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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 21, 2020
Commentary: No time for platitudes about racism in our ‘justice system’
In Portland and across Maine, the blame lies not just with law enforcement, but also with higher-ups and all of us who have turned a blind eye.
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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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PublishedAugust 7, 2020
U.S. attorney for Maine: Law enforcement here paying price for brutality elsewhere
Maine police officers aren’t perfect, but they are always trying to improve and they’re open to progressive policies and procedures.
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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 16, 2020
Portland police chief: ‘The police are the public and the public are the police’
This concept represents the basic relationship between our police officers and our communities. We stand with you because we are you.
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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 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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PublishedJuly 2, 2020
Our View: Portland weighs complex issue of school safety
The Board of Education's 7-2 votes to end its contract for school-based police in response to community concerns.
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