[13] Willamette Week later described the guard as being part of "several physical barricades of protection and layers of guards... to make people of color feel safe standing around a fire pit" at the center of the space. Full statement below", "Some neighbors near Portland 'Red House' say situation still tense", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red_House_eviction_defense&oldid=1012695039, African-American history in Portland, Oregon, December 2020 events in the United States, November 2020 events in the United States, Post–civil rights era in African-American history, September 2020 events in the United States, Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from February 2021, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 17 March 2021, at 20:06. In 2018 the family lost the home in a non-judicial foreclosure proceeding,[5] but continued to live there. Verbatim copying and distribution of articles is permitted in any medium without royalty provided this notice is preserved. [24] The Kinneys have alleged that the mortgage lender and an investment company deliberately tried to remove the Kinneys from the house in order to redevelop the land. [2] Protestors have argued that an eviction during a pandemic is cruel nonetheless. "[40] A representative from Community Alliance of Tenants stated that "This is not a story of an autonomous zone. [2], That same day, a co-owner of Urban Housing Development LLC offered to sell the property to the family for the price he paid at the foreclosure sale in 2018, stating that "we're overwhelmed by the attention to this" and that he fears for his family's safety. 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[10] Activists rose in support of the family and occupied the property and the surrounding area. [2] Most such confrontations have been verbal, though that policy has at times been enforced through violence. [35] The family filed a federal lawsuit attempting to overturn the eviction. [24][2], The Kinneys owed $97,000 in 2018 when the house was put into foreclosure and purchased by a developer for $260,000. They stated that some neighbors were afraid to speak publicly, and that they said some protestors were still engaging in intimidating behavior. [30], Since September 2020,[31] activists, including those who have protested against systemic racism as part of the Black Lives Matter movement, have gathered at the home to protest the eviction of "a Black and Indigenous family that has lived there for over six decades and as a stand against further gentrification of the city's historically Black Albina neighborhood". "[25], Wheeler also announced that the Kinney family and the developer had reached a "tentative" deal, but later retracted the claim. The Kinneys would mark forms "void" and return them, and claimed that "the company had no jurisdiction". Subscribers should have received a printed paper in September and October. Stay in the streets – Abolish the police! “As negotiations continue around ownership of the red house on North Mississippi Avenue, the Mayor’s goals remain protecting lives and reducing risk to the health and safety of the surrounding community. The Portland cops announced the same day that they would arrest no more until those arrested were actually charged with something.”. Illegally occupying private property, openly carrying weapons, threatening and intimidating people are not among them. [31][14][38][39], While the day progressed, an estimated 200 activists reoccupied the property and constructed barricades to block all access to the house. [11], In December 2020, law enforcement officers returned, removing some activists and arresting several people. The organizer recounted how defenders armed with wooden banner and placard poles, broom handles, tree limbs, baseball bats, trash can lids and other homemade defensive weapons, in an organized and military fashion, “pushed the cops down the street and out of the neighborhood.”, Another activist told WW: “Twelve of our people were grabbed by the cops, but for lack of evidence, most were released uncharged. Deputy sheriffs arrested them and charged them with trespass in their own house. Portland Police Bureau officers came under attack Tuesday as they attempted to serve an eviction on a foreclosed house. The loss of the Kinney family's Red House on Mississippi … [7], William Kinney III and his mother have stated in court filings and on social media[24][2] that the law and the courts do not have jurisdiction over them. "[32], The director of the Coalition to Save Portland visited the Red House on December 11, and reported, among other things, that the Kinney family wanted a letter offering assurances that people would not be arrested or prosecuted if they worked to take down barriers. [13], Later on December 8, Mayor Ted Wheeler authorized the Portland Police Bureau to "use all lawful means to end the illegal occupation" and said, "there will be no autonomous zone in Portland. For the most part, people of color, poor and working people have been priced out of Albina, where the median price of a house is now $649,000. Ultimately Levinson defended the story as completing the Kinneys' narrative. Hail the workers of the world! While in the compound, this reporter was told by young activists: “We’re here to stop the eviction. Protesters push police out of the area around the Red House on Mississippi Avenue in Portland, Oregon, on December 8, 2020, after a failed attempt at evicting residents from the property. "[37] Supporters said that the Wheeler and Lovell statements seek to "criminalize the right of Afro-Indigenous people to bear arms". [43] Describing this, the Portland Mercury stated that "the police continued spinning fear-mongering disinformation about the occupation". Police returned to supervise the erection of a construction fence around the house, and protesters repelled the police around 10:30 a.m. Several police cars were damaged and had their tires deflated, and an officer drove into a parked car while retreating. Support Workers World! Dec. 14 — The Kinney family — owners of the now internationally famous “Red House on Mississippi” — is the last Black-Indigenous family in their neighborhood. But the law enforcement who erected it outside the ruddly little house at 4406 N. Mississippi Ave., just 10 minutes north of downtown Portland, Oregon, didn’t plan for the fence to be used against them. Portland's "Red House" and surrounding area, December 18, … This once vibrant Black community has been destroyed. The Oregonian Portland ‘Red House’ occupation persists for 4th day; owner offers to sell property back to family The Hill Portland police clash with protesters blockading house over evictions Oregon Public Broadcasting Portland mayor authorizes ‘all lawful means’ to clear protesters from occupied area on Mississippi … It helped that I brought a Workers World newspaper with the headline: “Evo Morales returns, Bolivians eject coup regime.”, A Black leader-organizer, asking to remain anonymous, told WW: “Early on the morning of Dec. 8, at least 50 police vehicles, sirens going off, blue lights flashing, blocked off street intersections all around here. Property next to ‘red house’ on Mississippi may be donated to nonprofit serving Black Portlanders ... Posted Dec 30, 2020 . We have continued publishing articles on workers.org, along with a weekly PDF of what would have been the printed version. They have … A quiet morning, Dec. 10, 2020, at the red house on North Mississippi in Portland, where protesters have been camped out at the home of the Kinneys, a Black and … A RedLined Home & A Fight Against Reverse Redlining In The N. Mississippi Neighborhood Of Portland, Oregon. [16] However, upon receiving the funds from the crowd funding, the family stated they would weigh their options when deciding whether or not to repurchase the house. [48] By the 14th, the amount surpassed $300,000. The mortgage was from Freedom Mortgage Corporation in May 2002. We’re waiting for our marching orders.” Just then a platoon of maybe 30 people marched by, chanting in cadence, carrying poles and shields. Protesters have barricaded a home in North Portland that is known as the "Red House" in an effort to keep a family from being evicted. [25] By December 14, they had been removed and traffic along Mississippi and Albina avenues had been restored. According to a Dec. 14 statement by the Kinney family, Portland’s Mayor Ted Wheeler has had to back down on his threat to use cops to evict the family by force. [54], Following the announcement by the mayor and police chief, activists requested assistance in removing the barriers. [14][23] Protesters sealed off the intersections of North Mississippi Ave and North Albina Ave to the north of the house, as well as the surrounding entrances from North Skidmore Street and North Prescott Street. The real estate investor who snapped up the so-called “Red House on Mississippi” in Portland has offered to sell it back to its former owners — who were evicted — … An activist group that organized an eviction blockade in Portland said Sunday the family who previously owned the so-called Red House, on Mississippi Ave., has … Activists then barricaded the area surrounding the house. [47] Also on the 11th, a GoFundMe fundraising campaign to help the Kinney family repurchase their house surpassed $260,000, approximately the amount the developer paid for it in 2018. After a years-long court battle over the foreclosure, a judge ordered the Kinneys evicted in September 2020. … "[17], “It’s a fight against systemic racism and gentrification that’s been going on for years,” he said, and added: “My family comes from this land and to see it taken without right and by gunpoint… It’s outrageous to me.”[18], Racist real estate and zoning laws kept Portland’s Black residents constrained to the North Mississippi area. [6] William Kinney III used sovereign citizen ideas to argue that the law does not have jurisdiction over the family and their debts. Now, some activists want an autonomous zone in Portland. The previous owners of what is now called the “Red House on Mississippi” were ordered to vacate in September. In its place, the banks — historical redliners — and wealthy real estate developers, aided and abetted by the city’s white politicians, have built an interstate highway, a sports arena, a hospital expansion, along with thousands of new, high-priced houses, condos and apartments. But very quickly the hundreds of defenders regrouped and prevented the deputies, who were backed by the cops, from taking possession of the property and house and removing its contents. [14], On December 11, the Kinney family and city officials reached an agreement, barricades were removed,[15] and reports circulated that the developer might return the house to the Kinneys at cost. Groups of a dozen or so stood watch around wood fires near entrances, armed for self-defense. People have brought in boxes of food and crates of bottled water, firewood, sleeping bags, tents, canvas sheets and more. "It's the same scheme — different word, different day. [34] Predatory lending and the criminal history of the family's son have been cited as reasons for financial difficulties leading to the foreclosure. Joined by supporters, the Kinney family resists eviction. In December 2016 the loan was transferred to another company. [49], Two days later, the Kinney family reached a tentative deal with the City of Portland, which would prevent the eviction as long as barricades would come down in the neighborhood. Urban Housing Development LLC purchased the property in 2018, but the family remained in the house while pursuing lawsuits in state and federal court to keep the home. What was a legitimate issue of eviction of a family has become a nightmare for Portland. %26#8216;Red House on Mississippi Ave.%26#8217. PORTLAND, Ore. — For the first time this week, the developer who bought the home now known as the “Red House on Mississippi” released a statement about the … The attempt to evict the family led to a mobilization of militant support. The protestors occupied the territory and drew the border line in the sand around the Kinney family home. [2][27] In September the family petitioned a judge to be allowed to stay in their home, pointing to Oregon's moratorium on evictions that had been implemented due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [23] However, according to reports by The Oregonian, "it’s not clear if that account was ever set up," and the Kinney family missed 17 payments for over a year. [25] J.J. MacNab, a research fellow at the George Washington University's Program on Extremism, said that their rhetoric was similar to that of Ammon Bundy in his occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Pauline and William Kinney sold the Red House to William Kinney, Jr. and his wife, who is Upper Skagit,[22] in 1995. "[25] He further stated that "nobody should take this as an invitation to do it anywhere else. Recently, police tried to make them leave. Their guests were also arrested. According to a website created by supporters of the Kinney family, the family began receiving bills from the previous mortgage company and from the new one, and so began putting payments into an escrow account instead of paying the bills while the billing issue could be resolved. For many Portlanders, the small red house on North Mississippi Avenue is much more than just a house – it’s a means to fight back. [1][2][3], The Kinneys, a Black and Indigenous family,[4] owned the house, often called the "Red House," for 65 years. 6. [26], William III, who also goes by William X. Nietzche, has frequently spoken out about the situation on social media. I was warmly greeted by defenders, offered free food but asked to not take photos. So, Portland demonstrators have made the Red House the focal point of their larger message and their efforts have helped the GoFundMe accrue over $100k to fight the eviction -- … We are pleased to announce that we have resumed printing and mailing on a monthly basis, for now. They evicted the residents and arrested seven people with a small number of protesters present. In light of more police killings, Black voices must not be silenced. [42] On December 17, KATU reported that protestors were out of the street, but that some were still camped at the house and on a neighboring lot. Another contested eviction situation similar to the so-called "Red House on Mississippi" simmers less than two miles away in North Portland. In the early 2000s, the younger Kinney family mortgaged their home, which had by that time been in their family for 65 years, in order to pay legal fees after their son was found guilty of a felony in which he killed a man and injured the dead man's wife in 2002 while driving on a suspended driver's permit. Print subscriptions will still be extended in consideration of the temporary suspension of printing and the currently more limited print schedule. Now, some activists want an autonomous zone in Portland. Seattle had an autonomous zone that only ended after two murders and a lot of other random violence. Residents also supplied material to build the barricade. [2][7][8][9], In September 2020, Multnomah County Sheriff's Deputies served a court order at the home and evicted the Kinneys. The family who lives in the home lost it to foreclosure two years ago and refused to leave. The family at the center of the Red House protests in Portland own a second home just two miles away.. Since the arrests, more and more fighters have gathered behind the 10-foot-high barricades surrounding the house, where many live round the clock. [45][46], On December 11 district attorney Mike Schmidt praised "the neighbors and community members who have refused to stand by silently" and who spoke out about what was happening, but stated that some neighbors were scared to leave their homes and that "continued violence, property damage, and harm to our community is inexcusable and will be met with aggressive prosecution. KGW News reported Dec. 10 that the developer who bought the Red House is willing to sell it back to the Kinneys at cost. [citation needed], The elder son of the Kinney family, William X Nietzche, described the home as "unceded territory." Neighbors and local residents complained of harassment, vandalism, and personal threats by occupiers, and some emailed the city government asking that the area be cleared. They also positioned guards at the entrances to the barricaded area. In March 2004, they refinanced that loan with Beneficial Oregon Incorporated. It’s a giant, red middle finger to The Man around which the community has found purpose. [7] Multiple communications were made between the Kinney family and lenders during this period which questioned the lenders' jurisdiction, with rhetoric "consistent with the so-called sovereign citizen movement". In an effort to defend the Kinney family from eviction, hundreds of Black Lives Matter, antifa, black bloc, Occupy, Popular Mobilization and other Black youth, people of color, white, queer revolutionaries have established a Red House Autonomous Zone similar to Seattle’s Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone. [32][12][33] The house has become known as the "Red House on Mississippi",[12][33] or simply the "Red House". 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