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September 20, 2017
The
Week in Review
Lombard Crash at 15th Avenue Kills 2 People
Two people were killed, including a 12-year-old, and four other were
seriously injured in a catastrophic car crash on Northeast 15th and
Lombard Street Monday night. Police said a car was traveling west on
Lombard at a high speed when it crashed into a pickup truck traveling
the opposite direction.
Protest Legal Observer Claims Police Brutality
The Portland chapter of the National Lawyers Guild says they are “out-
raged” over a Portland police officer who was filmed shoving a volun-
teer legal observer during a September 10 downtown protest and have
filed a tort claim against the city of Portland. The use of force at the
rally, where seven arrests were made, is being reviewed by the Portland
police.
Amazon Hiring 1,000 for North Portland Facility
Protesters in Portland gather to oppose the harsh, anti-immigrant policies of the Trump Administra-
tion during a visit by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. (KGW photo)
Sessions Visit Met With Resistance
Protestors, mayor oppose
his law and order plea
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Portland pushed back against Jeff Sessions who
visited Portland Monday to meet with law enforce-
ment officials to ask them to cooperate with the Trump
Administration to enforce their immigration policies.
Demonstrators from Portland’s Resistance, Milen-
io, Voz Hispana Cambio Comunitario and others were
present at all stages of Sessions’ visit to protest his
anti-immigration policies, criminal justice initiatives,
racism, and the Trump Administration in general.
Mayor Ted Wheeler, who refused to attend the
meeting in protest, sent a letter to Sessions outlying
why he opposed meeting with him and clarifying Ore-
gon’s sanctuary laws.
Oregon state law dating back to 1987 prohibits state
and local police from enforcing federal immigration
law,” Wheeler wrote.
Wheeler also said he opposes the Trump Adminis-
tration’s threats to pull funding from sanctuary cities
and states and condemned the administration’s revo-
cation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
(DACA), which protects child immigrants, known as
“Dreamers,” from being deported.
“Dreamers were brought to the United States as chil-
dren, through no decision of their own. This is the only
country they have ever called home. Dreamers today
are applying their talents to make a positive difference
in our society. We should embrace Dreamers, not reject
them,” Wheeler said.
On Monday, Amazon announced plans to open a fulfillment center in
the Rivergate Industrial area of north Portland, which would create
more than 1,000 fulltime jobs. Troutdale and Salem were previously
announced by the online retailer as future sites of similar warehouses,
where the facility will fill, pack, and ship online orders.
Man Found Shot after Report of Gunfire, Later Dies
Police responded to multiple reports of gunfire about 1:40 a.m. at the
3600 block of Southeast 28th Avenue on Sunday. Wilbert “Billy” But-
ler, 27, was found with multiple gunshot wounds and was rushed to the
hospital, where he died hours later, officials said.
Police Acquittal Sparks Rage
Protests that started peacefully Friday
night in St. Louis over a judge’s decision
to acquit a white former police officer in
the shooting death of a Lamar Smith, a
24-year-old black man, culminated in
more than 80 arrests on Sunday as po-
lice officers chanted “whose streets, our
streets.” A night earlier, demonstrators
blocked highways, damaged property,
and threw rocks at the St. Louis mayor’s house and bricks at police
officers.
Lifesaving Transplant for Gomez
Actress-singer Selena Gomez, who has lupus, re-
vealed Thursday that she got a kidney transplant
from television actress Francia Raisa. Gomez,
who had been in and out of the spotlight over the
summer due to recovering from the procedure,
calls the surgery “what I needed to do for my
overall health.”
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