Police hit Portland man with car, deployed police dog, pepper spray during arrest

Public SafetyPublished: Aug. 26, 2026, 3:10 p.m.Joshua Kuras was arrested Aug. 12 after barricading himself in a basement.Portland Police Bureau body-camera footageBy Isabel Funk | The Oregonian/OregonLivePolice officers hit a suspect with a car at 3-5 mph, used pepper spray and deployed a police dog during the shelter in place in Northwest Portland earlier this month, police said.On Aug. 12, police were following up on reports that a man had slashed a city vehicle’s tire after approaching the city employee with a knife. Officers spotted the suspect, later identified as 33-year-old Joshua Kuras, holding a knife on Northwest 16th Avenue between Overton Street and Pettygrove Street and told him he was under arrest, but he ran, police said. The officers gave chase, following Kuras around Nort