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Minority & Small Business Week October 3, 2018 Page 27 Occupy PSU Protest photo by D anny p eterson / t he p ortlanD o bserver Flowers, candles and messages honor the memory of Patrick Kimmons who died in an offi- cer-involved shooting Sunday in downtown Portland. C ontinueD from p age 3 17 times. The school’s Board of Trustees is holding a meeting on Thursday, which will cover a myri- ad of topics according to the meeting agenda on PSU’s website, though the policy to arm campus police. Carlson said the student union plans to jam- pack the meeting with students, communi- ty members, and faculty, to make their cause known. “We’re here to take a stand and show them that we don’t want this,” Carlson said. In the aftermath of the grand jury decision, PSU President Rahmat Shoureshi has stated his commitment to investigating both Wash- ington’s shooting death and the schools’ police armament policy. The Board of Trustees also signaled they’d carefully consider whether to continue the policy. The school’s decision to arm campus officers has been a source of controversy from student groups, faculty, and activists since the Board of Trustees approved the policy in 2014. Wash- ington’s death marked the first officer-involved shooting in the school’s history. Man Killed in Police Response C ontinueD from p age 3 ty on anyone,” Winston said. Community members and activists from Don’t Shoot Portland held a can- dle light vigil for Kimmons near the area where he was shot. Mourners placed flowers, lit candles, and conveyed mes- sages of protest, grief and love for the deceased man, who is survived by three young children and a girlfriend. In the bureau’s statement, police of- fered sympathy to those affected by the shooting. “The Police Bureau is sensitive to the fact a life was lost, and many peo- ple from the Portland community are impacted, including family, community partners, and officers. We will strive to release information as quickly as pos- sible as the investigation unfolds,” the statement read. Mayor Ted Wheeler released a state- ment Monday echoing the pursuit of transparency and offering sympathy to the Kimmons family and those affected by the shooting. “In the coming days and weeks, many will rightly have questions about what happened. These questions are import- ant; the answers are important. There are now multiple active investigations, and I am committed to ensuring accurate infor- mation is disclosed as quickly and com- pletely as possible,” Wheeler said. The two officer involved, Sgt. Gary Britt and Officer Jeffrey Livingston have been put on paid administrative leave during the ongoing investigation, per bu- reau policy, police said. A Multnomah County Grand Jury and internal police review is to follow next, and after both of those are completed, additional information could be released, authorities added. C alendar October 2018 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 1 2 3 4 World Habitat Day Child Health Day Homemade Cookies Day World Vegetarian Day Name Your Car Day International Day of Non-Violence 8 9 Columbus Day Thanksgiving Day in Canada The Great Chicago Fire started (1871) First Two-Way Tele- phone Conversation in 1876 15 16 National Grouch Day Captain Kangaroo Day (Show first aired in 1955) SOS Established in 1906 10 Leif Ericson Day SUNDAY 7 Donald Sobol born, 1924 Sputnik I Launched in 1957 (first space vehicle) National Denim Day World Teacher Day Thomas Edison 1st Motion Picture, 1889 American Library Association Found- ed (1876) American Bandstand premiered in 1957 Rose designated as the U.S. National Flower (1986) 11 12 13 14 Margaret Thatcher born in 1925 First Aerial Photo in US Taken, 1860 Lois Lenski born, 1893 Dwight David Eisen- hower born, 1890 20 21 National Poetry Day (England) Eleanor Roosevelt born, 1884 James Marshall born, 1942 FRIDAY SATURDAY 5 6 Farmer’s Day Dia de la Raza (Mexico) Moldy Cheese Day Dictionary Day Noah Webster born, 1758 World Food Day 17 Black Poetry Day San Francisco Earthquake (1989) 18 19 Mason-Dixon Line Established (1767) Puerto Rico Became U.S. Colony, 1898 Star Spangled Banner First Sung In 1814 Thomas Edison Demonstrated Elec- tric Light, 1879 Sweetest Day Crockett Johnson born, 1906 Guggenheim Muse- um Opens (1959)
