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July 18, 2018
Homeless Arrests Defended
Benson Sprinter Wins Gold
Congratulations to Benson High School’s Micah Williams (center) who ran the anchor leg to propel
Team USA to its first gold medal in the 4 X 100 meter relay at the IAAF World U20 Championships
Saturday in Tampere, Finland. Williams is also the Oregon Class 6A title holder in the 100 and 200
meter races. (Getty photo for the IAAF)
Portland’s police union pres-
ident is blasting Mayor Ted
Wheeler after he and Police Chief
Danielle Outlaw supported an in-
dependent investigation to look
into why half of all arrests made
by the Portland Police Bureau last
year were of people experiencing
homelessness, though they only
made up three percent of the pop-
ulation.
Daryl Turner, president of
the Portland Police Association,
lamented the current state of the
city and its struggle with home-
lessness in his criticism.
“Our City has become a cess-
pool” Turner said in a press
release on Monday that also
criticized Wheeler for what he
described as throwing police “un-
der the bus” for the mayor’s own
“failed policies” on reducing the
homeless population.
The police chief and may-
The
Week
in
Review
Daryl Turner
or called for an investigation by
Portland’s Independent Police
Review panel this month after the
American Civil Liberties Union
asked her and the mayor to inquire
whether police were profiling peo-
ple who are homeless.
ing used as leverage to maintain
Trump’s pro Russia views, Merk-
ley responded that it is possible.
Obama: Values Under Threat
Former President Barack Obama
on Tuesday took aim at “strong-
Trump Sides with Russia
In an extraordinary embrace of man politics” in his highest-profile
speech since leaving office, urging
a longtime
people around the world to respect
U.S.
ene-
human rights and other values now
my, Presi-
under threat. The impassioned ad-
dent Trump
dress marked the 100th anniversa-
on Monday
ry of anti-apartheid leader Nelson
openly ques-
Mandela’s birth.
tioned his
own intelligence agencies’ finding Hardesty Wins Endorsement
that Russia meddled in the 2016 Former legislator Jo Ann Hardes-
U.S. election to his benefit, seem- ty has won a key endorsement in
ing to accept Russian President her November general election
Putin’s insistence that Moscow’s battle for the Portland City Coun-
hands were clean. 24-hours later, cil against Multnomah County
Trump said he misspoke, but the Commissioner Loretta Smith. The
immediate reaction was viscer- A m e r i c a n
al. “Shameful,” ‘’disgraceful,” Federation of
‘’weak,” were a few of the com- State County
ments.
and Munici-
Merkley says Tape May Exist
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, said
Monday that he believes that the
Russian government may have
“something close” to the long-ru-
mored video of President Trump
engaging in a sexual act with two
prostitutes. When asked if footage
of the alleged act exists and is be-
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