Nathan Howard / AP Alert: Clock Is Ticking as Federalization of City's Police Under Biden Is Set to Begin If the city of Portland, Oregon, doesn't satisfy the Department of Justice with its response on Friday, there could be a federal takeover. By C. Douglas Golden May 5, 2021
DaveHunt40 / Wikipedia Ex-Oregon Top Dem Cited in Sex Trafficking Sting Dave Hunt, a former Oregon House Speaker, was arrested and cited with commercial sexual solicitation, a crime he voted to criminalize himself. By Andrew Jose May 4, 2021
Ankur Dholakia - AFP / Getty Images Portland Dems Finally Fed Up with Rioters, Announce Plan to 'Hurt Them' Moving Forward 'Now you walk around and see all the graffiti, buildings being boarded up. I get sick to my stomach. And I get angry.' By Olivia Brown April 29, 2021
@PortlandPolice / Twitter Portland Police Declare Another Riot as Group Vandalizes Businesses, Occupies Restaurant Police on Saturday declared that another riot has occured in Portland, Oregon, since the conviction of former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin. By Andrew Jose April 25, 2021
@Oregonian / Twitter screen shot Hours After Chauvin Found Guilty, Portland Police Officer Surrounded and Punched in Face Portland anarchists rioted in 'celebration' of the Chauvin verdict and viciously assaulted a police officer. The assailant was released. By Andrew Thornebrooke April 22, 2021
@PortlandPolice / Twitter Rioters Run Rampant Despite Guilty Verdict for Derek Chauvin Hours after the verdict, a crowd gathered by the Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse and Multnomah County Justice Center. By Jack Davis April 21, 2021
Nathan Howard / Getty Images More Arrests Made as Rioters Calling for Total Abolition of Police Target Portland Businesses People in a crowd calling for the abolition of police broke windows as they marched in Portland. By The Associated Press April 20, 2021
@stickwithjosh / Twitter Portland Church Will Struggle to Feed the Homeless Due to Repairs from Riot Damage 'Sometimes when windows are broken in a riot, it's not a specific statement by one individual,' said lead pastor Cynthia McBride. By Cameron Arcand April 19, 2021
Nathan Howard / Getty Images Portland Craziness: Violent Protesters Try to Prevent Police from Investigating Fatal Shooting Video shows protesters ripping down crime scene tape and confronting police at the site of the officer-involved shooting. By C. Douglas Golden April 17, 2021
Constantine Androsoff / Shutterstock Trees Are Now Racist? School Worries 'Evergreen' Mascot May Be Linked to Lynching A Portland, Oregon, school is holding off on naming a new mascot while administrators decide whether trees are racist. By Kipp Jones April 6, 2021