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Analyzing Strategies in Nonviolent Protest

An article on Organizing strategy by Theresa Griffin-Kennedy.

(PORTLAND, OR) - In nonviolent protest, success or failure can depend on a variety of strategies that can determine the final outcome: whether or not the protesters are able to declare victory at the end of the day.

One way that “victory” can be determined, is by planning when participant departures take place and how long a protest will last.

Kidnapped at Knife Point

Harris held them at knife point for approximately 20-30 minutes

(PORTLAND OR) - Police say a man and women were kidnapped at knife point yesterday.

At approximately 2:30 a.m., May 15 2013, North Precinct officers responded to the area of Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Going Street on the report of a male and female screaming on the street.

Portland Police Arrest Suspect in Deadly Cully Neighborhood Shooting

A 21-year-old female is being treated for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.

(PORTLAND, OR) - The man sought by police for the fatal shooting of 33-year old Anton Lashawn Hill last Wednesday, 30-year old Bradley Caro O'Rourke, turned himself in today.

O'Rourke was booked into the Multnomah County Jail on charges of Murder, Attempted Murder and Assault in the First Degree.

Special Feature: Secrets From High School; Remembering Two Colossal Lies

We all have these memories. Those of us who had hearts anyhow.

(PORTLAND, OR) - High School. Who remembers it fondly or without some form of amused chagrin at how awkward it was for us?

Who can say it was an entirely positive experience, from which we grew and developed, (like all our dorky counselors promised us we would) to become successful, well adjusted and contributing adult members of society?

Nike and the Big O

"What's good for Nike is good for Oregon."

(PORTLAND, OR) - When GM boss Charles E. "Engine Charlie" Wilson appeared in 1953 for his nomination hearings to head the Pentagon, a senator asked him if as secretary of defense he could make a decision adverse to the interests of General Motors.

Wilson qualified his answer by declaring he could not conceive of such a situation "because for years I thought what was good for our country was good for General Motors and vice versa."

Deputies Respond to Fatal Crash Involving a Child

It doesn't appear the car made any attempt to stop during this incident.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Sheriff's Deputies respond to a crash where an 11-year-old girl was struck by a vehicle while she was in her front yard. The girl did not survive her injuries.

Deputies discovered there were two separate crash locations...

Joint Terrorism Task Force Report at Council

The report is actually nearly a verbatim copy of the Chief's report from last year with few exceptions.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Our new mayor is stonewalling the public about how his police bureau's resurrected (2011) cooperation with the FBI in the Joint Terrorism Task Force has been going. Read Dan Handelman's detailed report which concludes:

"...We certainly deserve better and more information."

Lawsuit Filed to Overturn Latest Spotted Owl Critical Habitat

“... This rule is plainly illegal” - AFRC's Tom Partin.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Today, the American Forest Resource Council joined the several other groups, in a lawsuit to overturn the latest Northern Spotted Owl critical habitat designation.

The case was filed in federal District Court in Washington, D.C., against the Secretary of Interior and the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Portland Police as Defacto Colonizers

Are Portland Police a ‘political system of oppression’?

(PORTLAND, OR) - For a historical perspective on the Portland Police Bureau’s ideological and racist history, read the article by two PSU faculty members, Oregon Historical Quarterly. In “Black and Blue: Police –Community Relations in Portland’s Albina District, 1964-1985,”

Leanne Serbulo and Karen Gibson conclude that Portland “Police have been critically important agents of an oppressive structure that resisted change in Portland...”

Portland Police Arrest Singer `Beth Ditto` for Disorderly Conduct on North Mississippi Avenue

Singer from the band Gossip was arrested for Disorderly Conduct.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Officers say 32-year-old Mary Beth Patterson was standing in the middle of the street with her arms extended from her sides like an airplane.

She is a member of the band 'Gossip'' and best known for the stage name 'Beth Ditto'.