by Ty Davison | Jul 19, 2020 | News & Commentary
How to ruin the First Amendment for everyone ‘Anarchists’ provoke tear gas use during Portland protests, police tell Oregon lawmakers – oregonlive.com: High-ranking Portland police officials told state lawmakers they’ve tried to de-escalate violence at...
by Ty Davison | Jul 17, 2020 | News & Commentary
This is not constitutional. Even I know that. Federal agents arrest Portland protesters in unmarked cars, sparking intense backlash – The Washington Post: “Arrests require probable cause that a federal crime had been committed, that is, specific...
by Ty Davison | Jul 6, 2020 | News & Commentary
Amy Cooper, who accused Central Park birdwatcher of threatening her, will be prosecuted, DA says – CNN: Amy Cooper, the woman who was filmed accusing a Black man of threatening her, faces a charge of falsely reporting an incident in the third degree, according...
by Ty Davison | Jul 1, 2020 | News & Commentary
Seattle’s “Summer of Love” ends early. The Grim Lessons of CHOP : This reached a breaking point about a week ago with two shootings in 48 hours. In one of them, a 19-year-old kid who was trying to get other protesters to stop setting off dangerous...
by Ty Davison | Jun 29, 2020 | News & Commentary
It’s almost like a police-free anarchy zone is a bad idea. CHOP shooting in Seattle autonomous zone kills man and critically wounds boy – CNN: A shooting in Seattle’s Capitol Hill Occupation Protest (CHOP) area Monday morning left one man dead and a...
