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PublishedSeptember 4, 2020
Portland leaders call for peaceful demonstration, ask opponents to leave guns at home
Fearing counter-protests and violent confrontation at a planned Black Lives Matter demonstration Saturday, Portland police are asking everyone to remain peaceful and leave weapons at home.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2020
Portland police, firefighters rescue suicidal man from burning shed
Police spent more than 2 hours negotiating with a man suffering a mental health crisis on Parris Street on Friday night before they rescued him from a burning shed.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2020
Portland police charge woman with aggravated assault after stabbing
Samantha Velez is accused of stabbing another homeless woman in the hand during an altercation in Deering Oaks Saturday.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2020
Portland woman sues city and police, alleging illegal arrest, excessive force in 2014
A Somali refugee says her civil and constitutional rights were violated in the incident at Maine Medical Center, as part of a pattern of over-policing of the city's refugee and African American populations.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2020
Portland man charged with shooting into police garage
Police say Abdikareem Hassan, 32, fired 5 shots into the police parking garage the night of July 5. He's been held in jail since then on other charges from that night.
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PublishedJuly 8, 2020
Portland mayor, city councilors denounce violence against police
Their statement comes after shots were fired into the police parking garage late Sunday night and officers were targeted by fireworks in Kennedy Park.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2020
Portland police on alert after gunfire, weekend incidents
Shots were fired into the department's garage Sunday night and fireworks were aimed at officers in Kennedy Park, police say.
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PublishedJune 8, 2020
Portland Police Department releases use-of-force policy
It bars the use of chokeholds, neck restraints and other tactics that might cut off someone's ability to breathe.
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PublishedMay 22, 2020
Police investigate shooting at Portland housing complex
Two men escaped injury after their car was hit by bullets early Friday morning.
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2020
Man struck, killed by train in Portland
Portland police say the man was found dead along the railroad tracks behind 400 St. John Street on Sunday.
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