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2017 Washington Classic ‘City of Roses’ Volume XLVI • Number 23 Fighting Racism 10 youth teams participate in annual tournament Advocates say political climate has emboldened hate See photos, Page 9 See Metro, page 11 www.portlandobserver.com Wednesday • June 7, 2017 Established in 1970 Committed to Cultural Diversity Photo by C hrista M C i ntyre /t he P ortland o bserver Rev. Jesse Jackson visits with local government officials and church leaders to help a city heal after a double murder on public transit committed by a man making racist and anti-Muslim taunts. Multnomah County Commissioner Loretta Smith (left) brought the national leader to northeast Portland’s Augustana Lutheran Church on Friday where she and church pastor Rev. Mark Knutson (right) introduced him. Healing from the Trauma Rev. Jesse Jackson offers a path forward after transit murders C hrista M C i ntyre t he P ortland o bserver Rev. Jesse Jackson, the national civil rights leader, former presidential candi- date and friend and political ally to the late Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. says by Portland can reject a brand of violence in the aftermath of a double murder on public transit tied to a racist incident and instead send a powerful and multicultural message of peace and unity to the world. Jackson came to Portland on Friday to help the city heal from the May 26 at- tack on a TriMet light rail train near the Hollywood Transit Station. It happened after three male passengers were stabbed coming to the aid of two teenage girls of multicultural backgrounds, one wearing a hijab, who were being harassed by a white man making racist and anti-Muslim taunts. Jackson spoke Friday at Augustana C ontinued on P age 4