July 12 2021
Oregon Values and Beliefs Center finds roughly 30% of Oregonians think the social justice push had good and bad elements.
The Black Lives Matter movement has won supporters and detractors in equal measure, according to a new poll, but many on both sides agree it changed Oregon, and the world.
The Oregon Values and Beliefs Center found that nearly a quintile (19%) of Oregonians believe the social push, often abbreviated as BLM, had a positive impact while a roughly equivalent portion (22%) say the effect was negative.
A larger share, 29%, said the movement contains both good and bad elements. Another fifth (22%) said it had no impact and 9% were unsure.
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Pamplin Media Group April 20 2021
Ex-police officer is convicted of killing George Floyd, which touched off a year of Black Lives Matter protests.
The Minneapolis jury has returned a verdict of guilty in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was accused of killing George Floyd 46.
Local reactions ranged from relief to rage on Tuesday, April 20, as the verdict after the verdict was announced around 2:05 p.m. local time.
By 2:09 p.m. cars in downtown Portland began honking and people began shouting in the streets.
The jury s findings:
• Third-Degree Murder: Guilty
Local reactions
Marcus Mundy, executive director of the Oregon-based Coalition of Communities of Color, responded quickly to the verdicts. Justice is hard to come by in America. The members of the Coalition of Communities of Color know that all too well, he told Pamplin Media Group. Today s decision in Minnesota matters, truly, but it is not nearly enough, and it is not
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