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Page 12 971-276-8674 Cut, trim, edge, power washing, hauling, leaf removal, cleanup, anything! FREE ESTIMATES FAIR PRICING November 4, 2020 Violent Protest Turns on PSU c ontinued froM P age 3 the renewal of a pledge last week from PSU officials to disarm campus police. About 100 demonstrators gath- ered at Director’s Park around 9 p.m. Monday and then marched to the PSU campus nearby while chanting Jason Washington, the name of the Portland father, U.S. postal worker and Navy veteran who was killed by PSU police while attempting to break up a fight outside a campus area bar in 2018. PSU announced last Tuesday that it would not meet its fall goal of transitioning to unarmed sworn officers on campus be- Portland Public Safety Chief Willie halliburton. cause of the retirements of two officers and the resignation of a third, but still planned on taking loween, windows were also the action without setting a new broken by protesters at several deadline. The killing of Wash- businesses and a bank branch ington had renewed calls to take along Northeast Martin Luther guns away from campus safety. King Jr. Boulevard in the Ir- Willie Halliburton, PSU’s vington and the Lloyd districts. Black public safety chief is com- It happened after about 150 peo- mitted to the change, saying he ple gathered at nearby Irving wants to de-escalate situations Park for a march with a tagline where police fight aggression of “Capitalism is Scary,” police with aggression, pledging to lead said. the nation in a new successful Under the plans to revamp model of campus policing with- public safety at PSU, unarmed out being armed. campus officers will remain cer- Police said two arrests were tified as police officers as long made during Monday’s protest as they keep their training up to in which windows were broken date, but they will no longer re- at the PSU Campus Safety office spond to any calls on campus that and university’s Cramer Hall and involve weapons. Portland police Smith Memorial Student Union. would respond to those calls in- Two nights earlier, on Hal- stead. Second Wave of COVID-19 Declared c ontinued froM P age 7 on track to open more schools for in-person instruction for our students — and to continue to reopen, and keep open, our busi- nesses, communities, and econ- omies,” Brown said. “Oregon is not an island. Without safety precautions in place, we could quickly see our case counts spike as well.” During October, Oregon has reached grim COVID-19 mile- stones including surpassing 600 deaths and reaching 40,000 con- firmed cases. The health authority reported a new daily average of over 500 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, the state’s largest daily total since the start of the pandemic. Health officials called the number of cases “troubling” and said based on current COVID-19 modeling, if Oregon remains on the path it is now, the state could reach capacity in its hospitals by mid-December. Health officials are already urging people to avoid family celebrations and rethink their plans for Thanksgiving. As cases continued to climb during October, the health au- thority again expanded face cov- ering requirements to include all private and public workplaces, including classrooms, offices, meeting rooms, work spaces, out- door markets, street fairs, private career schools and public and pri- vate colleges and universities. “We must continue to work to- gether and follow the simple steps that have kept us safe through- out this pandemic,” Brown said. “Washing our hands, wearing face coverings, watching our physical distance, staying home when sick, and avoiding social get-togethers, especially indoors.” Advertise with diversity in The Portland Observer Call 503-288-0033 or email ads@portlandobserver.com
