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VICTORY! City of Bend Dismisses Lawsuit Against Central Oregon Peacekeepers, Agrees to Pay Fees

The City of Bend has agreed to pay the Peacekeepers' and Satcher's attorney fees and costs. If the court accepts the motion, it would bring an end to the City’s attempt to recover some $3,600 from Satcher for the purported cost of fulfilling his public records request on behalf of the Peacekeepers. 
Issue Areas: Racial Justice, Free Speech

Statement in Response to Audit on Portland Police Bureau Intelligence-Gathering and Surveillance

As the City’s audit recognizes, law enforcement generally, and Portland Police Bureau (PPB) in particular, has a long and troubled history of collecting intelligence information on individuals and groups engaged in lawful First Amendment activity.

Legislature’s passage of SB 1510, the Transforming Justice Omnibus Bill, to address the disproportionate impacts of systemic racism on BIPOC communities

By passing SB 1510, legislators advanced Oregon’s commitment to equity and racial justice through an array of strategies that were developed by communities and coalitions that came together through the Governor’s Racial Justice Council.