PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — When Oregon’s most populous city had a rampant gang problem 30 years ago, Portland detectives were stunned if they found more than a few dozen bullet casings after a shooting.

In good times, biweekly meetings of the city’s Gang Violence Task Force are forums of celebration, congratulatory roundtables over positive efforts at curbing Portland’s re-emerging gang issues. This ...

It’s likely that members of Portland’s Gang Enforcement Team (GET) are racially profiling those they pull over for traffic violations, with GET operating under the assumption that the drivers could be ...