February 14, 2018
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Photo by d anny P eterson
Venus Hayes speaks out for justice in the police shooting death of her 17-year-old son, Quance
Hayes, as she gathered with family and friends at City Hall on Thursday to file a notice of bring a
wrongful death lawsuit against the city, one year after Hayes was killed.
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Family Seeks Justice
d anny P eterson
t he P ortland o bserver
The family of Quanice Hayes
wanted to deliver their intent to
sue the city to Mayor Ted Wheeler
directly, but had to settle for the
mayor’s Chief of Staff Maurice
Henderson.
Surrounded by friends and fam-
ily, Venus Hayes and her brother
Steven Hayes hand-delivered the
lawsuit notice to City Hall on
Thursday, demanding account-
ability for what they believe was
a wrongful death of their 17-year-
old son and nephew.
The mayor had a prior commit-
by
M ETRO
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C ALENDAR
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ment at a previously scheduled
event, according to his representa-
tive, but it did not sit well with the
family. Witnesses reported seeing
Wheeler exit a back door of City
Hall just a half hour before the
family and supporters arrived.
Terrence Hayes, a cousin of Ve-
nus Hayes, criticized the mayor for
his lack of a presence, “I think it’s
offensive… our family put a lot of
trust in Ted. In the beginning, we
were hopeful, he was genuine and
not ‘Ted the politician,’” he told
the Portland Observer.
Quanice Hayes was unarmed
when he was shot while on the
ground following a police chase
after a reported armed robbery
near Northeast 82nd Avenue one
year ago. His family says he was
on his knees and complying with
officer instructions when he was
shot, but the officer said he was
reaching for his waistband. A
replica toy gun was found near-
by.
A grand jury ruled in March that
the shooting was justified, and the
police officer shot Hayes, Andrew
Hearst was cleared of charges. It
marked the second time of him
using justified lethal force during
his career.
Church Hosts Obama Advisor on Faith
O PINION
C LASSIFIEDS
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The community is invited to
join a diverse Portland congre-
gation for an evening with Josh-
ua DuBois, former President
Obama’s faith advisor, as he ad-
dresses “Faith in America Today”
with music from some of Port-
land’s finest jazz musicians.
The event will be held Tues-
day, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. at Augus-
tana Lutheran Church, 2710 NE
14th Ave., on Tuesday, Feb. 20 at
7 p.m.
DuBois is one of our country’s
top voices on community part-
nerships, religion in the public Joshua DuBois
square and issues impacting Afri-
can Americans. He led the White
House Office of Faith-based and
Neighborhood Partnerships under
President Obama and was called
the President’s “Pastor-in-Chief”
by TIME Magazine.
Also attending will be Rev. Kip
Banks, senior pastor of East Wash-
ington Heights Baptist Church
in Washington, D.C. Rev. Banks
currently serves as the Director
for Advocacy for the Progressive
National Convention, which was
founded by the Rev. Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr.