August 8, 2018
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Outlaw Defends Response
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police would temporarily stop
using in light of multiple report-
ed injuries from them. One shell
reportedly lodged into the helmet
of a protestor and caused brain
trauma.
Outlaw contended that the
crowd-control measures were
taken only after demonstrators
fired their own projectiles, in-
cluding an m-80 explosive.
Others who were present, in-
cluding protestors and some jour-
nalists saw the opposite—flash-
bang grenades thrown by police,
followed by projectiles from pro-
testors. There are two separate
videos on social media that pur-
portedly show police’s first use of
a flash-bang grenade that day, each
from different angles. One was
posted by KATU-TV photojournal-
ist Ric Peavyhouse and another by
Twitter user danielvmedia.
Relief that the protests didn’t
get any more violent, and didn’t
result in more serious injuries or
fatalities, was a point lauded by
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler. He
said police accomplished their
goals of keeping opposing groups
separated protecting lives. He
added that Outlaw authorized an
internal review of police tactics
in response to the protestor’s in-
juries.
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Gateway Discovery Park Opens
Jaheim Adrien, 6, jumps rope in front of Gateway Discovery Park’s signature statue during
the park’s grand opening Saturday at Northeast 106th Avenue and Halsey Street. The new-
est Portland Parks and Recreation site to serve communities in outer east Portland features
a playground with wheelchair accessibility, free games for checkout, a large, grassy play
area, performance plaza, splash fountains, skateboard ramps and more. More information
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The new Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center in Beaverton is
the health provider’s most racially and ethnically diverse clinic.
Diverse Health Center Opens
Preventive health care is the
way of the future, and Virginia
Garcia Memorial Health Center
will celebrate the opening of its
first Wellness Center in Beaverton
with a ribbon cutting on Friday,
Aug. 10 and a community care
festival on Saturday, Aug. 11.
The Beaverton Wellness Center
offers one-stop for kids, families
and individuals needing medical,
dental, pharmacy and mental/be-
havioral health services.
At 36,000 square feet, the cen-
ter is three times the size of the
former Beaverton Clinic located
across the street and represents
Virginia Garcia’s most racially
and ethnically diverse clinic in
their 17-clinic system. The Bea-
verton patients represent more
than 50 different languages.
The community will have a
chance to tour the new clinic on
Saturday from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Providers will be on hand to offer
free vaccinations, dental sealants
for kids 6-15 years of age or sports
physicals for youth. The Lions
Sight & Hearing Foundation will
also be offering free hearing and
vision screenings.
Spots are limited for free ser-
vices so early attendance is en-
couraged. Tualatin Hills Parks
& Recreation will help entertain
the kids and there will be plenty
of local multicultural music and
entertainment all day long for the
whole family.
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