Policing the Progressive City: Portland, Oregon, from Settlement to Uprising

Policing the Progressive City tells the story of how Portland’s “law and order” has been shaped for over two hundred years by business interests, political climbers, and social campaigners—as well as its history of mass resistance to police brutality. With meticulous research and expert storytelling, Kristian Williams exposes how the city’s progressive veneer enables its police to weather scandals, co—opt crit...