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  • ‘Shopping while Black’: Walmart ordered to pay Portland area man $4.4M for summoning police on bogus charges

    08/25/2022 7:32:25 AM PDT · by xxqqzz · 41 replies
    Oregon Live ^ | August 23, 2022 | Zane Sparling
    A Multnomah County jury has slapped Walmart with $4.4 million in damages after a Portland area man said in a lawsuit that a theft prevention employee racially profiled him for “shopping while Black” and tried to have him ejected for bogus reasons. Michael Mangum said he felt “disrespected and embarrassed” after a worker at the Wood Village Walmart began watching him, then summoned police and falsely claimed Mangum had threatened to smack him in the face. “When he said he’s going to call the police, I couldn’t believe it, because I hadn’t done anything,” Mangum, now 61, told The Oregonian/OregonLive...
  • Oregon Governor Pens Joint Letter Calling For An End To The Violence In Portland

    09/04/2020 7:44:14 AM PDT · by EBH · 90 replies
    KXL Portland ^ | 90302020
    PORTLAND, Ore. — In a short letter issued Thursday, Oregon Governor Kate Brown said it was time elected officials and community leaders come together to condemn the acts in violence in Portland. The letter mentions there is no place for white supremacy or vigilantism in Oregon, but fails to mention the attacks on police or arson fires set by demonstrators inside occupied buildings including the building where Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler lives. The letter is signed by Mayor Wheeler and City Commissioner Amanda Fritz. City Commissioners Jo Ann Hardesty and Chloe Eudaly did not sign the letter. Newly elected Multnomah...