March 6. 2013
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Mayor Talks Safety
after Girl Killed
Follow ing the tragic death of
M organ Cook, a 5-year-old girl
who was struck by a car on South­
east 136th Avenue and Ellis Street
last Thursday, Portland M ayor
Charlie Hales released a statement
offering his condolences to her
fam ily and ad d re ssin g p ublic
safety in the city.
“My heart goes out to the fam ­
ily o f M organ. As a parent, I can
find no words that are sufficient
to describe this horrible occur­
rence,” he said.
Cook was visiting friends nearby
when she ran into the street to go
hom ejust after 7 p.m. Huong Dang
Bacon, 68, was driving southbound
on 136th Avenue when she struck
the child. Investigators believe the
car was traveling at or below the
speed limit and Bacon was not im­
paired by alcohol or drugs.
She stopped and rem ained at
the scene to cooperate with in­
vestigators, according to a police
report. The young girl died enroute
to the hospital.
Hales said his thoughts are also
with the Portland Police officers
who responded to the accident.
“Each o f them has family, too, and
each is affected by such tragedies
in different w ays,” he said.
In less than two m onths since
he has been working as M ayor,
Hales said there have been eight
autom obile-related fatalities in
Portland, four o f which were pe­
destrian deaths.
“Safety throughout the city has
to be our first priority,” Hales said.
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letes;
Law: Judge Ancer Haggerty,
first African Am erican to become
a federal judge in Oregon;
C h ild D e v e lo p m e n t: R on
Herndon, chair o f the National
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Com m unity A ctivism : Joyce
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Jordan brand and created the “B e­
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M usic; Linda H ornbuckle, one
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and gospel singers;
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Bethel, senior pastor at M aranatha
Church and com m unity leader of
police and justice issues at the
A lbina M inisterial Alliance;
Sports: Roy Pittm an, longtim e
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Campaign to End Racial Profiling
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tice policy advocate at the center.
Supported by the Urban League
of Portland, the Albina Ministerial
Alliance, and Basic Rights of Or­
egon, the center is working to pass
Senate Bill 560, legislation that
would prevent police from pulling
over suspects based on a stereo­
type, ensuring that the suspect is
properly identified and the data,
recorded. It would also ensure cul­
tural competency training to a higher
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decree for police officers.
“[Racial profiling] is something I
have experienced throughout my
history living in Portland, Oregon,”
said Price. “It has affected every­
one from elementary school kids to
high school students to grown
adults.”
The public may recall the death of
Keaton Otis, who was shot 23 times
by Portland police in May 2010. A
25-year-old African-American man,
Otis was wearing a hoodie and sus­
pected to be a gang member when
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police pulled him over in his car.
Racial profiling and police vio­
lence is not limited to Oregon. Last
year, the nation called attention to
Florida’s Trayvon Martin, an un­
armed 17-year-old African Ameri­
can shot dead by a resident watch­
man. Martin also was wearing a
hoodie and was mistaken for crimi­
nal behavior when he was just walk­
ing through a neighborhood.
“These types of incidents have
been happening throughout history
and it’s ridiculous,” said Price.
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