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PORTLAND, Ore. — Several individuals dressed in all black with their faces covered attempted to keep a KATU camera crew from recording the events unfolding downtown Friday night after the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office declared a gathering of people a riot. The individuals demanded the crew stop recording. The group then attacked the KATU camera operator when the crew asserted their right to record in a public space. A confrontation occurred between the individuals and the TV station's security guards. The KATU crew was uninjured but the camera was damaged. Portland police said deputies declared the riot when people started...

There was a stunning war of words Wednesday between Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty and the Portland Police Association president, Daryl Turner. “It is appalling to find out the Portland Police Association and the union president continues to lie to the public on a daily basis about the lack of cooperation by Portland police personnel,” Hardesty said. “If Portland does not stand up now and we as a City Council don’t hold our own police officers accountable for this egregious behavior, we will be – we will go down in history of having failed in our obligation to protect...

"Will Oregon amend Constitution with ballot measures?", "Measures 102 through 106 deal with a number of issues", " "The measures -- with shorthand slugs of Affordable Housing, the Grocery Tax, 3/5 Vote Requirement, Immigration Law and Abortion -- touch on hot topics that revolve around culture, economics and how personal faith plays out in the public square.", PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- The statewide ballot measures Oregon voters will decide could amend the Constitution. As with any measure of this kind, big money supporters and opponents have dominated the conversation trying to make their argument more persuasive. The measures -- with...

November 13, 2003, Portland, Oregon – KATU’s Paul Linnman, and his 6:30 PM team on the ABC affiliate reported the discovery of a “right wing religious” group which was planning to destroy the offices of the FBI in Portland. They “hated government” according to the report. (Don’t all “right wingers?”) Let’s look into this. We'll begin with the K.K.K and get to the Nazis later. Included in the graphic photos of assault weapons shown, were a number of other items. One of them was a flag or banner with a cross traditionally associated with the K.K.K. So, Mr. Linnman and...