[Originally posted to PortlandNLG.org on July 22, 2020] For the past two months, after the police killing of George Floyd, tens of thousands of Portland residents have continued to engage in daily demonstrations against police violence and in support of the movement for Black lives. In response, the Portland Police and Multnomah County Sheriffs have…
[Originally posted to PortlandNLG.org on June 3, 2020] Mayor Ted WheelerPortland Police Chief Jami ReschCommissioner Chloe EudalyCommissioner Amanda FritzCommissioner Jo Ann HardestyCity Auditor Mary Hull Caballero Sent by Email Attachment to mayorwheeler@portlandoregon.gov; jami.resch@portlandoregon.gov; ppbpio@portlandoregon.gov; chloe@portlandoregon.gov; amanda@portlandoregon.gov; joann@portlandoregon.gov; auditorhullcaballero@portlandoregon.gov The Portland Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild Condemns the Portland Police Bureau’s Violent Response to Demonstrators…
[Originally posted to PortlandNLG.org on June 2, 2020] Mayor Ted WheelerCommissioner Jo Ann HardestyPortland Police Chief Jami ReschOregon State Police Superintendent Travis HamptonGovernor Kate Brown and StaffOregon National Guard Major General Michael E. Stencel Sent by Email Attachment to mayorwheeler@portlandoregon.gov;joann@portlandoregon.gov; jami.resch@portlandoregon.gov;ppbpio@portlandoregon.gov; travis.hampton@osp.oregon.gov;orgov@hcrm.iconstituent.com; nik.blosser@oregon.gov;constantin.severe@oregon.gov; agdd@mil.state.or.us; tagor@mil.state.or.us; To City of Portland and State of Oregon Officials: In…
[Originally posted to PortlandNLG.org on May 28, 2020] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: communications@nlg.org MINNEAPOLIS—The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) is in active solidarity with the people of Minneapolis following the murder of George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, by a Minneapolis Police Department officer on May 25. Thousands of people took to the streets in outrage…
[Originally posted to PortlandNLG.org on November 8, 2018] Dear Mayor Wheeler and Commissioners, This written testimony is made on behalf of the Portland Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. The Guild counts as its members radical legal workers, lawyers, law students, and jailhouse lawyers engaged in furthering and supporting the struggle for collective liberation. One…
[Originally posted to PortlandNLG.org on August 7, 2018] The Portland Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) condemns the actions taken by the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) and other coordinating law enforcement agencies on Saturday, August 4th, 2018. We are horrified by the level of state violence enacted, and decry PPB Chief Outlaw’s responses, which,…