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The Police Bureau previously had not acknowledged the knife involved was police-issue, though it directed its officers to no longer carry knives on their outer vests during the investigation. Lawsuit in Police Shooting The family of a man killed in a confrontation with Portland Police two years ago has filed a lawsuit against the city and the officers and supervisors involved. The family claims Terrell Johnson, 24, was experiencing a mental health crisis, for which he unsuccessfully sought help from medical providers, when an en- counter with Portland Police at the Flavel MAX station in southeast Portland ended in his death on May 10, 2017. Terrell Johnson PSU President Resigns Portland State University Presi- dent Rahmat Shoureshi resigned Friday sev- eral weeks after allega- tions of eth- ical short- comings, alleged misuse of a PSU fund for private gain, bully- ing and im- properly in- fluencing a decision to tear down and re-build a historic mansion on campus. The PSU Board of Trustees offered him a generous severance package that included seven months of paid leave. Carson on Undocumented Paul Neufeldt P ubliC r elAtions : Mark More light has been shed on two fatal shootings in Portland from January, one by a police of- ficer and the other a private secu- rity officer, as a grand jury ruled last week ruled that the shootings were in self defense and the jury transcripts became public. Eugene Pharr Jr. was killed out- side a southeast Portland strip club on Jan. 15; and Andre Gladen, 36, a legally blind and mentally ill man, was shot dead by a Portland Police officer after intruding into someone’s home. For the first time, the grand jury transcripts show he was holding the officer’s knife at the time. After wrestling with Gladen on the floor, the officer testified he then fired a stun gun at him. Glad- en went down, but when he got up again holding the officer’s knife from his vest. The officer testified Housing Secretary Ben Carson’s plan to make it harder for un- documented immigrants to live in federally subsidized housing advanced Friday. The proposal, which has a 60-day comment pe- riod before taking effect, would displace some 76,000 legal res- idents or citizens—including The Week in Review 55,000 children who are in the country legally. Washington Time Change Portland Police responded to a 911 call from a woman who said Terrell chased her teenage neigh- bor off of the transit platform. A West Linn Transit Division police officer then confronted Johnson, who told the officer he had a knife. The lawsuit alleges that Port- land Police Officer Samson Ajir acted against Police Bureau di- rectives when he gave chase on foot. Ajir was later cleared of all criminal charges by a Multnomah County Grand Jury. patients about the worth of the vaccine then administer it onsite. Snubbed by Red Sox Players President Trump’s White House welcoming of the 2018 World Series champion Boston Red Sox was clouded by the absence of most of the team’s Latino and African American players, who did not attend the Thursday event over disagreements with Trump’s politics. Team Manag- er Alex Cora, a native of Puer- to Rico, also sat out in protest against the president’s treatment of the island after two devastat- ing hurricanes. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a measure last week that would make daylight saving time permanent in the state if national law is altered to allow it. The mea- sure would only take effect is leg- islation allowing states to observe daylight saving time year-round is Drug Price Hiking Scheme Oregon Attorney General Ellen passed by Congress. Rosenblum joined 43 states in Dentist Vaccines Approved a lawsuit Friday against Teva Oregon is the first state to allow Pharmaceuticals and 19 of the dentists to administer any vac- largest manufacturers of generic cine available at a primary care drugs alleging they worked to re- doctor’s office, thanks to a bill strain trade, reduce competition, signed into law last week. Vac- and inflate and manipulate prices cines relevant to oral health such in a broad conspiracy for more as HPV, which is a common link than 100 different generic drugs, among a large percentage of oral which include ones that treat ba- cancers, may be the most practi- sic infections, diabetes, cancer, cal application of the bill, which HIV, ADHD, and more. would allow a dentist to educate
