Minority & Small Business Week
October 3, 2018
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Occupy PSU Protest
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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.
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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.
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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
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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)
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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
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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)