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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
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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.