Lured To a Digital Stakeout

– Using the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter triggers a law enforcement profile in Oregon DoJ’s ‘threat assessment’ database. We make a Federal Continue reading →

Filed Away

A newly formed Community Oversight Advisory Board can benefit from Portland’s history of seeking improved police accountability. We’ve compiled a Continue reading →

City Rejects Public Input … Again

Local authority engages in patterns and practices of refuting public involvement, as it fails to hold police accountable. That public Continue reading →

BE the Media

Jo Ann Hardesty, recently honored by the National Newspaper Publishers Association, responded to an invitation to address the Pacific Northwest Social Continue reading →

Hear from our Peers

UPDATE:  Judge Simon extends deadline. Written testimony will be received through 26 February. On 18 February, a Federal Judge will Continue reading →

Walk Two Blocks in These Shoes

Consult Hardesty was an active participant at the ACLU NW Civil Liberties Conference panel on ‘Can We Have Police Accountability?’ a week or Continue reading →

Senate Bills to Die in Judiciary

You should be concerned by lobbyists’ chilling effect on open debate, on powerbrokers’ ability to kill legislation when not even Continue reading →