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January 9, 2019
Forum on Rise in Hate Crime
Crash Damages
Church Office
Dozens of people testified at Unite
Oregon in north Portland Monday
night to share their stories of being
discriminated against to Oregon At-
torney General Ellen Rosenblum
who is holding listening sessions
across Oregon this week to better un-
derstand the rise in hate crimes.
A Muslim woman being asked to
take off her traditional hijab by an
employer, a man who said a noose
was hung at his work area at a state
agency, and a man who had racial
slurs hurled at him while walking
down the street were among the tes-
timonies at the Killingsworth Street
nonprofit dedicated to cultural diver-
sity.
Rosenblum was joined by her Task
Force on Hate Crimes, which she
created in May to make proposals to
Oregon lawmakers to strengthen the
laws for hate crimes, which rose 40
percent in Oregon last year, accord-
ing to FBI data released in November.
“It is appalling that hate-motivated
crimes are on the increase in Oregon;
this reality requires us to act,” said
A northeast Portland church that
is scheduled to host this year’s annu-
al Martin Luther King Jr. tribute by
Portland’s World Art Foundation was
struck by a vehicle over the weekend,
littering the pastor’s office with broken
glass and a destroyed concrete wall, but
the damage was not expected to impact
the Monday, Jan. 21 celebration.
The crash at Highland Christian
Center on Northeast Glisan and 78th
Avenue happened Saturday night just
10 minutes before a 6 p.m. service. No
injuries were reported and the pastor’s
office was not occupied at the time.
Of the two drivers involved in the
crash, one fled the scene and was later
arrested on charges of driving under the
influence of intoxicants, police said.
Michael Grice, the co-founder
founder and president of the World
Arts Foundation, told the Portland Ob-
server that repairs to the church should
not impact the MLK tribute because it
happened on a side of the building that
was not in the area where the ceremony
proceedings are slated to occur.
Week
in
Review
The
Man Killed in Disturbance
A black man accused of charging into a
southeast Portland apartment after pounding
on the door and refusing to leave was shot
and killed by a police officer responding to
the Saturday afternoon disturbance. Police
said Andre G. Gladen, 36, refused orders to
stand down and charged the officer with a
knife. He was first shot with a taser before
the firearm was used, officials said.
Cracks Close Madison Gym
The gymnasium at Madison High School
in northeast Portland was temporarily
closed after cracks were found in the stair-
way wall tile, school officials told parents
this week. Madison is scheduled to begin
its modernization this summer as part of
the May 2017 bond program. The gym is
one of the buildings scheduled for demo-
lition.
China Lands on the Moon
China’s
burgeon-
ing space program
achieved a first on
Thursday by landing
an unmanned space-
craft on the far side of
the moon. The China
National Space Administration said touch-
down of the Chang’e 4 craft “opened up a
new chapter in human lunar exploration.”
Blazers Founder Dies at 92
Larry Weinberg, inaugural owner of the
Portland Trail Blazers, died last week at
the age of 92. Weinberg led the group
Established 1970
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum hosts a forum in north Portland
to better understand the rise in hate crimes. (KGW photo)
Rosenblum. “There are a lot of ideas
about how to address hate crimes, but
I need to hear directly from the com-
munity.”
In addition to the listening session in
Portland, Rosenblum also held one in
Eugene Tuesday and will hold another
one in Medford Wednesday.
You can report a hate crime to Or-
egon’s Department of Justice by visit-
ing justice.oregon.gov/crimereporting/
hatecrime.
that secured expansion franchise rights
to bring the NBA to Portland in 1970. He
sold the Trail Blazers to the late Paul Al-
len in 1988.
Video footage of the woman’s racist rant
had gone viral.
Jail Releases 55 Inmates
The Multnomah County Sheriff released
55 inmates from jail last week because of
overcrowding, the consequence
of a county policy designed
to shrink the jails and limit the
number of people held on crim-
inal charges in Portland. The
county closed several dorms in
Inverness Jail in 2016 and 2017,
decreasing the number of available beds.
Threats, Slurs Bring Charges
A white woman accused of threatening a
black couple and shouting racist slurs be-
cause she was upset about a parking spot in
McMinnville was indicted on several fel-
ony and misdemeanor charges last week.
Diversity in New Congress
A new Congress convened on Thursday,
ushering in a record number of women and
ethnically diverse lawmakers, nearly all
from the Democratic Party. It also marked
a new era of divided government with a
Democratic-led House that promises great-
er oversight of the Trump administration.
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