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Mental Health Fitness for Law Enforcement

Airs at: Mon, 02/19/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Many people experience trauma in their lives, trauma that can have a lasting impact. Law enforcement officers and emergency services personnel experience trauma on a regular basis. While we expect police and EMTs to meet a standard of physical fitness and health in order... Read more

Family of Quanice Hayes and Supporters Rally Outside East Precinct

Airs at: Tue, 02/13/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
    The family of Quanice Hayes recently announced that they will be suing the city of Portland, as well as the police officers involved in shooting Quanice just over a year ago, on February 9, 2017. The Hayes family has also been active at the grassroots level over the... Read more

Mayor Declines to Hear Public Testimony on OIR Report

Airs at: Wed, 02/14/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  The OIR Group will present its most recent report on Officer Involved Shootings to the Portland City Council tomorrow.  In years past, the report presentation has included an opportunity for the public to comment on its findings, but not this year. KBOO reporter Jasmi... Read more

And The New Drug Czar Nominee Is ....

Airs at: Sun, 02/11/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
The White House has chosen a new drug czar; Oregon legislators are working to set up mental health checkups for all law enforcement officers in that state; and we hear more about the state of civil rights in the United States. Read more

ICE Raids in Northern California

Airs at: Fri, 02/02/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
In the last three days of January, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents launched a massive immigration sweep in Northern California. It is the largest localized action of its kind since Trump took office. Businesses in San Francisco, Sacramento, and San Jose were se... Read more

Passengers in Malheur Occupier Lavoy Finicum's Truck Sue State and Federal Officials

Airs at: Fri, 02/02/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Three passengers riding in Robert ‘LaVoy’ Finicum’s truck when he was shot and killed by Oregon State Troopers have filed suit against several parties, including Governor Kate Brown, Harney county officials, and FBI agents. Finicum was a spokesman for the Malheur Wildli... Read more

VA Police Shooting Victim Indicted on Multiple Charges

Airs at: Fri, 02/02/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
A man shot in the chest by a Veterans Affairs Police officer in southern Oregon last Thursday, was indicted on multiple charges yesterday. According to a press release from the Jackson County District Attorney, the cop, who is still unnamed pending an internal VA investig... Read more

Jackson County DA Charges Victim of Police Shooting at VA Facility

Airs at: Wed, 01/31/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Last Thursday, an officer with the Department of Veteran’s Affairs police shot Gilbert Matthew Negrete at a VA facility in White City, Oregon, just north of Medford. The thirty-four-year-old Negrete was driven to the facility for an appointment, where he reportedly b... Read more

Salem: Four Officers on Leave After Car Chase, Police Shooting

Airs at: Tue, 01/30/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The Oregon State Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred in Salem on Saturday. News reports were chaotic throughout the day, reflecting a confusing scene that involved an RV plowing into multiple police cars, and at least three separate crime ... Read more

The Justice System’s War on Kids: Cara Drinan

Airs at: Tue, 01/30/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  The juvenile justice system is off the rails. It is in urgent need of reform. The U.S. incarcerates roughly 2 million children every year, even though 95 percent of them have not been convicted of a violent crime. Too many of them are held in adult facilities. The sys... Read more