by TheRearguard
Flipping Off Cops Is Legal, Not AdvisedFlipping the bird, or sticking out the middle finger, is perhaps the oldest insulting gesture on earth, dating to ancient Greece and adopted by the Romans as digitus impudicus – the impudent finger. A zillion middle fingers later, an Oregon man is suing suburban Portland cops over his use of the gesture, claiming civil rights violations...
Police Officer Accidentally Used Pepper Spray on Burning ManPORTLAND, Ore. -- Portland police are considering a policy change after an officer inadvertently grabbed a pepper spray canister instead of a fire extinguisher to help a man who set himself on fire.
Student Using Gun as Visual Aid Puts Professor in Hot WaterLast Nov, a Portland State economics student gave a presentation on what he described as the U.S. military's flawed reliance on one of its key combat rifles. As a visual aid, the student disassembled parts of a Colt AR-15, a semiautomatic version of the military M-16. The professor didd't mention it and now everyone is "up in arms" about it.
Stumptown Coffee Roasters: the new Starbucks?Coffee aficionados have been asking the question: Is Stumptown Coffee Roasters of Portland, Ore. — the most conspicuous exponent of coffee's "third wave" — the new Starbucks? In cities across America, a fervid generation of caffeine evangelists is changing the way we drink coffee.
