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June 10, 2015
Week in Review
Pool Party Cop Resigns Tuesday
A weekend video of a Texas police officer pulling
a gun on teenagers and kneeling on a 14-year-old
black teen girl in a bikini during a dispute at a pool
party led to the officer resigning his position on
Tuesday. A crowd of protesters marched Monday
night in the McKinney, Texas neighborhood to show
outrage over the heavy-handed police enforcement.
Officer Indicted for Murder
A grand jury indicted former North Charleston, S.C.
police officer Michael Slager on a murder charge
Monday in connection to the April shooting and
killing of Walter Scott, an unarmed black motorist
who was shot several times in the back as he ran
away from a traffic stop. The death sparked outrage
when cell phone video from a bystander went viral
online.
Freed Man Commits Suicide
A 22-year-old man who won his
release after being wrongly im-
prisoned for three years without
any charges being filed against
him committed suicide on Satur-
day. Kalief Browder was 16 years
old when he was arrested for al-
legedly stealing a backpack in
New York. His case made national
headlines after he was profiled in the New Yorker.
Victim Shot Himself
A juvenile male accidentally shot himself in the leg at
the McDonalds restaurant on Southeast Powell Bou-
levard Sunday, police said. Authorities determined
the gunfire was self inflected and pointed to the dan-
ger of youth improperly handling firearms. Police
removed the young man’s gun and said changes may
follow an investigation.
Hastert Pleads Not Guilty
Embattled former Speaker of the
House Dennis Hastert pleaded
not guilty Tuesday to charges of
bank fraud and lying to the FBI.
The alleged wrongdoing involves
the sexual abuse of a male student
while the former Republican lead-
er was serving as a high school teacher and wrestling
coach decades ago.
Wells Fargo Presents the
2015 Good in the Hood
Music and Food Festival
Saturday June 27th, at 11 AM, starting at King School
Shooter Charged
in Gresham Murder
A suspected gang-related shoot-
ing at a Gresham gas station last
October that resulted in the death
of a 25-year-old Portland man has
been solved, according to Gresh-
am police.
A.D. Bailey III, 19, was recent-
ly arrested at his parent’s home
in Vancouver and faces an indict-
ment in Multnomah County for
murder in the death of John Low-
rey Jr., authorities said.
Lowrey was a former Roosevelt
student, lovable family member,
and father of 9 children between
the ages of 12 and two-months
who never was in jail and went to
church, his mother was quoted as John Lowry Jr. died in a suspect-
saying on KOIN Channel 6.
ed gang-related shooting.
Answers Sought in Violent Death
Police are seeking the public’s
help in a downtown assault that
led to the death of a 54-year-old
Portland man.
Marvin L. Holiday was at-
tacked Thursday night near
Northwest Flanders and Sixth
Avenue in the Old Town district,
police said. Officers responded to
the assault around 10:20 p.m., but
believe the attack happened earli-
er around 8 p.m. in the same area.
He was wearing a black Nike
sweatshirt, dark jeans, and black
boots. An autopsy was complet-
ed and police are still investigat-
ing what may have caused his
death. He died Saturday after
being hospitalized for critical
injuries.
Detectives think that someone
in the community might have
more information on the case and
are asking for the public’s help. If
you or someone you know has in-
formation on what may have hap-
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Marvin L. Holiday
pened to Marvin Holiday, you’re
urged to contact Detective Mark
Sponhauer at 503-823-0416 or
email him at Mark.Sponhauer@
PortlandOregon.gov.
Detective
Kristina Coffey is also taking in-
formation on this case and can
be reached at 503-823-0696 or at
Kristina.Coffey@PortlandOre-
gon.gov.
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