humiliating,” “demeaning” and “embarrassing.” And they […]
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Black lawmaker pulled over twice in three days by Oregon State Police

One of Oregon’s only Black state representatives was stopped twice by police while driving home from the state Capitol this week, and he says the stops highlight concerns that police profile Black Oregonians.  Rep. Travis Nelson, a nurse and Democrat who represents north and northeast Portland, doesn’t dispute that Oregon State Police had cause to pull […]
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Portland, Ore., Once Among Safest U.S. Cities, Struggles to Cut Homicide Rate

State Library Ed. Note: If you cannot access this story via the link below, state employees can access this Wall Street Journal story HERE via the State Library’s subscription to the US Newstream database. Alternatively, state employees can contact us for access: LibraryHelp.SLO@slo.oregon.gov or 503-378-8800. Oregon’s largest city shows the difficulty law enforcement faces in trying to curb violent crime. […]
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How One State Managed to Actually Write Rules on Facial Recognition

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Opinion | It Is Possible to Reform the Police

State Library Ed. Note: If you cannot access this story directly from the source, state employees can access this New York Times story HERE via the State Library’s subscription to the US Newstream database. Alternatively, state employees can contact us for access: library.help@state.or.us or 503-378-8800.

State Lawmakers Crack Down on Racially Motivated 911 Calls

Legislators are inspired by viral videos and personal experience. Oregon state Rep. Janelle Bynum, who is Black, tries to seem nonthreatening when she goes door to door to talk to voters. She chooses her clothes carefully. She stops to take notes on her phone at the end of driveways, rather than at front doors. And […]
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How Internet Outrage Led to A Change In Lincoln County’s Face Mask Policy

It wasn’t hard to find Lincoln County’s mask directive. A summary — in large font — featured prominently on the COVID-19 web page of the Oregon county’s health department. It was topped with a link to the full text of the order. The policy was nearly identical to one instituted three weeks prior without much fuss, […]
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A New Ruling by Oregon’s Highest Court Could Curb the Over-policing of Black Portlanders

“Where are you headed?” “Have any weapons on you?” “Can I take a look inside your car?” For decades, Portland police officers have been allowed to ask these kinds of questions to any driver they pull over for a minor traffic violation. Source: A New Ruling by Oregon’s Highest Court Could Curb the Over-policing of […]
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Oregon Lawmaker’s Daughter Talks About Being Racially Profiled By Mall Cop

Oregon state Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Clackamas, said her constituents have been fulfilling her calls to loiter at Clackamas Town Center this week. The request came after Bynum’s 17-year-old daughter said she was racially profiled at the mall. Christine Bynum and two friends, all young women of color, were sitting in her car outside the mall […]
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