
Erika Preuitt
Photo courtesy of Multnomah County
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- We talk with Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese to hear his response to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions's remarks in Portland Tuesday.
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- Last year, the U.S. Attorney's Office of Oregon helped to organize an event in Portland aimed at increasing understanding between police and communities of color. The second event will be held next week. We talk to Billy Williams, U.S. Attorney for Oregon, and Wajdi Said with the Muslim Educational Trust about what can be accomplished in a one-day conference.
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- Portlander Erika Preuitt was recently sworn in as the first African-American president of the American Probation and Parole Association. We talk to Preuitt about what role probation and parole play in our society today, and what she hopes to accomplish in her new job.
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