On June 24th, 2021, after an officer shot and killed a community member, Portland Police put out a statement about protests at the scene. Their statement, “One officer’s baton was grabbed and she was being pulled toward the crowd. Other officers quickly intervened. Someone from the crowd pepper-sprayed an officer.“ …

By Chase Tibbs. “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. …

In 2010, then Portland police chief Mike Reese promoted Ofc. Leo Besner to sergeant. Besner continued to rise though the ranks of PPB. Promoted to lieutenant in 2016, he then retired in January of 2021. Who is Besner? Why should we care? “On November 4, 2005, officer Leo Besner was…

Mayor Tevis E. Wheeler would love you to believe that the answer to the gun violence spike is more money and more cops. Wheeler’s recent press release, echoed by Portland Police, Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese, and Matt Hennesse’s Interfaith Peace & Action Collaborative (IPAC) all tie gun violence rates…

We knew that it wouldn’t happen. We still hoped for a miracle. We all did. Most of us had a feeling that murderer of Mike Brown wouldn’t be indicted but we sat waiting and praying for some semblance of justice. Anything. Everything. There was no justice in Mike Brown’s murder. …

I had the pleasure and honor of interviewing Allyson Robinson about the recent Title IX exemption requests from Christian universities, primarily Multnomah University in Portland, OR. Q: On reading the news about Multnomah’s Title IX request and seeing the letter, what is communicated to you? How do you respond? AR…