After settling with city of Portland, photographer calls for mayor to denounce PPB protest actions
Updated Apr 06, 2021;
Posted Apr 06, 2021
Protesters gathered Tuesday for the 83rd consecutive night of demonstrations, marching for the first time to the Multnomah Building, the county seat of government. The Police declared the gathering a riot. Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian
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An independent photographer who said she was assaulted by Portland police during protests last summer received a $50,000 settlement, which her lawyers say is the largest to stem from the city’s recent racial justice protests.
Now Teri Jacobs is calling on Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler to denounce the police force and their actions toward press and protesters.
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From Tampa Bay, Florida, to Portland, Oregon, from Los Angeles to Boston, people took to the streets Jan.30-Feb 1. They organized car caravans, speakouts and dropped banners demanding that the government immediately cancel the rents and mortgages, house the homeless and stop evictions.
Actions took place in 30 cities as national and local eviction moratoriums have only paused millions of evictions, and a third of the population can’t pay their bills and are unable to catch up with the rent. An eviction crisis looms that will hit oppressed communities, already especially affected by the pandemic, the hardest. Meanwhile, big landlords are abusing loopholes and filing eviction lawsuits against families regardless of the moratoriums.