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by Alex Zielinski Jami Resch Portland Police Bureau Former Portland Police Chief Jami Resch has been appointed to the bureau’s executive team by Chief Chuck Lovell—two months after Lovell replaced Resch as the bureau’s leader. Resch will serve as Assistant Chief of Investigations, one of three assistant chiefs who work under Lovell. Resch, who’s worked…

by Alex Zielinski Multnomah County Jail is located on the top floors of the downtown Justice Center. Doug Brown It’s been six weeks since Multnomah County made it mandatory for all county jail staff to wear face coverings to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Yet jail employees, medical staff, public defenders, and incarcerated people say…

by Suzette Smith Stay shady on the newly reopened OK Omens patio! Courtesy of OK OMENS Portlanders are looking at a warm weekend and (cautiously) one without tear gas to spice up their lives. Finally we can go back to getting our spice from delicious cuisine and not from police brutality and federal overreach! Too…

by Mercury EverOut Staff Matheiu Lewis-Rolland While the feds seem to have finally vacated the premises, that doesn’t mean the protest actions need to lessen in response. And this weekend provides plenty of opportunities to exercise your First Amendment rights, through organized discussions about how best to dismantle racist power structures, and via in-person gatherings…

by Blair Stenvick BLAIR STENVICK A Multnomah County Circuit Court judge has issued a temporary restraining order against the Portland Police Bureau’s (PPB) livestream video of nightly protests against police brutality and racial injustice. Shortly after protests began two months ago, PPB began live-streaming the events from the cops’ vantage point, and sharing the stream…

by Blair Stenvick mathieu Lewis Rolland One hundred Oregon State Police (OSP) officers are currently en route to Portland to replace the speciality federal officers who’ve been aggressively guarding the Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse. Yet, while the city’s top officials deem this transition a “victory,” they still appear unclear about how it’s going to…

by Wm. Steven Humphrey The Wall of Vets have a clear message for the federal officers who are scheduled to leave Portland starting tomorrow. Mathieu Lewis-Rolland 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’!) • The…

by Blair Stenvick Federal officers in downtown Portland on July 28. Mathieu Lewis Rolland Gov. Kate Brown announced Wednesday morning that, following conversations between her and Mike Pence, the federal government will begin withdrawing some of its troops from Portland on Thursday. According to Brown’s statement, officers from the Oregon State Police (OSP) will step…

by Dan Savage Joe Newton I’m a twenty-something more-or-less lesbian in an East Coast city. I’m primarily into women, and I’m only interested in relationships with women, but I’m sometimes attracted to men and have enjoyed sex with men in the past. For various reasons, I decided a few years ago not to pursue physical…

by Wm. Steven Humphrey LOOK, FOLKS: Now more than ever, you’re desperately needing some top notch comedy, am I right? Well then TOMORROW’S Wednesday, July 29 I, Anonymous Show (Livestream Edition) is for you! Here’s how it works: We get the funniest local and national comedians to riff and heckle the wildest, jaw droppingly wrong,…

by Wm. Steven Humphrey Bill Barr testifies before House Judiciary Committee and his lord and master Donald Trump. Bill Pugliano / Getty News 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’!) • The ACLU of…

by Blair Stenvick Mathieu Lewis-Rolland Federal agents have arrested 83 protesters outside the Mark Hatfield Federal Courthouse in downtown Portland this month, with 23 arrests occurring since Saturday. And they may just be getting started. Since arriving earlier this month, federal officers from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Federal Protective Service (FPS), and…

by Rich Smith Feels like old times on the Hill. RS [The following reporting is from our sister publication The Stranger in Seattle. Follow them here.—eds.] On Saturday many in Seattle anticipated a Portland-like clash between protesters and Trump’s newly arrived security forces, who were sent to town “on standby” allegedly to reinforce Federal Protective…