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George Weatheroy and Ruben Nunez, representing security services for Portland Public Schools, and
Sgt. Hank Hays of the Portland Police Bureau’s Youth Services Division, were among a contingency of
officers who went to King School Friday to investigate reports of racist intimidation, but nothing was
found. It came two days after the multicultural Good in the Hood festival received death threats.
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Still, Penney emphasized, they
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“I’ve lived here all my life, and
northeast Portland is my home,”
Penney told the Portland Observ-
er. He lamented over an increased
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sense of racism in the city in light
of the recent racist incident on
public transit that saw two men
murdered.
“The last two weeks or so has
just been hectic with hate crimes
and the incident on the MAX,” he
said.
Two days after Good in the
Hood received the threats, rumors
began spreading at King Elemen-
tary, located next door to NECN
offices, that King students were
being targeted with racist letters
and graffiti. Officers from the
Portland Police Bureau’s Youth
Services Division and other offi-
cers responded to investigate but
nothing was found.
The school disruption caused
the cancelation of an end of the
year school carnival, but fortu-
nately, the King’s Parent-Teacher
Association set up a fundraising
page and by Monday over 180
people donated over $6,000 to re-
schedule the carnival.
Members of the community
welcomed the news that security
will be increased at Good of the
Hood, but others said it was ulti-
mately up to everyone to look out
for each other.
“We know the same mentality
that burned and shot up churches
is still alive. But the
Good in the Hood will happen,
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people will get together with their
friends, neighbors and family and
celebrate neighborhood life,” said
Nabeeh Mustafa, a local black ac-
tivist who volunteers for an orga-
nization helping ex-convicts em-
brace life.
Penney is optimistic for a good
turnout. Organizers are expecting
20,000 people to attend Good in
the Hood.
“I’ve had an outpouring of sup-
port through social media, through
phone calls, my email is overflow-
ing,” he said.
Over 15 bands are scheduled to
play over the three days of cele-
bration. A market place will offer
handmade goods from a range of
ethnic backgrounds and a diverse
group of entrepreneurs will have
the opportunity to make their
businesses more visible. Good in
the Hood also has one of the larg-
est kid’s event areas of Portland
summer festivals with OMSI and
Emanuel Randall Children’s Hos-
pital hosting spaces. The local hip
hop radio station WE 96.3 FM
will host a new 3 on 3 basketball
tournament.
The annual Good in the Hood
Parade is held Saturday, June 24 at
11 a.m. starting from King School
Park and following Martin Lu-
ther King Jr. Boulevard to Russell
Street and west to the festival site
at Lillis-Albina Park.
For a complete Good in the
Hood lineup, visit goodnthehood.
org.
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