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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 »