Portlanders move from grief and shock, to activism following horrific hit-and-run
An event next Tuesday will take over a street just yards from where Friday’s tragedy occurred.
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An event next Tuesday will take over a street just yards from where Friday’s tragedy occurred.
Police have arrested the suspect.
Threat of injury or death from ODOT’s SE Powell Blvd is omnipresent.
We use metal detectors to keep guns and knives out of buildings, we need bollards and barriers to keep cars out of bikeways.
This is not normal. And it’s not necessary.
Neither side saw it coming.
A man who killed a person on foot with his bicycle last year won’t serve any jail time in what’s thought to be “the first vehicular manslaughter conviction in the nation involving a bicyclist.”
KATU jokes in their headline, but this is no laughing matter. The carnage on Portland’s streets show no signs of letting up. In the past 24 hours alone, three people failing to control their cars has led to serious injuries and significant property damage. At about 8:15 pm last night, the Portland Police reported that … Read more
Wayne Thompson(Photo: Mult. Co. Sheriff) Wayne Conrad Thompson, who was initially charged with First Degree Assault for backing his car into Mike Luther in a parking lot in August 2009, was sentenced with only probation yesterday. The Oregonian has the story: “A 35-year-old driver who struck a bicyclist while reversing his SUV was sentenced to … Read more
Wayne Thompson.(Photo: Multnomah County) Wayne Thompson, the man who intentionally backed up his car over Mike Luther after an argument in a parking lot, was found guilty today. Here’s more from KPTV: “An SUV driver who was suspected in a collision that left a bicyclist in critical condition was found guilty Monday of third-degree assault, … Read more
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