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June 13, 2018
Racial Slur Hurled
An African American woman who
was on the receiving end of ra-
cial slurs when she paid her food
cart bill with quarters last week
was struggling to accept what
happened to her. Carlotta Wash-
ington says she forgives the own-
er of Small Pharoah’s Egyptian
and New Yorker Food who was
charged with harassment but is
still shaken up by the downtown
Portland encounter.
Hayes Family Seeks Justice
The family of Quanice Hayes, an
unarmed black teenager fatally
shot last year by Portland Police,
has credited a crowdfunding cam-
paign for giving them the resourc-
es they need to seek justice. The
family last week filed a federal
civil rights lawsuit against the city
of Portland and Officer Andrew
Hearst in connection with the Feb.
9, 2017 death.
The
Week
in
Review
in which he threatened trade tar-
iffs against Canada and criticized
trade agreements with the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Grand Jury
Documents Released
Grand jury transcripts of an of-
ficer-involved shooting case at
a homeless shelter released by
Multnomah County District At-
torney Monday reveal that the
suspect had methamphetamine
in his system when he was killed
and that he had held a knife to a
bystander’s neck before entering
the shelter. John Elifritz, 48, was
fatally shot 17 times by police af-
ter entering southeast Portland’s
Cityteam Shelter in April, wield-
ing a knife.
Feminist Bookstore Closing
In Other Words, the Portland fem-
inist bookstore and community
center on Northeast Killingsworth
Street, announced last week that it
will close at the end of the month
citing increased expenses and the
lack of funds, volunteers, and board
members, along with an inability to
make the space more reflective of
contemporary feminism and dis-
Diagnosed with Brain Cancer tanced away from “white, cis femi-
Oregon Secretary nism (read: white supremacy)”.
of State Dennis
Richardson
has
been
diagnosed
with brain cancer
and is undergoing
treatment for the
disease, he an-
nounced last week. Richardson,
68, said that “a small cancerous
brain tumor” was found in May Immigration Bill
and that he is “optimistic” about U.S. Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Ca-
lif, and 31 one of her colleagues
its treatment.
introduced a bill Friday to keep
Trump Meets
the Trump Administration’s De-
With North Korea
partment of Homeland Security
President Donald Trump met with from separating children from
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un their parents at the border. The
in Singapore to declare a nuclear move comes days after U.S. Sen.
disarmament agreement Tuesday. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore, who is back-
The meeting comes days after ing the bill, was denied entry to
Trump’s meeting with American a detention center for immigrant
allies at a G7 summit in Canada children in Brownsville, Texas.
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