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The
HEALTHCAREERS
Week in Review
School last week saying “build a wall” in support
of Donald Trump’s plans for immigration reform
prompted a massive walk out demonstration from
the student body which is about half Latino. The
uproar spread to Portland where a march and pro-
test occurred downtown on Monday.
Freddie Gray Oficer Cleared of Charges
Edward Nero, one of six oficers involved in the
arrest of Freddie Gray in Baltimore last year, was
acquitted Monday of charges including assault,
Voting Against LGBT Protections
reckless endangerment and misconduct. An Afri-
U.S. Rep. Greg Walden of Oregon was part of a small can American, Gray died from complications from
group of Republicans in Congress that changed their a broken neck he sustained in police custody.
votes last week to defeat an amendment that that
would have protected members of the LGBT com- Gresham Oficer Involved Shooting
Gresham police said they fatally shot a 22-year-
munity against discrimination in the workplace.
old man in an early morning encounter Tuesday
Governor Takes Shot at Bullseye Glass
near Southeast 189th Avenue and Grant Street. It
Gov. Kate Brown targeted Bullseye Glass of south-
happened during an “active domestic violence sit-
east Portland Thursday with demands they suspend
uation,” police said.
all usage of air pollutants in their manufacturing after
Bomb Scare at Irvington; Other Schools
a local daycare tested lead levels four times higher
than they should be in a 24 hour timeframe. Bullseye Irvington School in northeast Portland, along with
three southwest Washington schools were evacuate
released a statement prior Brown’s directive saying
Monday after being hit with phone calls of false
they’re working on installing iltration systems.
threats. At Irvington, deputies allowed students to
School Banner Sparks Massive Rally
return to class after a sweep of facilities found no
A banner temporarily hung inside Forest Grove High explosive evidence.
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May 25, 2016
Police Chief Investigated
Portland Police Chief Larry
O’Dea accidentally shot a friend
last month during a hunting trip
in eastern Oregon’s Harney Coun-
ty, but news of the shooting only
reached the public Friday when
the incident was disclosed by the
Willamette Week.
In addition, the chief may have
misled a Harney County sheriff’s
deputy about the April 21 inci-
dent, according to Harney County
Sheriff Dave Ward. He said O’Dea
and some of his companions at the
scene steered the investigating
deputy into believing the shooting
was a “self-inlected” accident.
Ward said the deputy didn’t
learn O’Dea was involved until he
was able to interview the wound-
Larry O’Dea
ed man a week ago on May 16.
At that point, Oregon State Police
was called to help investigate.
By Tuesday, the chief was placed
on administrative leave by Mayor
Hales pending the outcome of inter-
nal and external investigations.
School Board Turmoil Exposed
Julie Esparza Brown, the irst
Latina to serve on the Portland
School Board, exposed a rift on
the seven member panel last week
following a heated budget meet-
ing.
Brown spoke up in a public
session about the unfairness she’s
experienced in her irst year in the
position saying the behavior of
other board members led to her
marginalization.
“I don’t feel like I have a Julie Esparza Brown
safe space in which to share my
views.... If the leadership of the of color that they are valued,”
board treats brown people and Brown said.
brown women with an education
Her speech garnered a stand-
[this way], then what chance does
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it have to communicate to students