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An Unusual Ally
Police leader
defends protests
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Civil rights advocates don’t
often count on police as allies in
their efforts to bring about social
and political change. But the con-
troversy over the silent protests by
NFL players during the playing of
the Nation Anthem at NFL games
has the leader of Portland’s police
union siding with the players.
Daryl Turner, a black member
of the Portland Police Bureau and
a representative for the associa-
tion representing officers in col-
lective bargaining, is speaking out
to defend the right to protest, both
as citizens and employees of the
NFL, not necessarily in support of
the content of their demonstrations.
Turner also is the current Pres-
ident of the United Coalition of
Public Safety, a group comprised
of nine major law enforcement
associations across the country,
including Portland Police Associa-
tion, Seattle Police Officers Guild,
and San Francisco Police Officers
Association.
Turner says the reactions he’s
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Daryl Turner, a long time member of the Portland Police
Bureau, speaks out to defend protests.
gotten from other police officers
in Portland about his stance have
been mostly positive.
“I think mostly our members un-
derstand that the best way to dispel
false narratives is to sit down and
have a conversation,” Turner said.
Turner has reached out to mem-
bers of the NFL including the play-
ers association and the owners and
is waiting on a response back from
them to organize a round table dis-
cussion.
He said players should have the
right to protest both as citizens and
employees of the NFL. A former
member of the military, he stressed
that it’s his job to protect the rights
of others, including the right to free
speech.
“Our First Amendment rights
are fundamental to who we are as
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Two men who police say are suspects in a rash of racist graffiti
across multiple elementary schools in the David Douglas School
District are seen from a security camera at Menlo Park Elementa-
ry, one of the schools vandalized.
Angered by Racist Graffiti
Advocate looks
to long term
solutions
The executive director of Unite
Oregon, a statewide social justice
organization, and a recent can-
didate for the state Legislature,
Jama told the Portland Observer
that Oregon needs long term and
specific solutions to fix systemic
by d anny P eTerSon
racism in order to prevent crimes
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Kayse Jama was angry when like this in the future.
“Education and dialogue are
he found out his child’s school in
northeast Portland was smeared really important. But I think we
have to look beyond dialogue and
with racist graffiti.
having a conversation,” he said.
“We have to really deal with the
racism, systematically. That in-
cludes really making sure our
students are culturally competent
first. They also have the policy
and procedures that protect peo-
ple.”
A total of four elementary
schools in the east Portland Da-
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