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The
May 16, 2018
of deadly force in an officer in-
volved shooting at the City Minis-
tries homeless shelter in southeast
and most violent day there since Portland last April 7. Police were
pursuing John Andrew Elifritz,
the 2014 Gaza war.
48, on other charges when he sud-
Wanted Man Shot by Deputy
denly entered the building and
An
undercover
Multnomah was killed in a confrontation.
County deputy shot a driver who
backed into his unmarked police School Shooter
vehicle at a Burger King parking Sentence Upheld
lot near Mall 205 Monday after A man who as a teenager killed
officers approached him about an his parents and then went on to
outstanding warrant for attempt- kill two people and wound 26 oth-
ed murder, authorities said. The ers in a 1998 shooting at Thurston
injured man, Vzasile Manta, 36, High School in Springfield lost an
was taken to a hospital in critical appeal Thursday seeking to reduce
his 111-year sentence. The Ore-
condition.
gon Supreme Court ruled that Kip
No Charges in Police Shooting Kinkel’s sentence was not cruel
A Multnomah County grand jury and unusual punishment despite
determined last week that police a law that shields minors in many
officers were justified in the use cases from life sentences.
in
Week Review
Embassy Protesters Killed
More than 60 people, including
eight children, were killed by
the Israeli military in Palestin-
ian protests that erupted Monday
along the Gaza border as the U.S.
opened its new embassy in Jeru-
salem more than 50 miles away,
Palestinian authorities said. The
deaths along with injuries to over
2,400 people made it the deadliest
2nd Vote for a Union
Sunshine Dairy Site Closing
Sunshine Dairy in northeast Port-
land, known for its big, spinning
milk carton on the roof outside,
filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
last week and said it will close the
historic 21st Avenue facility. The
company will continue to operate
a separate location on Northeast
Halsey with some of Sunshine’s
100 employees remaining with the
company and some joining com-
petitor Alpenrose, officials said.
Workers at a second Burgerville
restaurant, this one at 191st and
Southeast McLoughlin Boulevard,
voted in favor of forming a union
by secret ballot during a weekend
election overseen by the Nation-
al Labor Relations Board. Last
month, workers at another Burger-
ville, at 3504 S.E. 92nd Ave., were
the first to vote to unionize.
Hotelier Named Ambassador
President Donald Trump Friday
formally nominated Portland ho-
telier Gordon Sondland to serve
as the U.S. ambassador to the Eu-
ropean Union. Sondland manages
10 hotels in Portland including the
Heathman, Sentinel, Lucia and
deLuxe. He donated $1 million to
the Trump inaugural committee in
November 2016.
photo by
t iffani p enSon
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Portland Police Chief Danielle Outlaw and Portland Observer Publisher Mark Washington
meet at Friday’s Portland City Forum. Washington was Mayor Ted Wheeler’s “We are Better
Together” guest and Outlaw was the forum speaker, sharing her experience and reflections
as a young officer rising through the ranks of the Oakland Police Department, her brief
tenure in Portland as the first African American female chief, and her plans to make a
difference in our community.
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