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The Exoneration of Kirstin Lobato

Airs at: Mon, 02/26/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
90.7 FM or kboo.fm online Monday, February 26 6:30pm PST Please join us on Monday, February 26 at 6:30pm as co-host Emma Lugo interviews Helen Caddes about the exoneration of Kirstin Blaise Lobato.  Lobato spent 17 years in prison for a wrongful conviction.  Incarcerated w... Read more

Buscando America on 02/20/18

Airs at: Tue, 02/20/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En este programa  transmitido desde la Ciudad de México, hablamos con Eduardo Aguilar,  joven documentalista que fue deportado debido a su activismo político.  Read more

Crime and Punishment in Black America: James Forman Jr.

Airs at: Tue, 02/20/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Critics of the U.S. criminal justice system such as Michelle Alexander and Bryan Stevenson have assailed the rise of mass incarceration with its disproportionate impact on people of color. The war on crime that began in the 1970s was supported by many African American le... Read more

City Council Receives Report on Police Deadly Force without Public Testimony

Airs at: Fri, 02/16/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  TRANSCRIPT KBOO: Yesterday, Portland City Council—well, three-fifths of the council—was presented with a report on six police shootings. The report was investigated and written by the OIR Group out of Los Angeles, and included recommendations for increased accountabilit... Read more

Mental Health Fitness for Law Enforcement

Airs at: Mon, 02/19/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Many people experience trauma in their lives, trauma that can have a lasting impact. Law enforcement officers and emergency services personnel experience trauma on a regular basis. While we expect police and EMTs to meet a standard of physical fitness and health in order to... Read more

Family of Quanice Hayes and Supporters Rally Outside East Precinct

Airs at: Tue, 02/13/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
    The family of Quanice Hayes recently announced that they will be suing the city of Portland, as well as the police officers involved in shooting Quanice just over a year ago, on February 9, 2017. The Hayes family has also been active at the grassroots level over the l... Read more

Mayor Declines to Hear Public Testimony on OIR Report

Airs at: Wed, 02/14/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  The OIR Group will present its most recent report on Officer Involved Shootings to the Portland City Council tomorrow.  In years past, the report presentation has included an opportunity for the public to comment on its findings, but not this year. KBOO reporter Jasmin M... Read more

And The New Drug Czar Nominee Is ....

Airs at: Sun, 02/11/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
The White House has chosen a new drug czar; Oregon legislators are working to set up mental health checkups for all law enforcement officers in that state; and we hear more about the state of civil rights in the United States. Read more

ICE Raids in Northern California

Airs at: Fri, 02/02/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
In the last three days of January, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents launched a massive immigration sweep in Northern California. It is the largest localized action of its kind since Trump took office. Businesses in San Francisco, Sacramento, and San Jose were serv... Read more

Passengers in Malheur Occupier Lavoy Finicum's Truck Sue State and Federal Officials

Airs at: Fri, 02/02/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Three passengers riding in Robert ‘LaVoy’ Finicum’s truck when he was shot and killed by Oregon State Troopers have filed suit against several parties, including Governor Kate Brown, Harney county officials, and FBI agents. Finicum was a spokesman for the Malheur Wildlife ... Read more