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Good Afternoon, News: Eviction Moratorium Extended, Double-Checking Fed Approved Vaccines, and How Cops Get Away with Murder

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

Louisville cops point weapons at protesters during last nights Breonna Taylor demonstration.

Louisville cops point weapons at protesters during last night’s Breonna Taylor demonstration. Jon Cherry / Getty Images

Here’s your daily roundup of all the latest local and national news. (Like our coverage? Please consider making a recurring contribution to the Mercury to keep it comin’!)

• Thirteen Portland protesters were arrested last night during a demonstration in response to the Kentucky grand jury that exonerated the officers who shot and killed Breonna Taylor. Federal officers joined Portland Police in using munitions and physical violence to disperse the demonstration.

• Teri Jacobs, an independent photojournalist, is suing the city of Portland and a group of Portland Police officers for injuries sustained while covering a protest last month, including being hit in the face by a police baton. Blair Stenvick has more on this infuriating story.

• Looking for a way to counteract the traumatic effects to Black people from rallies like the one the Proud Boys are planning this weekend in Portland? Consider giving to the “Black Joy Weekend” fund, which you can find out more about here!

• Multnomah County commissioners have unanimously voted to extend the eviction moratorium throughout the county until January 8, 2021.

• Oregon is preparing to pay special unemployment benefits to those in certain counties that were devastated by recent wildfires.

• The University of Oregon has reported an additional 39 positive coronavirus cases among students just this week, bringing that total to nearly 100 since June 1.

IN NATIONAL NEWS

• People around the nation and in Kentucky are calling on the state’s attorney general to release the evidence in the Breonna Taylor case which might (or more likely, might not) explain why the officers who killed her were not indicted by a grand jury yesterday. As a result, protests are continuing across the country.

• Two police officers were shot in Louisville during last night’s Breonna Taylor protests which erupted following the grand jury’s announcement. Neither of the injuries were life threatening, and one suspect is in custody.

• As a reminder as to why police officers regularly get away with murder, there’s this clear-eyed explanation from the New York Times:

Union protections that shield police officers from timely investigation, legal standards that give them the benefit of the doubt, and a tendency to take officers at their word have added up to few convictions and little prison time for officers who kill.

• Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York says he doesn’t necessarily trust a federally approved vaccine because of the way the way Trump and Republicans have politicized the issue, and announced his state will review any okayed vaccine to make sure they’re safe.

• The other day we learned that more than 200,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the US, and today we find out that we’re getting close to having 7 million confirmed positive cases. Good work, President Trump.

• When directly asked if he would commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the election, Trump once again refused saying, “We’re going to have to see what happens,” and then adding, “There won’t be a transfer, frankly. There’ll be a continuation.” Senate Majority Turtle Mitch McConnell and other top GOP leaders attempted to reassure the public that there would be a peaceful transition, but since they can’t be trusted either, they and their opinions can go fuck themselves.

• When Trump dropped by the Supreme Court today to disingenuously “pay his respects” to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, he was rightly greeted with a chorus of boos and “vote him out” from the crowd. Let’s join in, shall we? BOOOOOOOOO!!! VOTE. HIM. OUT!!

• I guess Trump’s rosy estimation of the economy isn’t as glowing as he pretends, since close to 870,000 people applied for unemployment benefits for the very first time last week.

• Today in “headlines you definitely DID NOT ASK FOR, but I’m adding it anyway because I’m a jerk”: “Police seize 345,000 used condoms that were cleaned and sold as new.”

• Need some laughs? Then DO NOT MISS the upcoming Thursday Oct 1 livestream edition of the I, Anonymous Show, featuring a panel of nationally-beloved comedians riffing on the weirdest and wildest submissions from our famous I, Anonymous column and blog! It’s HILARIOUS, and you need that.

• The WEATHER REPORT: Expect lots of steady rain tomorrow with a high of 61.

• And finally, “Oooh, actually, I’d love a slice of bread and…. never mind.”

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