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Venus Hayes the mother of Quanice Hayes, the 17-year-old killed by Portland Police on Feb. 9, and members of her family, head to the City Council on March 1 to
address Mayor Wheeler and demand transcripts of the grand jury. A new exhibit called ‘Stolen Angels’ by the activist group Don’t Shoot Portland takes aim at police
shootings and the people killed.
A Space to Remember
‘Stolen Angels’ honor lives
lost to police shootings
A downtown art gallery is providing a space to remem-
ber with love, honor and positivity those who have died
after being shot by police.
“Stolen Angeles” is new exhibit sponsored by the activ-
ist group Don’t Shoot Portland that takes aim at the high
number of police shootings and the people killed in those
encounters.
Located at the Williamson and Knight gallery in the
Pearl District at 916 N.W. Flanders St., the exhibit opened
Thursday and runs through Saturday, Aug. 19. This com-
ing Thursday at 1 p.m., there will be a demonstration at the
gallery to mark the one year anniversary of the Gresham
murder of Larnell Bruce, a black man who was run over
by white supremacists outside a local 7-11 store.
“Stolen Angels” is meant to offer a stark contrast from
what’s often found in the media where people killed in
police actions are portrayed as criminal threats that in turn
justify the theft of life, where bodies are systematically de-
humanized. Their families are rarely given a public-fac-
ing opportunity to visually remember their children in a
manner that does not cause further trauma.
“In the era of a Trump administration we must use art to
communicate our humanity. Let us share our history, pain,
and courage,” said organizers of the exhibit.
Don’t Shoot Portland is an organization and commu-
nity action plan led by Portland activist Teressa Raiford
who has fought for social change in Oregon and has solid-
ified the establishment of a grassroots movement for racial
equality, social justice and political accountability.