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11-26-2024 4:30 pm • PDX and SEA Weather
MLK Breakfast
Damian Lillard with his children (AP Photo/Anne M. Peterson)
The eight-time All-Star will play his first game back in Portland on Wednesday night since he was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in the offseason. The Blazers have struggled without Lillard in the lineup.
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Attorney Karen Koehler (Kevin Clark/The Seattle Times via AP)
Seattle officers used aggressive techniques to disperse the crowds, including flash-bang grenades, foam-tipped projectiles and “blast balls” that explode and emit pepper gas. Plaintiffs' lawyer Karen Koehler says the lawsuit was a response to “shameful behavior” by the city.
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Victor Trillo Jr.
Students at Parkrose High find mentorship, opportunities alongside others who understand.
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Dr. Clarice Bailey
Theater Co-founder returns to PassinArt.
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(Photo by Julie Keefe)
Hundreds attend to honor and continue the message of Dr. King.
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Washington state lawmakers will consider a proposal to prohibit police from hog-tying suspects. nearly four years after Manuel Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man died facedown with his hands and feet cuffed together behind him. Democratic Sen. Yasmin Trudeau has sponsored the bill, saying she doesn’t want anyone else to experience the “dehumanization” Ellis faced before his death. The measure is set to go before a Senate committee Monday
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(Brian Hayes/The News Tribune via AP, Pool, File)
Ellis was a 33-year-old Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained facedown on a sidewalk as he pleaded for breath. The police department on Tuesday announced findings that the officers did not violate the use-of-force policy that was in effect at the time.
READ MORECongressman Earl Blumenauer (Photo by Julie Keefe)
Despite freezing cold temperatures, several hundred community members, businesses and elected officials gathered to celebrate Dr. King's birthday.
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O’Nesha Cochran-Dumas
O’Nesha Cochran-Dumas has fought hard in both recovery, and in her career as a recovery professional.
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Roger Evans
The new Washington State Black Legacy Institute will house the organization’s work and provide resources for community historians.
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