Two experts in the use of force by police said there are a lot of unknowns in what happened the night Portland Police Officer Chris Humphreys fired a beanbag gun at a 12-year-old girl. But they both agreed that the weapon carries concerns in areas most people may not think about.
Julie Hanke (pictured above) started Vida’s Ark which is a program that not only provides shelter for teenage mothers and their babies, but it also helps them become self-sufficient.
According to TriMet, as the boy was getting off the train, he pushed the accessible ramp button on the door, causing it to open and then close again to deploy the ramp.
Carmen Kontur-Gronquist, mayor of the town of Arlington, has some residents there upset for posting pictures of herself wearing only a black bra and panties on her MySpace page while on one of the town's fire engines.