Press Coverage - Oregon Department of Justice

4/26/21 Oregon Live: University of Oregon sues ex-campus cop, alleging he lied, withheld evidence in malicious prosecution of Latino bicyclist »
4/25/21 Oregon Live: ‘It’s shameful’: Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler’s dagger, listed by Portland auction house, prompts outrage »
4/24/21 KEZI: Rally held in Albany in support of Black teen who was a victim of alleged hate crime »
4/22/21 Washington Post: Bill to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans passes Senate with bipartisan support »
4/22/21 Oregon Live: West Linn police scandal follows former city manager to California, where he lost job offer »
4/21/21 East Oregonian: New law would ban bias offenders from public wilderness »
4/20/21 KATU: Two teens face hate crime charges, accused of attacking 13-year-old in Albany »
4/20/21 Oregon Live: Federal prosecutor, FBI agent explain decision not to prosecute officers involved in Michael Fesser case
4/15/21 Democrat Herald: Albany bias crime victims say they had to push for arrest »
4/13/21 Gazette-Times: Bias crime reported in Albany »
4/7/21 KOBI: Grants Pass educators ‘not at work’ after speaking out against proposed LGBTQ+ bill »
4/2/21 KPTV: DA: Man agrees to participate in restorative justice with Oregon Chinese Coalition in bias crime case »
4/2/21 Oregon Live: Portland man accused of bias crime after yelling slur, trying to run down victim in Gresham, prosecutors say »
4/1/21 Oregon Live: Oregon Senate passes bill making display of a noose a hate crime »
4/1/21 Portland Tribune: Report: Officer was shielded after Black Lives Matter incident »
3/31/21 Oregon Live: David Douglas School Board candidate says she received racist note targeting Asians »
3/27/21 Oregon Live: Bend police acknowledge canine name change after criticism »
3/26/21 Oregon Live: Damian Lillard wears ‘Stop Asian Hate’ T-shirt at Portland Trail Blazers’ game against Orlando Magic »
3/26/21 Oregon Live: 1,000 gather for Stop Asian Hate event in SE Portland »
3/20/21 Oregon Live: ‘Stand up and speak out’: About 200 rally in Portland against anti-Asian racism »
3/19/21 KGW: ‘People are afraid for their lives’: Asian American communities in Oregon angry, fearful after Atlanta shootings »
3/19/21 KGW: Two hate crimes against Asian Americans that Portland’s DA is looking at right now »
3/18/21 KATU: Bias crimes on the rise in Oregon »
3/17/21 KATU: Oregon leaders condemn Atlanta attacks, report rise in hate crimes against Asian-Americans »
3/17/21 KOIN: Portland man in custody ahead of bias crime trial »
3/17/21 Oregon Live: Asian American leaders in Oregon react to Atlanta shootings: ‘I am scared for our community’ »
3/17/21 Oregon Live: Opinion: A call to community amid uptick in anti-Asian crime and harassment »
3/8/21 National Geographic: Oregon once legally banned Black people. Has the state reconciled its racist past? »
3/8/21 Oregon Live: West Linn residents call on state to fire former Lt. Mike Stradley from state public safety training agency »
3/8/21 CNN: A sculpture of the enslaved Black explorer who was on the Lewis and Clark expedition was mysteriously placed in an Oregon park »
3/8/21 Statesman Journal: Banning hate: New penalties proposed for bias crimes in Oregon »
3/5/21 Oregon Live: Mayor Ted Wheeler calls for review in hit-and-run case that falsely implicated Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty »
3/5/21 Oregon Live: Former Portland Trader Joe’s employee sues company, saying she was fired after questioning Black Lives Matter policy »
3/5/21 KDRV: Medford man found ‘guilty except for insanity’ in racially charged harassment case »
3/4/21 Independent: Oregon moves to ban public display of nooses, calling them symbol of racism »
3/4/21 Oregon Live: Judge’s ruling criticizing Oregon prison medical chief spurs claims of racism »
3/2/21 OPB: Oregon lawmakers could make it a crime to display a noose »
2/17/21 KEZI: Eugene Residents Victims of Hate Crime »
3/3/21 KOIN: Willamette University student victim of possible hate crime »
2/12/21 USA TODAY: ‘Stop killing us’: Attacks on Asian Americans highlight rise in hate incidents amid COVID-19 »
2/11/21 Oregon Live: TriMet launches investigation after supervisor’s racist social media posts »
2/11/21 Willamette Week: TriMet Supervisor Posts TikTok Videos Mocking Asian and Black People »
2/10/21 Oregon Live: Asian-owned businesses hit in more than a dozen acts of vandalism in Portland’s Jade District »
2/9/21 Oregon Live: Gresham police chief created ‘hostile’ work environment, report finds »
2/9/21 Lake Oswego Review: Defendant pleads guilty to charge in Lake Oswego deer head incident »
2/8/21 KOIN: West Linn cop’s blackface clown painting removed from school »
2/6/21 Oregon Live: ‘Hateful, racist’ emails prompted state to close coronavirus vaccine equity group meetings to public »
2/3/21 KATU video: 12 Oregon nonprofits that help communities impacted by inequity receive $5M in grants »
2/3/21 Oregon Live: Man accused of yelling racist slurs at Black Portland police officer faces bias crime allegation »
1/27/21 KOIN: Asian-American woman kicked on bus; man faces bias crimes »
1/26/21 OPB: Symbols of white supremacy confront Redmond teen »
1/25/21 Oregon Live: Man arrested after allegedly berating SE Portland worker with anti-Muslim slurs »
1/20/21 Oregon Live: Threatening robocalls target former Oregon political candidates — all people of color — day before inauguration »
1/18/21 Washington Post: In ‘battle for the soul of Salem,’ a Black business owner is targeted »
1/11/21 Oregon Live: Clackamas County commissioner faces calls to resign over Islamophobic posts »
1/8/21 Oregon Live: Police ask for help identifying woman who reportedly used racial slur, spit in driver’s face in Wilsonville road-rage incident »
12/24/20 KOIN: West Linn home tagged, bias crime investigation underway »
12/24/20 Oregon Live: Man charged with bias crime after racist assault at MAX stop, prosecutors say »
12/21/20 KATU: Aloha man faces bias crime charge, accused of threatening FedEx driver, deputies say »
12/18/20 KDRV: Two Oregon Men Face Federal Hate Crime Charges After Alleged Beating of Black Man in Washington »
12/13/20 Southwest Connection/Pamplin Media: Former PSU professor says surviving hate crimes cost her her job »
12/9/20 Willamette Week: Here’s Why Prominent Black Activists Say They Fear Opening Their Mailboxes: Portland City Council responded this week to a “kill list.” »
10/8/20 KATU: Through training, policy West Linn Police Department addresses racial inequalities »
12/10/20 Oregon Live: Most harmed by crime are the least helped, a new study finds »
12/10/20 NPR: With Far-Right Extremism On The Rise, Germany Investigates Its Police »
12/9/20 OPB: Reports of hate crimes and harassment increase in Oregon »
12/9/20 OPB/AP: Supreme Court rejects Oregon parents’ effort to limit transgender students »
12/3/20 Washington Post: A family got a racist note after putting up a Black Santa. Soon, neighbors began displaying their own Black Santas. »
12/2/20 OPB: Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office singled out for racial disparities in stop data »
12/1/20 Mail Tribune: Ashland police investigating whether suspected killer should face bias crime charges »
12/1/20 Oregon Live: Lake Oswego student plans to sue superintendent, state senator over alleged discrimination at school »
11/20/20 Oregon Live: Activists, journalists targeted in ‘kill list,’ one of several racist notes sent to public figures this week »
11/19/20 Oregon Live: KOIN-TV’s Ken Boddie says of racist hate mail: ‘I was more disappointed in humanity than fearful’ »
11/16/20 NPR: FBI Report: Bias-Motivated Killings At Record High Amid Nationwide Rise In Hate Crime »
11/11/20 Willamette Week: Bias Crimes Have Spiked Since Racial Justice Protests Began. Most of the Victims Are Black »
11/4/20 Daily Emerald: Eugene’s Hate and Bias report reveals 2019 data »
11/2/20 Oregon Live: People with disabilities accuse local, state and federal police of violating their free speech rights at Portland protests »
10/31/20 Oregon Live: 2 deer heads left near Black Lives Matter and Biden/Harris signs in Lake Oswego, police say »
10/27/20 KPTV: Police identify victim, suspect in deadly Salem shooting » [2nd degree murder, 1st degree bias crime, unlawful use of a weapon]
10/27/20 Oregon Live: Oregon woman sues Lane County Republican Party, alleges members mocked her disability, refused to provide wheelchair access to meeting
10/20/20 Oregon Live: Noose found in park near SW Portland school; police investigating »
10/16/20 Oregon Live: Lawsuit: Gas station refuses to sell gas to Black customer, implies he’ll use it to start fires at Portland’s protests »
10/14/20 MCDA: DA Mike Schmidt announces the filing of three unrelated bias crime cases »
10/13/20 Portland Tribune, Pamplin Media: Impersonator spews racist slurs in Newberg online class »
10/13/20 Portland Tribune, Pamplin Media: Anti-Semitism at Wilson High targeted Portland teacher »
10/12/20 Argus Observer: Ontario, OR man facing felony, misdemeanors for bias crimes »
10/9/20 CNN: Yelp adds alerts for businesses accused of racism »
10/7/20 Portland Tribune, Pamplin Media: Racist outburst impedes learning at Portland middle school »
9/29/20 KGW, Pamplin Media: ‘Zoombombers’ disrupt Portland-area classes with racist comments »
9/24/20 Eugene Weekly: Hate Crime on Emerald Street »
9/23/20 Portland Tribune, Pamplin Media: ‘Blatantly racist’ intruder mars David Douglas school event »
9/18/20 OPB: Oregon bans Confederate flag, other hate symbols from public schools »
9/18/20 Bend Bulletin: Colorado man indicted for federal hate crime after stabbing Black victim in Eastern Oregon, prosecutors say »
9/18/20 Lincoln Journal Star: Former Lincoln, NE man indicted in Oregon, accused of hate crime in connection to stabbing »
9/16/20 Portland Tribune, Pamplin Media: Hackers, racial slurs disrupt classes at Lake Oswego High »
9/16/20 Clackamas Review: Clackamas high schools’ orientation days derailed by slurs »
9/3/20 OPB: In Rural Oregon, Threats And Backlash Follow Racial Justice Protests »
8/27/20 MCDA: Man accused of committing a racially motivated assault »
8/22/20 KEZI 9: Victim of assault, bias crime in Eugene shares story »
8/20/20 Oregon Live: SW Portland Jewish center damaged in 2nd fire in under a week »
8/19/20 KPTV: Portland man accused of bias crime: ‘I figured the least violent thing I could do is tear up a few signs’ »
8/19/20 Willamette Week: Two Fires at a Westside Jewish Community Center in a Week Raise Questions »
8/5/20 OPB: Neighbors ask Lake Oswego family to remove signage in support of Black Lives Matter »
7/27/20 Central Oregon Daily News: Bend Man charged with hate crimes against DoorDash delivery driver »
7/21/20 The Outlook, Pamplin Media: Man charged with bias crimes against Troutdale teens »
7/9/20 Portland Tribune, Pamplin Media: Anti-trans hate crime under investigation in Wilsonville »
7/6/20 Oregon Live: 7 arrested, accused of racist harassment, illegal fireworks on Oregon coast beach »
6/24/20 Oregon Live: Judge sentences MAX train murderer Jeremy Christian to ‘true life’: He should never be released from prison »
6/23/20 Mail Tribune: Grand jury indicts Medford counter-protester with hate crime »
6/18/20 Oregon Live: Gold Beach mayor resigns from nonprofit after email railing against Black Lives Matter »
6/18/20 Oregon Live: Clackamas County deputy who knelt on black 12-year-old boy’s neck has left him in ‘fear of police,’ $300,000 lawsuit says »
6/10/20 Oregon Live: Washington County jail deputy attacks drunk man posing for booking photo, video shows »
5/18/20 Oregon Live: Multnomah County DA urges Asian Americans to call cops if they’re targeted with bias crimes during COVID-19 pandemic »
4/30/20 OPB: Oregon Hate Crime Reports Up 366% Amid Coronavirus Pandemic »
2/18/20 Washington Post: Boss fearing bias suit gets ‘fishing buddy’ police chief to have potential plaintiff arrested »
2/12/20 Oregon Live: ‘Old-boy-style racism’ by small-town cops leads to $600,000 payout to Portland man »
1/13/20, KIRO 7: Oregon man charged with attempted murder, hate crimes in attack on 70-year-old immigrant »
1/6/20 The New York Times: Portland Woman Accused of Snatching Hijab Is Charged With Hate Crimes »
11/23/19 Willamette Week: Portland Man Who Threatened Ukrainian Immigrant Ordered to Write An Essay About Challenges Facing Immigrants »
10/21/19 Willamette Week: Portland Man Who Shouted Slurs and Shoved Gay Men Is First Person Convicted Under Oregon’s New Bias Crime Law »