Boards cover broken glass doors at Salem Center on Sunday, May 31. Vandals broke the doors at the downtown shopping mall during a demonstration Saturday night. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Barely a week after Marion County residents were allowed to venture out after COVID-19-related restrictions were lifted, the city of Salem[Read More…]
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PHOTOS: Salem sees a third day of protests with candles, a march and officers taking a knee
Protester march against police violence on Monday June 1 in Salem. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) For the third day in a row, protesters hit the streets in Salem to speak out against police violence. Similar events have occurred across the country in response to George Floyd’s death at the hands of[Read More…]
Hundreds gather for vigil, march in third night of Salem protests over George Floyd’s death
Protestors gathered at the Oregon State Capitol and marched to the site of the new Salem Police Department during the third night of demonstrations against police violence on Monday, June 1. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Zack Jackson stood on the steps of the Oregon Capitol as the sun set Monday night,[Read More…]
Live updates: Despite curfew, protesters again hit Salem streets
Sharaya Hamer, 16, a student at McNary High School was among hundreds who showed up to protest police violence on the steps of the state Capitol. (Kate McMahon/Salem Reporter) Protesters took to the streets in Salem for the third night in a row to speak out against police brutality. The[Read More…]
With riots erupting across the country, Salem prepares for a third night of protests
Demonstrators gather outside the state Capitol on Sunday, May 31, to protest police violence. The protests in Salem were among those that occurred across the country in response to the death of George Floyd, a Minneapolis man who died while being taken into custody by police. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Update:[Read More…]
PHOTOS: Police protests in Salem continued into Sunday
Demonstrators gather outside the Capitol on Sunday, May 31, to protest police violence. The protests in Salem were among those that occurred across the country in response to the death of George Floyd, a Minneapolis man who died while being taken into custody by police. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Outrage over[Read More…]
Keeping wearing your face masks to the grocery store, but you don’t need to have it on in the car
Yolanda Rodriguez, of Oregon State University Extension, poses for a photo in her mask on Wednesday, May 27 at a mask distribution event for farmworkers and the agricultural sector. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) As restrictions ease across Oregon, face masks continue to be a visual reminder of the coronavirus which has[Read More…]
Latino groups push for improved bilingual education, mental health support in budget
Students organized by Latinos Unidos Siempre urged the new Salem-Keizer School Board to address the mental health needs of immigrant students and stop policies that disproportionately punish students of color at a July 2019 meeting. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Latino community organizations are calling on Salem-Keizer School District leaders to push[Read More…]
VIDEO: Scenes from the demonstration in Salem protesting the death of George Floyd
Melvin Smith, an organizer of Salem’s demonstration on Saturday, May 30, indicates the demand that all four officers involved in the arrest of George Floyd in Minneapolis should be charged with his death. To date, one officer has been charged with second-degree murder in the May 25 death. (Chris Ward[Read More…]
PHOTOS: Protesters leave their mark on Salem, damaging Capitol art
Volunteers work to remove graffiti on a monument at the Capitol on Sunday, May 31. The monuments and several locations at the Capitol were tagged during a demonstration in Salem on Saturday, May 30. (Joel Zak/Special to Salem Reporter) RELATED COVERAGE: Curfew remains in place in Salem; no arrests or[Read More…]