(CRIME)
Old Town Attack
PORTLAND POLICE RESPONDED TO
THE REPORT OF A DISTURBANCE AT
NORTHWEST 2ND AVENUE AND
BURNSIDE STREET JUNE 26. OFFICERS
CONTACTED A 50-YEAR-OLD MALE
WHO COMPLAINED THAT HE WAS
PEPPER-SPRAYED BY TWO PEOPLE.
BUT WHEN THE ALLEGED SPRAY-
ERS APPROACHED, THE MAN RAN
FROM POLICE. TWO TRANSGENDER
FEMALES TOLD POLICE THAT THE
MAN BEGAN YELLING ANTI-GAY
SLURS AND PROFANITY AT THEM,
THEN PULLED OFF HIS BELT AND
STARTED SWINGING A LARGE METAL
BUCKLE AT THEM. THE 50-YEAR-OLD
MAN WAS BOOKED INTO THE MULT-
NOMAH COUNTY JAIL ON CHARGES
OF ASSAULT IN THE FOURTH DEGREE
AND INTIMIDATION IN THE FIRST
DEGREE.
A new Public Polling Policy (PPP) sur-
vey of 686 Oregon voters, conducted
just after Portland Pride celebrations
in June, resulted with 46 percent of
respondents supporting the legaliza-
tion of gay nuptials, while 45 percent
remain opposed.
A majority (74%) of voters in Oregon
support legal recognition of gay
unions with either marriage (44%) or
civil unions (30%). Twenty-three per-
cent say there should be no legal rec-
ognition of same sex couples.
publicpolicypolling.com
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