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October 16, 2019
Officer Charged with Murder
Another outrage
when woman
shot inside home
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hadn’t.
Police
bodycam
video
showed Dean approaching the
door of the home where Atati-
ana Jefferson, 28, was caring
for her 8-year-old nephew ear-
ly Saturday. He then walked
around the side of the house,
pushed through a gate into the
fenced-off backyard and fired
through the glass a split-second
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Simone Biles won five of the six gold
medals in the world championships
concluded Sunday and the American
broke the all-time record of 25
medals by any gymnast, male or
female. “She’s just above anything
else that we have seen in the sport,”
five-time Olympic gold medalist Nadia
Comaneci said. International Olympic
Committee President Thomas Bach
said Biles’ star status would make
gymnastics a must-see event at the
Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
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Vape Stores Closing with Ban
Several Portland-area vape stores said they plan to
close because of a six month ban on vaping products
that started Tuesday after an executive order from
Gov. Kate Brown. It comes after 26 people have
died from lung illnesses linked to vaping, including
two in Oregon.
Activist Run Down, Killed
Sean Kealiher, 23, a Port-
land anti-fascist activist was
struck by a vehicle near
Northeast Ninth and Everett
just after mindnight Saturday
and died from his injuries in
what one witness said looked
like a road rage incident. The
driver of the SUV left the
scene and fled, authorities
said. Police said they found the SUV riddled with
bullet holes when they arrived.
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(AP) -- A white former Fort
Worth, Texas police officer
charged with murder after shoot-
ing a black woman through a
window of her home has been
released on bond, and the depart-
ment told a grieving community
that investigators would ensure
“no stone is left unturned” in the
search for answers.
Jail records show Aaron Dean,
34, was out of custody after
posting bond Monday night, less
than four hours after his arrest in
a shooting that began with a call
about an open front door. Earlier
in the day he resigned from the
force, and the police chief said
he would have been fired if he
after shouting at Jefferson to
show her hands.
Dean was not heard identi-
fying himself as police on the
video, and Interim Police Chief
Ed Kraus said there was no sign
Dean or the other officer who
responded even knocked on the
front door.
“Nobody looked at this video
and said that there’s any doubt
that this officer acted inappropri-
ately,” Kraus said.
Jefferson was a 2014 gradu-
ate of Xavier University in New
Orleans and earned a bachelor’s
degree in biology.
Sgt. Chris Daniels read a state-
ment Monday night after Dean’s
arrest in which he pledged that
the department’s major case and
internal affairs units were work-
ing “around the clock” for jus-
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Governor Recall Fails
Backers of the Oregon Republican Party’s drive
to recall Gov. Kate Brown conceded Monday
that they did not manage to gather the necessary
280,050 valid voter signatures to put the recall
on the ballot. Brown was reelected governor last
November by beating her nearest finisher, Repub-
lican Knute Buehler by more than 119,000 votes.
Mayor Seeks Re-election
Ted Wheeler announced
that he will run for re-elec-
tion as the mayor of Port-
land Monday evening.
Wheeler, 57, kicked off his
re-election campaign with
Commissioner Nick Fish,
State Rep. Janelle Bynum
and other civic and busi-
ness leaders.
Gift to Morehouse College
Oprah Winfrey announced last week that she’s
donating $13 million to continue her scholarship
program at Morehouse College in Atlanta, mak-
ing her gifts to the historically black, all-men’s
school the largest endowment in its history.
Suit Calls Shooting Reckless
The family of a white man killed by police last
July in southeast Portland filed a lawsuit against
the city Monday, claiming the officer was unrea-
sonable and reckless. Police said Lane Martin was
caught trying to break into a car and was carrying
an ax or hatchet before he was shot. The family
says Martin was having a mental health crisis and
was trying to run away.