by Ty Davison | Jul 26, 2020 | News & Commentary
I don’t agree with all of this, but E.D. Mondainé, the president of the Portland, Oregon branch of the NAACP, gets the gist of it correct: the protests in Portland now have very little to do with improving anything. Opinion | Portland’s protests...
by Ty Davison | Jul 19, 2020 | News & Commentary
How to ruin the First Amendment for everyone ‘Anarchists’ provoke tear gas use during Portland protests, police tell Oregon lawmakers – oregonlive.com: High-ranking Portland police officials told state lawmakers they’ve tried to de-escalate violence at...
by Ty Davison | Jul 4, 2020 | News & Commentary
I think the thread may have been lost. Police declare riot early Saturday, third time in week. It is unclear to me what is now being accomplished other than the destruction of property and the risking of lives. Whatever specific changes protestors might be...
by Ty Davison | Jul 4, 2020 | Essays
Another day in Oregon with 344 new cases, second highest (yesterday was higher). The United States will report over 50,000 new cases nationwide. The to-do list would have seemed somewhat simple: Mask, meet outdoors, physically distance, ventilate interior spaces with...
by Ty Davison | Jun 27, 2020 | News & Commentary
Anarchy in the MLK An estimated 30-40 people, mostly white, out of a crowd of 200 vandalized buildings and businesses and set things afire on late Thursday night around NE MLK Blvd and Killingsworth Street. Police chief, Black leaders decry violence, vandalism...
