December 7, 2016
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INSIDE
The
Week in Review
O PINION
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Activists from Portland’s Resistance, Micah Rhodes (from left), Kathryn Stevens and Gregory McKel-
vey hold a news conference after charges they faced from a Nov. 21 protest were dropped.
Police Conduct Probe
Activists’ arrests called retaliatory
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Mayor Charlie Hales has asked
Portland’s Independent Police
Review Board to open an inves-
tigation to determine if excessive
use of force was used in a police
response to a student protest on
Nov. 21 that led to the arrest of
three adult activist leaders.
Hales made the request after
Gregory McKelvey, one of the
leaders of Portland’s Resistance,
shared an on-line video last week
showing police using physical
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
force to subdue another Resis-
tance leader, Kathryn Steven.
Portland ACLU Legal Director
Mat dos Santos wrote to Hales,
cautioning that the city and police
were using tactics which silence
First Amendment rights and were
making retaliatory arrests of well-
known political organizers.
Hales said he expected the inde-
pendent review process to be “thor-
ough, accurate and responsive,”
and pledged proper discipline if
there were finding of wrongdoing.
Cameron Whitten, executive
director of Know Your City, step-
ping back into activism as a citizen
journalist, described the arrests of
McKelvey, Rhodes and Stevens as
being “…violently ambushed by
Portland Police Bureau while they
were supporting Portland youth in
a peaceful downtown march.”
The activist leaders previously
denied police reports they were
actively encouraging and direct-
ing student protesters to counter
lawful police orders.
Bikes and Helmets for 400 Kids
M ETRO
C LASSIFIEDS
C ALENDAR
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The 21st annual Community Cy-
cling Center Holiday Bike Drive at
Legacy Emanuel Medical Center gave
400 children their first bicycles and
helmets.
“We believe that every child de-
serves to experience the joy, freedom
and health benefits that bicycles can
bring,” said Community Cycling Cen-
ter CEO Mychal Tetteh. “While the
challenges facing marginalized com-
munities are starker than ever, our or-
ganization has never been better posi-
tioned to work with our communities
to build solutions.”
Volunteers were also on hand during
Sunday’s charity event to help the kids
with bicycle safety lessons.
Photo by M ark W ashington J r ./t he P ortland o bserver
A first bicycle is a dream come true for a young boy at Sun-
day’s annual Community Cycling Center Holiday Bike Drive at
Legacy Emanuel Medical Center.