News & Politics
This week we dive deep into the Mayor's new ordinance that potentially breaks with the First Amendment in restricting the right to assemble and protest within city limits. We also review the Mayor's highly controversial reveal - employed to help justify the ordinance: that prior to the August 4th Patriot Prayer protest, police discovered members of the far right group on a rooftop with a cache of firearms in close proximity to the start of the rally. The Portland Mercury's Alex Zielinski is here to walk us through it step by step.