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Page 2 January 2, 2019 Cops Called on Black Guest Jermaine Massey (right) shared Instagram photos to show the Portland Hilton/ Doubletree hotel security guard (left) who confronted him for “calling his mother while black.” Massey had a room in the hotel but was on the phone in the lobby when he was approached by security and police called. A white security officer and another em- ployee at the Portland Hilton/Doubletree who called police on a black man who was basically minding his own business while using a phone in the hotel lobby, were put on leave Friday after reports of the alleged racial profiling incident were shared across the country in Intragram photos and on news networks. Jermaine Massey of Kent, Wash. said he was returning from a Travis Scott concert at the Moda Center around 11 p.m. on Dec. 22 and had made the phone call from a qui- et part of the hotel lobby when the securi- ty guard, identified as Earl Meyers, began questioning his presence. After Massey explained he was a guest The at the hotel and even showed Meyers his hotel key, the security guard continued interrogating him, calling him a “security threat,” he said. Police were called and he was escorted to his room to pick up his be- longings and then kicked out. After Massey hired a Portland law firm, Kafoury & McDougal, to represent him and demanded a public apology, Double- Tree Portland GM Paul Peralta responded Friday morning in a statement. He said the hotel, which is located across the street from Lloyd Center, “deeply re- gret[s]” the incident and the employees in- volved have been placed on administrative leave. Peralta added the chain has a “zero tol- erance stance on discrimination of any kind.” in Week Review Hate Speech Vandalism Two separate real estate offices on North Williams Avenue and Alberta Street were hit by vandals over the holidays. The front windows of Urban Nest Realty and Living Room Reality were spray painted with words like “die, gentrified and get out.”Employees discovered the vandalism while returning to work after Christmas. coming,” won by a significant margin, Gallup says, with Oprah Winfrey coming in second, followed by former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and current First Lady Melania Trump. Second Child Dies at Border Homeland Securi- ty Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Friday visited the Texas border city where an 8-year-old Guatemalan boy was detained with his father before dying in govern- ment custody. The child was the second to die while being held for Immigration and Customs Enforcment. Nielsen called the death “deeply concern- ing and heartbreaking” and requested med- ical help from other government agencies. Antarctica Crossing A Portland man last week became the first person to cross Antarctica without assis- tance. Colin O’Brady, 33, set off in Novem- ber on the nearly 1,000 mile crossing. He made the journey amid ridged, crevassed ice, high winds, temperatures dozens of degrees below zero and pulling a sled that weighed 375 pounds. Most Admired Woman Michelle Obama was named the most admired woman in America in a new Gallup poll last week. Obama, who is currently touring to promote her au- tobiography, “Be- Male Athlete of the Year 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: C reAtive d ireCtor : PO QR code r ePorter /W eb e ditor : Leonard Latin The Portland Observer welcomes freelance submissions. Manuscripts and photo- graphs should be clearly labeled and will be returned if accompanied by a self ad- dressed envelope. 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The private developers will pay up to $1.5 million over two years to exclusively negotiate redevelopment of the waterfront site. The group would then pay the Port at least $900,000 a year as they build out the property.
