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November 27, 2019
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Holiday Weekend Ballet Premiere
An immigrant busboy falls for a dazzling lounge singer, who in turn is love with a
dashing doorman in The Portland Ballet’s world premiere of ‘Petrushka.’ Several
dance students from north and northeast Portland star in this Thanksgiving
weekend production, which also features the Portland State University Orchestra.
Shows are at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., Friday, Nov. 29 through Sunday, Dec. 1, at PSU’s
Lincoln Hall. Tickets start at $10. Visit portlandballet.org or call 503-452-8448.
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Justice Disparities Persist
C ontinued froM f ront
ney Rod Underhill, in a prepared
response to the report, said much
more work needs to be done to ad-
dress why the overrepresentation
of people of color in the criminal
justice system is so persistent, and
then to focus on identifying and
implementing additional solu-
tions.
“There is a lot to learn from this
most recent report, but whether
disparities exist is not one of them;
we know that fact to be true,” Un-
derhill said.
The study was called shocking
and disturbing by a local advocate
on the front lines of criminal jus-
tice system reforms.
Bobbin Singh, executive direc-
tor of the Oregon Justice Resource
Center, said the report was not the
first to point out racial disparities
across the criminal justice system
and told OPB news it shows con-
tinued problems.
“What’s shocking, and to me
just really disturbing about this
report, is the lack of will and ur-
gency that local stakeholders,
statewide stakeholders, generally,
have around trying to confront ra-
cial justice issues in this state and
in Multnomah County,” he said.
Portland Police Chief Danielle
Outlaw, the city’s first black fe-
male police chief, also responded
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to the challenges faced by law en-
forcement and the community.
“It is important for us to contin-
ue to dig deeper into the context
of the data and identify opportu-
nities to improve the service we
provide,” Outlaw said. “Reports
such as these help us to realize
that over-representation of cer-
tain races continues to exist in the
criminal justice system and in our
stops.”
The chief said the new data
isn’t surprising, but it can “create
distrust and fear within the com-
munity.”
“It is time to move beyond re-
porting out on the data and into
implementation of intentional
strategies in an effort to create
meaningful change, when appro-
priate,” she said.
Arrested for Arson
C ontinued froM p age 2
confronted with the evidence, he
admitted to lighting “dozens of fires
around Portland.”
After searching Singerhouse’s
home, police found clothing that
matched what the suspect in the
videos was wearing as well as two
glass pipes suspected for meth use
and multiple lighters with no lighter
fluid.
Singerhouse has been charged
with three counts of first-degree
arson and is due back in court on
Dec. 3.