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 17, 2020 | News & Commentary
This is not constitutional. Even I know that. Federal agents arrest Portland protesters in unmarked cars, sparking intense backlash – The Washington Post: “Arrests require probable cause that a federal crime had been committed, that is, specific...
by Ty Davison | Jul 9, 2020 | News & Commentary
Surprising? No, not surprising. Tulsa sees Covid-19 surge in the wake of Trump’s June rally: The city of Tulsa is experiencing a surge in coronavirus cases, a little over 2 weeks after President Donald Trump held a campaign rally in an indoor arena there. Dr....
by Ty Davison | Jul 1, 2020 | News & Commentary
Gov. Brown warns Oregonians to mask up or see businesses close: Brown resisted saying what numbers of cases and hospitalizations would trigger her to impose new restrictions across the state. She said she would likely impose the restrictions the same way she granted...
by Ty Davison | Jul 1, 2020 | News & Commentary
Seattle’s “Summer of Love” ends early. The Grim Lessons of CHOP : This reached a breaking point about a week ago with two shootings in 48 hours. In one of them, a 19-year-old kid who was trying to get other protesters to stop setting off dangerous...