A Dream
Achieved
‘City
of
Roses’
Volume XLVIII • Number 36
New housing
to provide
affordability and
public services
Ancestral
Connections
Local artists prepare
exhibit on Portland’s
African Diaspora
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Wednesday • September 25, 2019
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Police Action at March Criticized
photo by
b everly C orbell /t he p ortland o bserver
A youth-led climate strike on Friday drew thousands of Portlanders, mostly students, but including all ages, from toddlers to grandparents, joining millions
worldwide to protest government inaction on the climate change crisis. But one incident involving police use of force against a young African American
male drew complaints of police brutality from black civic leaders. Thousands marched peacefully from City Hall, across Hawthorne Bridge to the grounds of
the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.
Arrest of black teen
comes under fire from
community leaders
b y b everly C orbell
t he p ortland o bserver
Thousands of local students, along with parents,
grandparents and even babies in strollers, joined
millions worldwide to protest inaction on climate
change, but one incident involving police enforce-
ment against some young people and the arrest of
a young African American male drew complaints
from civic leaders for brutality, including the Urban
League of Portland and Portland City Commissioner
Jo Ann Hardesty.
The student-led climate strike march on Friday
was inspiring to many and largely peaceful and most
students were provided excused absences from area
schools, but Portland Police reported that three ar-
rests were made during the protest.
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