May 30, 2018
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Greg Phillip Porter (left) in a police mug shot charged with three counts of attempted murder, and the
clothing left behind on a sidewalk (right) in a scene outside of Portland State University on Friday
after three pedestrians were hit in what looked like an intentional act.
Sidewalk Attack
Motorist arraigned for attempted murder
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A driver accused of ramming
three women walking on a side-
walk Friday at Portland State Uni-
versity in downtown Portland, crit-
ically injuring one of them, before
speeding away and getting arrested
within hours of the crash, was due
for arraignment on multiple charges
Tuesday.
Greg Phillip Porter, 61, faces
three counts each of attempted mur-
der, assault, reckless driving and
failure to perform the duties of a
driver.
Witness Christopher Bond said
he was standing on the sidewalk
when he saw the SUV hit at least
two women. He estimated it was
traveling about 45 mph.
Bond said he turned to help, and
the driver “gunned it,” nearly hitting
him.
Kat Caputo was talking to a
friend by the light-rail station when
she heard a commotion and turned
around. She saw two women lying
on the sidewalk and another leaning
against a brick wall. Others were
shouting that a car had jumped the
curb, struck the women and sped
away.
“I’m still kind of in shock. If I
were two minutes later, that would
have been me, or if I had just walked
that normal route, that would have
been me,” Caputo said. “A lot of
people were crying.”
The crash stunned the city on the
Friday before Memorial Day and
the anniversary of a racist attack on
Max light rail last year in which two
men were stabbed to death when
they confronted a passenger who
was spewing hateful comments at
two teenage girls of color.
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Imam Muhammad A. Najieb (at podium) joins other faith based leaders at Augustana Lutheran
Church in northeast Portland Thursday to give an update on a public safety campaign to ban the sale
of assault weapons and large capacity magazines in Oregon.
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Assault weapons ban effort gets July 6 deadline
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Interfaith leaders of the Mea-
sure 43 campaign, an initiative
petition to promote public safety
in Oregon by banning the sale of the Nov. 6 General Election
assault weapons and large capac- ballot.
Rev. W. J. Mark Knutson,
ity magazines, held a press con-
ference Thursday to announce
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the next steps needed to reach