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BLACK
HISTORY
MONTH
The
February 22, 2017
Week in Review
Nursing Assistant Guilty
A
former
nursing as-
sistant
at
Providence
St. Vincent
Medical Cen-
ter will spend
the next 25
years in pris-
on for raping
and sexual-
ly abusing female patients. Ad-
eladilew A. Mekonen pleaded
guilty Friday to 28 charges involv-
ing sexual contact with female pa-
tients. Nine women accused Me-
konen of sex abuse, including two
women aged 87 and 94.
Killed at Insurance Agency
their criticism of the Portland Po-
lice Bureau’s treatment of protest-
ers. In their third statement this
year, the group wrote on Facebook
after a President’s Day protest on
Monday, “Today, Portland Police
Bureau policy led to violence
against peaceful protesters includ-
ing young kids and retired public
employees. It was shameful.”
Missing Boy Found
A missing 2
year old boy
was found safe
in his pajamas
in some black-
berry bushes
Saturday in the
1700 block of
Northeast 67th
Avenue after a
search by local
police and the FBI. His mother re-
ported him missing hours earlier.
The boy, River, was treated at a
hospital for non-life-threatening
injuries and exposure to cold tem-
peratures.
A 32 year old man died from a gun-
shot wound after a shooting Mon-
day at the Golden Key Insurance
Agency on Southeast 82nd between
Foster and Woodstock. Police said it
appears the man was homeless and
threatened the business owner and
his wife over some missing personal
belongings. The shooting happened
Leaked Immigration Proposal
during a confrontation in the park-
Congressman Earl Blumenauer re-
ing lot next door.
leased a statement Friday regarding
a leaked Department of Homeland
Naked Burglary Suspect
Around 10 p.m. on Saturday, police Security proposal to use National
responded to Guard troops for immigration en-
a 911 call of forcement: “What we’ve seen over
a naked man the course of the last weeks are not,
who forced ‘routine, targeted operations,’ as the
his way into Trump regime calls them. These op-
an
apart- erations, and this leaked proposal,
ment in the are the result of trump’s hateful im-
15200 block migration agenda that serves only to
of Northeast instill fear and destroy lives,” he said.
Sandy. A 28 year old woman fought
Arrested on Riot Charge
off the intruder and she and her two
Police arrested one protester, 19
children were able to escape with
year old Zachary Lange, during a
no physical harm. The suspect, 21
Thursday march and rally in down-
year old Miguel Gomez, has been
town Portland to demand justice
charged with burglary, kidnapping
for Quanice Hayes, a black teenag-
and attempted rape.
er killed by police responding to a
robbery and car prowl a few days
ACLU Blasts Portland Police
The American Civil Liberties earlier. Lange faces a riot charge in-
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13 Trump Protesters Arrested
Tensions are running high be-
tween Portland protesters, the
mayor, the Police Bureau and the
American Civil Liberties Union
of Oregon after two “Not My
President” protest marches were
held downtown on Monday, Pres-
ident’s Day.
One permitted protest, spon-
sored by Basic Rights Oregon,
Causa and several labor unions,
took place without incident. A
second unpermitted march orga-
nized by Don’t Shoot Portland,
ended with 13 arrests.
One female protester, a senior
citizen, was left with a bloodied
face and broken nose, after appar-
ently rolling on the ground with
a police officer. In another con-
frontation, documented by citizen
journalist Mike Bivins, a woman
angrily confronts a row of police
officers in riot gear and an officer
fires two rubber bullets into the
woman’s torso at close range.
ACLU Oregon legal director
Mat dos Santos said in a state-
ment released 5 days earlier:
“Portland’s protest policy should
emphasize restraint, de-escala-
tion, and the use of force only
as a last resort to ensure public
health, safety and welfare.”
Police spokesperson Pete
Simpson responded, “We cer-
tainly understand that not every-
one agrees with police presence
or response to protest events.
We encourage people with com-
mendations or complaints about
officer conduct to send them to
the Office of Independent Police
Review.”