News The Emmanuel Church of God in Christ United, a small white house near Northeast 30th Avenue and Alberta Street, is filled with song and joy. The 10-member Emmanuel Gospel Choir rips through a rous ... More
BLACK AND BLUE
Can Portland's new police chief calm the community where he grew up?
News The Emmanuel Church of God in Christ United, a small white house near Northeast 30th Avenue and Alberta Street, is filled with song and joy. The 10-member Emmanuel Gospel Choir rips through a rous ... More
The Badge and the Swastika
Lawyer attacks cop's interest in Nazi history.
News Is it any of our business whether a Portland police officer sometimes wears World War II Nazi uniforms or allegedly yelled racist and homophobic statements as a teen?The City of Portland claims it ... More
Cooling the "Hotshot"
Probe of local lawyer expands.
News The case against hotshot defense lawyer Randy Ray Richardson is growing.In April, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schrunk accused his former prosecutor of bribing a witness to lie on the sta ... More
Kendra James' REVENGE
Mark Kroeker's handling of the controversial shooting led to his sudden exit.
News The boomerang that finally took out Mark Kroeker, it now appears, was launched by Kendra James.Speculation that Mayor Vera Katz had lost patience with the chief had been circulating for almost a y ... More
GOFF GUILTY
Pipe bomber cops a plea.
News The Multnomah County District Attorney's Office dodged a potentially thorny legal challenge last week when Timothy Michael Goff pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted murder.Three years ago, Go ... More
"Don't Come Back!"
Unwelcoming party forces Bush donors into--gasp!--mass transit.
News Last week's fundraising visit by President George Bush went smoothly because the Portland Police Bureau finally got tough--not with protesters, but with the White House.The police were blasted las ... More
Smoking Guns
News After a respected police consultant dropped a bombshell on the city of Portland Tuesday, the question now seems to be whether the blast will be contained. The Police Assessment Resource Center of Lo ... More
Missing the Grade
Bush's environmental report card indicates Shrub is any color but green.
News Our Commander-in-Chief invades Oregon this week to collect gobs of campaign cash and tout his timber plan--part of a pre-election effort to stave off criticism of his stands on the environment and ... More
PIPE NIGHTMARE
Three years ago, Barry Hornstein's world was blown apart. Next month, cops and lawyers will try to put the pieces back together.
News Barry Hornstein isn't sure what he thought when he walked outside that morning and saw a length of pipe lying in his Laurelhurst driveway. But he's certain that as he drew back his right leg to kn ... More
MUZZLING the WATCHDOG
City auditor mulls purge of police oversight committee.
News Two weeks ago, even as Portland was still abuzz with the fatal police shooting of Kendra James, the City Council did something strange. By a unanimous vote, the council reined in the public's most ... More
Top Articles from Nick Budnick
Leif's Auto Body Experience
Under the hood of a Portland collision-repair business. The Murder that WOULD NOT DIE
Columnist Phil Stanford is obsessed with a decade-old conspiracy theory. What if he's right? "Dirty old [money] man"
GOP bankroller Loren Parks hit with sexual-harassment charges. True Lies?
Polygraph expert questions Francke investigation tactics. Randy Richardson was a hotshot criminal- defense lawyer. Now he needs one.
Good Cop, Bad Cop
The city wants to rein in officers like Lt. Todd Wyatt. The Rapper and His Rapsheet
Keary Watson says he's shaken his tawdry past. Portland cops sure hope so. SNITCH-SLAPPED
How a Serbian con artist scammed Portland's Russian "godfather" and the FBI. Kindred Killing
Police are investigating the murder of a black man as a potential hate crime. Swimming with Sharks
How a brutal drug trafficker convinced local prosecutors that someone else murdered Vincent Pawloski and Jodie Schneider.
Under the hood of a Portland collision-repair business. The Murder that WOULD NOT DIE
Columnist Phil Stanford is obsessed with a decade-old conspiracy theory. What if he's right? "Dirty old [money] man"
GOP bankroller Loren Parks hit with sexual-harassment charges. True Lies?
Polygraph expert questions Francke investigation tactics. Randy Richardson was a hotshot criminal- defense lawyer. Now he needs one.
Good Cop, Bad Cop
The city wants to rein in officers like Lt. Todd Wyatt. The Rapper and His Rapsheet
Keary Watson says he's shaken his tawdry past. Portland cops sure hope so. SNITCH-SLAPPED
How a Serbian con artist scammed Portland's Russian "godfather" and the FBI. Kindred Killing
Police are investigating the murder of a black man as a potential hate crime. Swimming with Sharks
How a brutal drug trafficker convinced local prosecutors that someone else murdered Vincent Pawloski and Jodie Schneider.
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