The city of Portland, Oregon, has reached a $250,000 settlement to a federal lawsuit over its police bureau s use of tear gas and other crowd control devices during the racial justice protests that rocked its streets in 2020, court documents show.
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The city of Portland, Oregon, has reached a $250,000 settlement to a federal lawsuit over its police bureau s use of tear gas and other crowd control devices during the racial justice protests that rocked its streets in 2020, court documents show.
The city of Portland and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) were back in federal court Wednesday morning to provide an update on the city’s ongoing attempts to comply with a 2014 settlement agreement with the DOJ. The agreement was reached after a federal investigation in 2012 found that Portland police had a practice of disproportionately using force against people experiencing a mental health crisis. The settlement agreement outlined a number of changes the city.