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Mayor Ted Wheeler seeks $2 million to bring back uniformed police team to address spike in shootings
Updated Mar 11, 2021;
Posted Mar 11, 2021
Titus McNack, 42, was fatally shot around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday on the edge of North Portland s Dawson Park. Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian
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Days after Portland recorded its 20th homicide, Mayor Ted Wheeler said Thursday he’ll seek $2 million in one-time funding to allow more proactive policing on city streets with greater civilian oversight to try to stem a growing wave of gun violence.
The mayor made the announcement alongside religious and community leaders, who urged city officials to take immediate action to prevent more people from dying in shootings, particularly young Black and brown people who have been disproportionately affected by the violence.
The people most harmed by crime are the least helped, a new study finds
Updated Dec 10, 2020;
Posted Dec 10, 2020
The nonprofit Partnership for Safety & Justice, which advocates for public safety and criminal justice reforms, coordinated with local service groups to interview 40 Black, Indigenous and Latinx people affected by crime. The interviews occurred in 2017 and 2018.
LC- Mark Graves
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People of color who have been traumatized by violence in the Portland metro area are too often presumed to have committed a crime when they were the ones harmed and as a result are less likely to report crimes to police and get the services they need, a new study finds.