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Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Portland police chief orders
review of use of force at protest
BRIEFLY
‘Homeward Bound’ covered bridge
near Bend set for removal
BEND (AP) — Now is the time to see the cov-
ered bridge that appeared in the Walt Disney movie
“Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey.”
The Bend Bulletin reports the Hixon Bridge
across Tumalo Creek in Shevlin Park is scheduled to
be removed next year after experts determined it had
reached the end of its lifespan.
Judy Prindel of the Covered Bridge Society of
Oregon says the organization does not consider the
Hixon Bridge an authentic covered bridge because it
was originally built with trestles meant for an uncov-
ered bridge and the covering was added afterward.
The Walt Disney Co. came to Bend in the early
1990s to build a roof to cover the existing bridge so
it could be used in the movie.
Bridge removal is expected to be complete by
October 2019.
By ANDREW SELSKY
Associated Press
SALEM — Portland police were
accused Sunday of being heavy-handed
against people protesting a rally by
extreme-right demonstrators, reportedly
injuring some counter-protesters and
prompting the city’s new police chief to
order a review of officers’ use of force.
Police in riot gear tried to keep the
two groups apart, many of whom had
come on Saturday dressed for battle in
helmets and protective clothing. Doz-
ens of the extreme-right protesters were
bussed to Portland, one of America’s
most liberal cities, from nearby Vancou-
ver, Washington.
Saturday’s clashes were the most
recent of several this year in the city as
right-wing militants converged, met by
counter-protesters, including members
of anti-fascist, or “antifa,” groups. City
officials have struggled with striking a
balance between free speech and keep-
ing events from spiraling out of control.
But on Saturday, some said police
seemed to act mostly against those pro-
testing the presence of the extreme-
right demonstrators, using stun grenades
and what appeared to be rubber bullets
against them.
Police “targeted Portland residents
peacefully counter-protesting against
racist far-right groups, including white
supremacists, white nationalists, and
neo-Nazi gangs,” the Oregon chapter of
the Council on American-Islamic Rela-
tions and the Portland chapter of the
Democratic Socialists of America said
in a statement. It called on officials to
investigate.
The head of the Oregon branch of
the American Civil Liberties Union also
criticized the way the Portland Police
Bureau handled the demonstrations.
“The Portland Police Bureau’s
response to protest is completely unac-
ceptable in a free society,” David Rog-
ers said in a statement issued Sunday
night. “The repeated use of excessive
force, and the targeting of demonstra-
tors based on political beliefs are a dan-
ger to the First Amendment rights of all
people. We call on the Portland Police
Bureau, Mayor Wheeler, and Chief Out-
law to immediately end the use of weap-
ons, munitions, and explosives against
protesters.”
Police ordered the counter-protesters
to disperse, then moved in behind a vol-
ley of stun grenades. One of the rounds
reportedly hit a counter-protester in the
head, becoming embedded in his helmet
and injuring him. One woman was taken
to a hospital after being hit in the arm
Contract employee agrees to pay
$124K for fraud allegations
Police prepare to push back against protesters Saturday in Portland. Small
scuffles broke out Saturday as police in Portland deployed “flash bang” de-
vices and other means to disperse hundreds of right-wing and self-described
anti-fascist protesters.
Mark Graves /The Oregonian via AP
A protester at a rally in Portland.
and chest with a “flash-bang” grenade,
local media reported. The blasts echoed
through downtown Portland.
Four people were arrested.
Police Chief Danielle Outlaw, who
assumed command less than a year ago
as Portland’s first African-American
female police chief, said in a statement
Sunday she takes all use-of-force cases
seriously.
Outlaw directed the professional
standards division to begin gathering
evidence to determine if the force used
was within policy and training guide-
lines. The Office of Independent Police
Review will be provided with the infor-
mation for review and investigation.
Saturday’s incidents started with
demonstrators aligned with Patriot
Prayer and an affiliated group, the Proud
Boys, gathering in a riverfront park. The
Proud Boys has been characterized as a
hate group by the Southern Poverty Law
Center, which is “dedicated to fight-
ing hate and bigotry and to seeking jus-
tice for the most vulnerable members of
society.”
Hundreds of counter-demonstrators
faced them from across the street, hold-
ing banners and signs with messages
such as “Alt right scum not welcome
in Portland.” Some chanted “Nazis go
home.”
Officers stood in the middle of a four-
lane boulevard, essentially forming a
wall to keep the two sides separated.
The counter-protesters were made up
of a coalition of labor unions, immigrant
rights advocates, democratic socialists
and other groups.
Patriot Prayer also has held rallies in
many other cities around the U.S. West,
including Berkeley, California, that have
drawn violent reactions.
Saturday’s rally, organized by Patriot
Prayer leader Joey Gibson, was the third
to roil Portland this summer. Two previ-
ous events ended in bloody fistfights and
riots.
Gibson disputed the group’s classifi-
cation as a hate group.
“We’re here to promote freedom and
God. That’s it,” Gibson told Portland TV
station KGW. “Our country is getting
soft.”
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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
WEDNESDAY
Sunshine and hot
Mostly sunny and
very hot
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Very hot with
sizzling sunshine
Sunny and not
as hot
Sunny and cooler
but pleasant
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
107° 67°
100° 65°
107° 70°
100° 62°
82° 52°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
109° 66°
103° 63°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
93°
89°
108° (1905)
58°
59°
36° (1909)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.00"
0.00"
0.07"
6.49"
11.30"
8.02"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday
Normals
Records
HIGH
LOW
95°
90°
103° (2012)
53°
59°
46° (1969)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.00"
0.00"
0.04"
5.10"
6.59"
5.96"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
New
First
Aug 11
Aug 18
Full
Aug 26
103° 64°
87° 51°
Seattle
89/62
ALMANAC
Yesterday
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Records
109° 73°
5:46 a.m.
8:16 p.m.
1:40 a.m.
5:05 p.m.
Last
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Today
SATURDAY
Spokane
Wenatchee
94/64
98/69
Tacoma
Moses
89/58
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 99/62
93/58
79/57
91/57
100/63
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
92/61
100/71 Lewiston
101/59
Astoria
99/66
76/57
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
96/66
Pendleton 92/55
The Dalles 103/63
100/65
105/69
La Grande
Salem
95/56
98/62
Albany
Corvallis 96/60
93/59
John Day
97/64
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
99/63
95/58
98/58
Burns
94/54
Caldwell
97/59
Astoria
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Burns
Enterprise
Eugene
Heppner
Hermiston
John Day
Klamath Falls
La Grande
Meacham
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Redmond
Salem
Spokane
Ukiah
Vancouver
Walla Walla
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WINDS
Medford
100/67
Klamath Falls
96/54
(in mph)
Today
Wednesday
Boardman
Pendleton
ENE 4-8
NNE 4-8
NE 4-8
NNE 4-8
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Areas of low clouds, then
sun today; pleasant across the north. Mainly
clear tonight.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Hot today
with plenty of sunshine, except hazy sun
near the Cascades.
Western Washington: Mostly sunny today.
Clear tonight. Mostly sunny tomorrow.
Eastern Washington: Hazy sunshine today,
except sunnier across the south.
Cascades: Hot today; plenty of sunshine,
but hazy sun in the south. Clear tonight.
Northern California: Partly sunny at the
coast today; hazy elsewhere.
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KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) — Officials are halt-
ing fishing on the Columbia River in Tri-City area
where sockeye salmon are waiting while Yakima
River waters cool down enough for them to move
upstream.
The Washington state Department of Fish and
Wildlife announced that as of Monday, any sockeye
or summer chinook salmon must be released if they
are caught in the Columbia River in the Tri-City area,
starting at the blue bridge between Kennewick and
Pasco upstream to the Interstate 182 bridge between
Richland and Pasco.
Starting Aug. 16, sockeye also cannot be kept
upriver to Priest Rapids Dam.
The Tri-City Herald reports that temperatures in
the Yakima River near Prosser reached more than 80
degrees in July.
Biologists say the salmon may stay in the Colum-
bia River until temperatures in the Yakima River
cool down to at least 73 degrees.
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TODAY
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — An executive with a
Hanford Nuclear Reservation private contractor has
been accused of taking more than $40,000 in illegal
kickbacks.
The U.S. Department of Justice says Richard
Olsen, vice president of finance for Mission Support
Alliance, has agreed to pay about triple that amount,
$124,440, to the federal government to settle civil
allegations of accepting kickbacks from Lockheed
Martin Corp.
The Tri-City Herald reported Monday that Mis-
sion Support Alliance, once owned by Lockheed,
provides a variety of information technology ser-
vices at the Hanford site.
As part of the settlement, Olsen agreed to cooper-
ate with the ongoing investigation.
But his attorney says he did not admit any wrong-
doing in connection with the investigation.
Hanford for decades made plutonium for nuclear
weapons and now is engaged in cleaning up the
waste.
Mark Graves /The Oregonian via AP
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8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m.
0-2, Low
3-5, Moderate 6-7, High;
8-10, Very High;
11+, Extreme
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num-
ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.
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Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
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National Summary: Locally severe storms will extend from the interior Northeast to the
middle Mississippi Valley today. Slow-moving storms will drench parts of the southern High
Plains and southern Rockies.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 116° in Needles, Calif.
Low 28° in West Yellowstone, Mont.
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Today
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Billings
Birmingham
Boise
Boston
Charleston, SC
Charleston, WV
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Fargo
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Little Rock
Los Angeles
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89
Memphis
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Miami
90
Milwaukee
77
Minneapolis
83
Nashville
95
New Orleans
91
New York City
90
Oklahoma City
93
Omaha
86
Philadelphia
91
Phoenix
112
Portland, ME
89
Providence
92
Raleigh
92
Rapid City
84
Reno
99
Sacramento
97
St. Louis
86
Salt Lake City
91
San Diego
87
San Francisco
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Seattle
89
Tucson
104
Washington, DC 93
Wichita
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