Oregon city reverses vote, removes convicted murderer from police review board after backlash

Bogdan Hofbauer

After weeks of mounting backlash and public outrage, the Salem City Council  voted to remove Kyle Hedquist — a man convicted of murdering a teenager — from boards advising the Oregon city’s police and fire departments, undoing a controversial reappointment approved just weeks earlier. The council voted 6 to 2 during a special meeting to revoke Hedquist’s appointments to the Community Police Review Board and the Civil Service Commission,  according to the Salem Statesman Journal. The decision