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Page 2 State Farm R Michael E Harper Agent Providing Insurance and Financial Services Home Office, Bloomingon, Illinois 61710 We are located at: 9713 S.W. Capitol, Portland, OR 503-221-3050 • Fax 503-227-8757 michael.harper.cuik@statefarm.com Established 1970 USPS 959 680 4747 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97211 CALL 503-288-0033 • FAX 503-288-0015 P ublisher : e ditor : Mark Washington, Sr. Michael Leighton A dvertising M AnAger : Office Manager/Classifieds: PO QR code C reAtive d ireCtor : r ePorter /W eb e ditor : Leonard Latin Lucinda Baldwin Paul Neufeldt VETERAN’S DAY Special Edition November 7, 2018 The Falling Short of Diversity Goals Threatening Post Investigated A threat against a Muslim ad- vocacy organization posted on Facebook by a member of the Vancouver-based right-wing group Patriot Prayer will be inves- tigated, Portland police reported Monday. User Sean Fries posted a now-deleted comment to the page of the Oregon chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations, who alerted authorities Saturday, which read “Can’t we just go burn down all the offices CAIR has?” Council Support for Light Rail A 12-mile light rail link pro- posed to mostly follow the center of Southwest Barbur Boulevard from downtown to Tigard and Bridgeport Village gained united support Thursday from Portland The Portland Observer welcomes freelance submissions. Man- uscripts and photographs should be clearly labeled and will be returned if accompanied by a self addressed envelope. All creat- ed design display ads become the sole property of the newspa- per and cannot be used in other publications or personal usage without the written consent of the general manager, unless the client has purchased the composition of such ad. © 2008 THE PORTLAND OBSERVER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, RE- PRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITHOUT PER- MISSION IS PROHIBITED. The Portland Observer--Oregon’s Oldest Multicultural Publication--is a member of the National Newspaper Association--Founded in 1885, and The National Advertising Representative Amalgamated Publishers, Inc, New York, NY, and The West Coast Black Pub- lishers Association. Danny Peterson P ubliC r elAtions : Mark Washington Jr. o ffiCe A ssistAnt /s Ales : Shawntell Washington news@portlandobserver.com • ads@portlandobserver.comn • subscription@portlandobserver.com Postmaster: Send address changes to Portland Observer , PO Box 3137 , Portland, OR 97208 Week in Review City Council. The TriMet project, estimated to be $2.6 billion to $2.9 billion, is poised to be signature project for a 2020 regional trans- portation bond. DNA Links Man to Sexual Assault A 67-year-old man who as- saulted a female stranger more than two de- cades ago awaits sentencing on rape and sodomy charges after DNA from a sexual assault kit was finally tested and it linked him to the crime. Jihad El- deen Moore was found guilty last week after a three day trial of at- tacking the woman in Tom McCall Waterfront Park in 1996. Woodlawn Employees Sue Two employees tasked to help special needs students from Wood- lawn Elementary in northeast Portland are suing Portland Public Schools for $900,000, saying the district did not assist them after pleas that violent students attacked them multiple times. A school dis- trict spokesperson said Friday they were in the fact-gathering phase to assess the complaint. A new report from Portland’s In- dependent Police Review finds Portland police are struggling to meet their diversity hiring goals and fail to account for how minori- ty candidates navigate through the hiring process. While the city is 77 percent white, according to the lat- est U.S. Census data, 83 percent of the police bureau’s employees are white and every other non-white demographic is underrepresented. Charged with Bias Crime A uniformed se- curity guard who confronted sev- eral people on a public boat dock near Southwest Harbor Way with racial slurs and physical violence was arrest- ed Thursday on assault and bias crimes charges. Nathan Scates, 37, is accused of intimidation and unlawful use of a stun gun, tear gas or mace and for hitting a fe- male with a baton. Fugitive Fatally Shoots Self Authorities said a federal fugitive fatally shot himself as agents in- filtrated a Portland home to arrest him in the 3200 block of South- east 174th Avenue around 7 p.m. Saturday. The man was taken to a local hospital and later died. He was wanted by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
