August 8, 2018
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Portland police keep Patriot Prayer affiliates separate from antifa protesters during a rally in Portland,
Saturday. (AP photo)
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ENTERTAINMENT
Outlaw Defends Response
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Crowd control
tactics will be
reviewed
Portland Police Chief Danielle
Outlaw is defending the crowd
control tactics police used for
dueling demonstrations that hap-
pened Saturday and resulted in
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M ETRO
multiple reported hospitalizations,
including chemical burns, lacera-
tions, and a reported brain injury.
The injuries were sustained
from crowd-control munitions
fired by police, according to mul-
tiple news outlets and from activ-
ists on social media. Four arrests
were made.
The right-wing Patriot Prayer
held its rally Saturday morning at
Tom McCall Waterfront Park in
downtown Portland while count-
er-protestors, including from an-
ti-fascist group antifa, assembled
in the same general area.
Police received criticism for
their use of crowd control tactics,
including the use of flash-bang
projectiles, which Outlaw said
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Smith, Hardesty to Face Off
Race Talks will sponsor first candidates forum
O PINION
C LASSIFIEDS
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F OOD
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The first public forum featuring
two candidates running for a Port-
land City Council seat that is poised
to become the first one held by
African-American female in Port-
land’s history will be held Tuesday,
Aug. 14 at 7 p.m. at McMenamins
Crystal Ballroom, downtown and
sponsored by Portland’s public fo-
rum series Race Talks.
Jo Ann Hardesty, a long time
civil rights activist and former
state representative, and Mult-
nomah County Commissioner
Loretta Smith, advanced from
the May Primary to compete in
the upcoming November General
Election for the elected position.
The forum will be joined by
moderator Tricia Tillman, the for-
mer director of the Multnomah
County Department of Health.
Admission is free and the event
will be open to all ages.
Jo Ann Hardesty
Loretta Smith
As part of the series Race
Talks: Opportunities for Dialogue
produced by Donna Maxey, which
supports interracial and cross-cul-
tural communication, the forum
will feature an opportunity for
audiences to hear from the candi-
dates and then have the opportuni-
ty to ask questions.
The event had a venue change
from McMenamins Kennedy
School in northeast Portland to
McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
on 1332 W. Burnside Street. More
information can be found crystal-
ballroompdx.com.