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Page 2 September 16, 2015 Week in Review The Seattle School Strike Ends A YouTube video shows a Portland Police officer asking a man not to film officers outside the North Precinct earlier this summer. The photographer was arrested last fall for filming police during a Ferguson solidarity rally and protest, downtown. Police Filmer Files Federal Lawsuit Man was arrested during Ferguson rally A man who films the police has filed a federal lawsuit against the Portland Police Bureau and the city alleging that he was unfairly arrested for filming officers during a protest last fall at a Ferguson sol- idarity rally. Robert Lee West, a Portland ac- tivist known for filming police and running filmthepolice911.com, ar- gues that Portland police violated his First Amendment rights pro- tecting the freedom of the press and freedom of assembly, assault- ed him through the use of a flash bang grenade thrown in his direc- tion, and falsely arrested him for disorderly conduct and deprived him of water upon his arrest. The demonstration occurred last November when a grand jury decided not to indict Officer Dar- ren Wilson in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen in Fergu- son, Mo. West claims his camera was fo- cused on police actions, and while doing so, officers threw the “flash bang” grenade within inches of him, dispersing a large crowd. West was then arrested along with other protesters and accused of disorderly conduct, but had the charges dismissed in December. When he was arrested, West alleges that he informed officers Established 1970 P ublisher : Mark Washington, Sr. E ditor : Michael Leighton E xecutive D irector : Rakeem Washington A dvertising M anager : Leonard Latin Office Manager/Classifieds: Lucinda Baldwin C reative D irector : Paul Neufeldt R eporter /P hotographer : Olivia Olivia of pre-existing health problems and requested water as he felt light-headed and had a headache. When he was taken to the East Precinct, West claims he suffered dizziness and an elevated pulse and blood pressure. After two hours in custody, police gave West a citation, after which he was transport- ed by ambulance and received medical care at Legacy Eman- uel Medical Center. The suit reports that West was then di- agnosed with hypertension, de- hydration, and dizziness. West wants the city of Portland to cover his $4,823 in medical bills and $5,178 in non-eco- nomic damages for his pain and emotional suffering. not made a report. Murder Trial Begins The aggravated murder trial of Joda Cain, 19, charged with kill- ing his great-grandmother Jac- queline Bell in her Cedar Hills home, began Tuesday. Bell was 71 when she was found bludgeoned to death on her bedroom floor in early October 2013. Cain’s trial, which is taking place in Washing- ton County, is expected to last at least two weeks. Striking teach- ers and the Seattle public school dis- trict reached a tentative agreement on Tuesday to end a nearly week-long walkout Hillsboro Shooting that has idled the city’s 53,000 Officials have identified the vic- students, both sides in the labor tim of a fatal shooting that took place early Sunday in Hillsboro as dispute said. Alonzo S. Gregg, 34. Gregg was Rape Kits to be Tested found dead shorting after 2:20 On Thursday the Portland Police a.m. Sunday morning in front of a Bureau won $2 million in grant strip mall that uses the same park- funding to go through a backlog of ing as the Hillsboro police station. nearly 2,000 rape kits going back No arrests have been made. as far as 1985. The monies would also pay for investigative follow-up Drowning in Willamette costs. Rape kits are important in A body found floating in the Wil- collecting evidence and prosecuting lamette River Sunday has been rape cases and ensuring repeated identified as Nathaniel Torion, 32, of Portland. Torion had been re- sex offenders are tracked. ported missing and was last seen Man Jailed in Exposure Case Sept. 1. Officials say the circum- Authorities arrested a 29-year-old stances of the drowning have not man Monday after two reported been determined. incidents of a West Side Power Outage male who rode A downed power line cut elec- his bicycle up to tricity to over 3,300 Portland res- young girls and idents early Monday morning. exposed himself By 11 a.m., workers helped bring in the Kenton back electricity to over half of the Neighborhood of north Portland. Authorities said affected customers, including Wil- Eric Garcia, matched the descrip- son High School, which was able tion of the suspect. Officers be- to power through classes with use lieve there might be at least one of back-up generators. Most power more victim in the area who has was restored by the end of the day. ---------------------- USPS 959 680 ------------------ 4747 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97211 The Portland Observer welcomes freelance submissions. 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