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Death
Settlement
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ly cost taxpayers many millions
more in damages.”
The settlement does not resolve
any factual disputes, and express-
ly does not constitute an admis-
sion of liability on the part of the
city, its police department or any
of the officers. The settlement has
nothing whatsoever to do with the
criminal proceedings, the press
release said.
All six officers are charged
with second-degree assault,
misconduct in office and reck-
less endangerment. Three of
the officers face a manslaughter
charge and a fourth officer fac-
es the most serious charge of all,
second-degree “depraved-heart”
murder. Three of the officers are
black and three are white. Their
attorneys have asked the judge in
the case to move their trials out
of the city. The hearing is set for
Thursday.
NAACP Justice Event Correction
‘Break the Silence, Break the Stigma,’ uses the power of theater to shed light on the shame
and stigmas surrounding mental illness.
Break the Silence, Break the Stigma
Stories meant
to start dialog
toward healing
A new production shedding
light on the shame and stig-
ma surrounding mental illness
comes to Portland next week.
“Break the Silence, Break the
Stigma” uses the power of the-
ater combined with the real life
stores of Oregon residents who
have experienced hard and of-
ten silent adversities.
The show brings together
Portland’s Playback Theater
Troupe in collaboration with
the National Alliance for the
Mentally Ill of Multnomah
County and Cascadia Behav-
ioral Healthcare to bring six
stories of struggle, triumph and
hope to Portland audiences.
The organizations hope that
the impact of sharing personal
stories brings people together,
fosters awareness and connects
people with themes and issues
that we all face but generally
ignore.
“This event creates an op-
portunity to talk about some-
thing that affects 1 out of 4
Americans each year and il-
lustrates the various avenues
that can be taken in the journey
toward recovery,” said Cas-
cadia’s chief executive officer
Derald Walker.
After the powerful perfor-
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mances, the audience will
have an opportunity to talk
with community members and
mental health professionals
and learn more about Oregon’s
Mental Health community.
This one-time only produc-
tion takes place Tuesday, Sept.
15 at 7:30 p.m. at the Artists
Reparatory Theatre, 1515 S.W.
Morrison Ave. Tickets start at
$25 and are available at break-
thesilence.brownpapertickets.
com.
The NAACP Portland Branch and Common Cause Oregon
will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act
with Oregon Gov. Kate Brown during an event “Oregon Jour-
ney for Justice” on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at 6 p.m. at the Billy
Webb Elks Lodge, 6 N. Tillamook St. Proceeds will support
racial justice and open democracy advocacy efforts.
The Portland Observer regrets publishing the wrong day of
the week for the event in last week’s issue.
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