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Page 2 June 27, 2018 Black Shoppers File Lawsuits (AP) — Five lawsuits alleging racial profiling where black shop- pers were approached or detailed on unfounded accusations of theft at businesses in the Portland area have been filed in the last month. In one of the complaints, a pair of high school students describe being followed by the manager of a Sunglass Hut in a Portland mall last February, then being accused of theft. The manager later admitted he had misplaced the item he thought they stole, according to the suit. In another, a man described having a bag grabbed and forcibly searched after leaving a clothing store in downtown Portland. One complaint describes Jamaal Winchester, 38, being stopped and detained by a Walmart employee as he left the store carrying a fish- ing rod. In video, Winchester can be heard loudly objecting to the accusation, and saying that he would show his receipt to the po- lice if they were called. “She told me I stole,” Win- chester can be heard saying, pointing to a store employee. “I’ll show the police my receipt.” Winchester is asking for $55,000 for emotional suffering and attorney fees. A spokesman for Walmart, wouldn’t comment on specifics of the incident, citing the pending litigation, but said that the compa- ny was aware of the lawsuit, was taking it seriously and was doing a review of what took place. Demonstrators encamp on the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building on Southwest Macadam Avenue to protest President Trump’s immigration policies . (KATU photo) Not Backing Down Protestors encamped at ICE building Federal law enforcement offi- cers distributed notices Monday to protesters encamped outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building on Southwest Macadam Avenue or- dering them to vacate the proper- ty, under threat of arrest, even as the protestors called for more to join them. “While demonstrators have a lawful right to assemble and voice their concerns, blocking the build- ing’s driveways or entrances are not permitted under federal law,” U.S. Attorney for Oregon Billy J. Williams said. The notice came a few hours af- Week in Review The ICE Prisoners Supported Hundreds of people gathered for a makeshift Sunday service outside the federal prison in Sheridan in solidarity with 123 men who are being held there after being arrest- ed at the U.S.-Mexico border un- der President Trump’s “zero toler- ance” immigration policy. Some of the prisoners waved back, hold- ing messages to the windows, and flags it appeared they had drawn themselves. Travel Ban Deemed Legal en’t executing them” in response to a post on Facebook trying to raise donations to help immi- grant families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. A spokes- man for the Oregon military de- partment said Gerod Martin, 21, a military police officer from Salem admitted to the post. P ublisher : e ditor : Mark Washington, Sr. Michael Leighton e xecutive d irector : Rakeem Washington A dvertising M AnAger : Office Manager/Classifieds: c reAtive d irector : r ePorter /W eb e ditor : Leonard Latin Lucinda Baldwin Paul Neufeldt Danny Peterson P ublic r elAtions : Mark Washington Jr. o ffice A ssistAnt /s Ales : Shawntell Washington C ontinueD on p age 5 up at the appointed time and sure enough, Lillard appeared and be- gan handing out shoes. After the shoes ran out, he began signing autographs. Fees for Vacation Rentals The Portland City Council last week tacked two new fees on short-term vacation rentals, a $4 a night booking fee, which would go toward housing and homeless initiatives, and an additional 2 percent fee, which would go to- ward tourism marketing. They come in addition to 11.5 percent Annual Naked Bike Ride lodging taxes already collected by The World Naked Bike Ride rolled Airbnb and other platforms on be- through the streets of north and half of the rental operators. northeast Portland Saturday night, starting from Cathedral Park in St. Joe Jackson Battles Cancer Johns. Thousands of folks took off Joe Jackson - father of Michael, their clothes for the 6 mile bike Janet and their famous siblings - is ride to highlight the vulnerability now battling with terminal cancer. of cyclists everywhere and decry The 89-year-old patriarch entered society’s dependence on pollu- the hospital last week in the end stages of cancer and was surround- tion-based transport. ed by his wife Katherine Jackson and other family members. The Supreme Court upheld Pres- ident Trump’s travel ban Tuesday in a 5-4 ruling along partisan lines, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing for the conservative ma- jority. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in a blistering dissent, said the court was wrong to ignore Trump’s charged statements about Mus- lims to ban entry to the U.S. from seven majority Muslim countries. She also compared the opinion to the 1944 court opinion allowing Lillard Tweets Free Shoes the internment of Japanese-Amer- Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard tweeted Mon- icans during World War II. day evening that he had shoes to Guardsman Disciplined give away for Portland kids “If An Oregon Army National you wear a size 12 or 12.5 meet Guardsman is being disciplined me at Irving Park at 8 p.m. shoe for posting “they’re lucky we ar- giveaway.” A U-Haul truck pulled Established 1970 ter federal police officers entered the building in the dead of night to secure government property. “Occupy ICE PDX” organized the protest to respond to the Trump Administration’s recent “zero tolerance” immigration pol- icy which has resulted in the sepa- ration of nearly 2,300 immigrant children from their parents arrest- ed at the U.S.-Mexico border. In another protest downtown, hundreds gathered on the steps Considering Presidential Run U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., says he is considering a 2020 presidential run, confirming spec- ulation that’s been mounting for months. Merkley is riding a po- litical high after his attacks on the Trump administration’s policy of splitting up migrant families en- tering the country illegally. ---------------------- USPS 959 680 ------------------ 4747 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97211 The Portland Observer welcomes freelance submissions. Manuscripts and photographs should be clearly labeled and will be returned if accompanied by a self addressed envelope. All created design display ads become the sole property of the news- paper and cannot be used in other publications or personal usage without the written consent of the general manager, unless the client has purchased the composition of such ad. © 2008 THE PORTLAND OBSERVER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, RE- PRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITHOUT PERMISSION IS PROHIBITED. 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