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OCTOBER 3, 2018 Portland and Seattle Volume XLI No. 1 25 CENTS News ................................... 3,6 A & E ........................................5 Opinion ...................................2 A Priest Defrocked ..........6 Calendars ...............................4 Bids/Classifieds .....................7 CHALLENGING PEOPLE TO SHAPE A BETTER FUTURE NOW REGISTRATION DRIVE Patrick Kimmons is pictured here with his family. Sgt. Garry Britt and Officer Jeffrey Livingston fired at Kimmons downtown Sunday The Skanner Staff and Wire Reports T he Oregon State Medical Examiner has identified a man shot to death by Portland police officers Sunday as 27-year-old Patrick Kimmons. The medical examiner said Monday that Kimmons died of gunshot wounds after being transported to a hospital. Officials with the Portland Police Bu- reau say officers were patrolling the downtown area, near Southwest 4th Avenue and the recently-renamed Har- vey Milk Blvd., early Sunday when a shooting happened nearby that injured two people. A witness at the scene told The Oregonian that Kimmons was run- AP PHOTO/RICHARD DREW, FILE See SHOOTING on page 3 In this Jan. 27, 2016, photo, Specialist Neil Gallagher works at the post that handles DeVry Education Group, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. DeVry on the Verge of an Acquisition The impact on students is unclear page 7 Kam Reviews ‘Little Women’ Remake page 5 PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED Police Shoot, Kill Patrick Kimmons Registered voter Khalen Morehead gets a free haircut from barber Earl Lancaster during a voter registration drive Sept. 29 at Earl’s Barbershop. Urbvote, an organization engaging in grassroots voter registration, and King County Elections voter education sponsored the drive. Both registered voters and people registering to vote for the first time could get a free haircut. In order to vote in the midterms on Nov. 6, Washington voters must register by Oct. 8 (if registering online or by mail) or Oct. 29 (if registering in person). In Oregon, the registration deadline is Oct. 16. New DeLaSalle President is Already Proud of His Students Los Angeles native Oscar Leong plans to boost academic focus on STEM By Lisa Loving Of The Skanner News O scar Leong has been president of de la Salle North Catholic High School for two months, but he’s already proud of the youths in his new Portland community. A native of Los Angeles, Leong has been a Catholic educator in the Lasallian tradition his whole life, working with families of color and immigrant com- munities to prepare their kids for college and re- warding careers. With the Fall Benefit Din- ner and Auction coming up at the school Oct. 24 (it’s themed like a first-class airplane trip with a VIP boarding pass), The Skan- ner sat down with Leong last week to chat about his experience, his vision and his academic focus for DeLaSalle North. THE SKANNER NEWS: Can you give us give us some background on your- self? OSCAR LEONG: Sure. I am an immigrant, I was born right across the bor- der in Tijuana, Mexico. I’m half Mexican and half Chi- nese. My father immigrat- ed from China and ended up in Baja, California, and through the blessings and love ended up meeting my mom. They ended up get- ting married. And then we immigrated when I was seven years old, to Los An- geles, California. I ended up there for 43 years, and many, many, many good people im- pacted me at my old high school, Cathedral High School right in downtown Los Angeles. It is very sim- ilar to DeLaSalle in many ways, both schools are operated by the Christian Lasallian brothers, and the Christian brothers mission is the LaSalle mission — regardless of religion, we teach to the heart. My men- tors saw more in me than I ever thought. Their impact on me when I was in high school was phenomenal, and I see that impact hap- pen here at DeLaSalle. TSN: What services doe DeLaSalle North Catholic provide? LEONG: From my point of view, our strength is re- ally trying to make sure See DELASALLE on page 3 ‘Cop Out’ Takes a Different Look at Policing Monologue series, which previews this weekend, presents stories from law enforcement officers By Christen McCurdy The Skanner News T wo years ago, the August Wil- son Red Door Project presented “Hands Up,” a series of mono- logues from the perspective of Black and brown people who had ex- perienced police profiling or brutal- ity. The Portland-based organization didn’t do much to market the pro- duction and did not solicit reviews, instead letting word of mouth build. That strategy was a success: 25 peo- ple showed up for the first presenta- tion and at more recent productions, people have been turned away at the door. Over the next two-and-a-half years, the show toured around the Northwest, and the production con- tinues (the next performance will be at Wayfinding Academy in North Portland). “It continues to be quite a phenom- enon,” said Kevin Jones, executive di- See COP OUT on page 3 A new monologue series presents stories from law enforcement officers.