PORTLAND (WGME) – Four unsuspecting people have been attacked from behind and beaten in the head in the past month in Portland. Portland police look for connections in four recent assault casesConcern has grown in the city, as people look to Portland police to catch whoever is doing this. "As young females, obviously we're targets," East End resident Morgan Kendall said. "I always try to have pepper spray on me. My friends and I are also talking.
Jun. 9—An attack on a Portland woman is under investigation after a man hit her on the head on Brackett Street Tuesday night, according to the Portland Police Department. The 24-year-old woman was walking home from work when a man ran up behind her and hit her in the head with a club or blunt object, witnesses told police. The suspect is described as tall, thin and white and was wearing a gray .
There are only a few weeks left in the legislative session and Oregon lawmakers are pushing to get certain bills to the governor’s desk in time, including one related to police accountability. House Bill 2002 would greatly change how officers in Oregon operate. "We don’t want to continue this climate of fear that Black and brown people have,” Rep. Janelle Bynum, a Democrat representing District 51, said. Bynum is a chief sponsor of the bill,.