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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Thursday, November 1, 2018 No indictment for police officers in fatal Portland shooting protest outside the driver, Mark A. courthouse. Dickerson, was “The verdict arrested on suspi- is not justifiable,” cion of fourth-de- Letha Winston gree assault, told The Orego- reckless endan- nian/OregonLive. germent and reck- “I’m gonna fight less driving. He for my baby. How did not return a could you shoot Kimmons phone message for a man after he comment. already laid down flat?” Investigative files Police said a man later released Wednesday by the drove into the demonstra- Portland Police Bureau after tion as it blocked a down- the Multnomah County town street. One protester grand jury’s finding said was struck but not injured, Sgt. Garry Britt and Offi- according to police. The cer Jeffrey Livingston were By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND — A pro- test broke out Wednesday in Portland after a grand jury said two police offi- cers who fired 12 shots at a 27-year-old black man were justified in the fatal shooting. Patrick Kimmons was hit nine times and was pro- nounced dead at a hospi- tal on Sept. 30. His mother slammed the grand jury decision as family mem- bers and others gathered to providing extra patrol Oct. 30 in a part of downtown Portland where there had been gang-related violence when they heard gunshots. Two men had been fight- ing, and Kimmons shot them, seriously injuring both, the report said. Kimmons then began running toward Britt and Livingston and other bystanders with a revolver in his hand, the police said. He ignored commands to drop the weapon, and the officers opened fire, the report said. Officer Charles Asheim, a gang enforcement officer, arrived at the scene imme- diately after the shooting and told investigators he recognized Kimmons as a member of a gang. One of the two other men shot was a mem- ber of a rival gang, he told investigators. Surveillance cameras shooting from two differ- ent angles captured the inci- dent, but the video is dark and grainy. Portland police officers do not wear body- worn video cameras. Kimmons’ death is the second shooting to ignite tensions in Portland since the summer. Jason Erik Washington was fatally shot by Port- land State University police officers in June. That shoot- ing was also found to be justified by a Multnomah County grand jury, prompt- ing protests and a call to disarm campus officers at the university. Washington was shot outside a bar as he tried to keep his friend out of a fight. New poll shows Gov. Brown with narrow lead over Knute Buehler already voted. Overall, the survey paints a similar picture to the last three public polls conducted in the heated governor’s race. All of them showed a 5-point lead for Brown. The latest poll was of 694 likely voters and conducted by telephone on Monday and Tuesday, a week before the election. It has a mar- gin of error of 3.7 percent- age points. Hoffman Research is owned by Tim Nashif, a Portland businessman who has been active in Repub- By JEFF MAPES Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon Gov. Kate Brown holds a narrow lead of 3 per- centage points over Repub- lican challenger Knute Bue- hler in a new independent poll conducted by a Port- land firm. Hoffman Research Group found that Brown is ahead 45 percent to 42 percent for Buehler, a state representative from Bend. She also leads by 6 percentage points among those who said they have lican politics. He regularly conducts polls, including this one, that he says are independent of his partisan activities. Nashif said Brown is benefitting from Oregon’s strong Democratic registra- tion edge. Democrats have won the last nine elections for governor. “The only thing I see that [Buehler] has going for him is her high negative rat- ings,” Nashif said. His poll found that 43 percent rated the governor unfavorably while 41 per- cent were favorable. In contrast, 37 percent gave Buehler positive marks while 33 percent viewed him unfavorably. Another 30 percent said they had no impression of him or had never heard of him. Nashif questioned the significance of Brown’s stronger support among people who have already voted. He noted that in past elections, Republican-lean- ing voters have been slower to turn in their ballots. As of Wednesday, records from the Oregon Elections Division show registered Republicans and Demo- crats returning their ballots in similar percentages. At this point, Buehler appears to have only a small advantage among third- party and unaffiliated vot- ers. To win, Buehler needs to make bigger inroads among this group, Nashif said. So far, 7 percent of vot- ers said they were unde- cided. Another 4 percent said they backed Indepen- dent Party nominee Patrick Starnes — who announced Tuesday that he was with- drawing from the race and endorsing Brown. Nashif noted that Starnes would remain on the ballot, and he predicted his with- drawal would only make a difference if the final out- come was extremely close. Another poll released this week was from the poll- ing unit at Emerson College in Boston. It showed Brown at 47 percent and Buehler at 42 percent. The poll’s sam- ple included 747 voters and has a margin of error of 3.7 percentage points. Forecast for Pendleton Area TODAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY Rain and drizzle this morning Variable clouds, showers around Times of clouds and sun Variable clouds, showers around Intervals of clouds and sunshine 66° 51° 64° 45° PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 58° 48° 60° 44° 55° 45° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 69° 53° 68° 47° 61° 50° 63° 46° OREGON FORECAST 59° 47° ALMANAC Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yest. HIGH LOW TEMP. Seattle Olympia 60/56 57/49 68/44 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 64/54 Lewiston 63/56 69/55 Astoria 61/56 Pullman Yakima 62/51 60/53 60/51 Portland Hermiston 66/55 The Dalles 69/53 Salem Corvallis 67/51 Yesterday Normals Records La Grande 60/44 PRECIPITATION John Day Eugene Bend 66/52 64/44 60/44 Ontario 64/40 Caldwell Burns 57° 46° 58° 36° 73° (1988) 7° (2002) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date Albany 66/54 Boardman Pendleton Medford 69/43 0.03" 1.30" 0.72" 6.45" 7.80" 7.28" WINDS (in mph) 64/40 62/27 0.04" 1.60" 1.05" 8.12" 13.70" 9.99" through 3 p.m. yest. HIGH LOW TEMP. Pendleton 57/43 66/54 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date HERMISTON Enterprise 66/51 68/52 57° 44° 57° 36° 78° (1901) 14° (2002) PRECIPITATION Moses Lake 61/53 Aberdeen 55/48 59/48 Tacoma Yesterday Normals Records Spokane Wenatchee 60/55 Today Fri. WSW 8-16 WSW 7-14 WSW 10-20 WSW 10-20 SUN AND MOON Klamath Falls 63/32 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today 7:35 a.m. 5:42 p.m. 12:18 a.m. 3:07 p.m. New First Full Last Nov 7 Nov 15 Nov 22 Nov 29 NATIONAL EXTREMES Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 93° in McAllen, Texas Low 1° in Bodie State Park, Calif. NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus Oregon Independent Party’s gubernatorial candidate, Patrick Starnes, poses un- der a banner for Democratic incumbent Gov. Kate Brown at Brown’s Portland campaign office on Tuesday. Starnes announced Tuesday he was withdrawing from the race and endorsing Brown, who is in a tight race with Republican state Rep. Knute Buehler. No do-over for Starnes voters By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE Oregon Capital Bureau SALEM — If you cast a ballot for the Independent Party of Oregon candidate in the governor’s race and now want to vote for someone else, you’re out of luck. Patrick Starnes announced Tuesday he was dropping out of the race and throwing his support to Gov. Kate Brown. “There is misinformation being spread that voters who returned a ballot with a vote for Patrick Starnes can receive a replace- ment ballot,” the state Elections Division tweeted Wednesday morning. “That is incorrect. Once a ballot is returned it can- not be changed. Starnes has suspended his campaign but is still on the ballot.” To fully withdraw from the race, state law requires that at least 67 days before the general election a candidate to file a writ- ten statement declining the nomination and stating the reason for withdrawing. Even though he is dropping out, votes for Starnes still will be counted. Elections officials said that if he happened to outpoll Brown and state Rep. Knute Buehler, the Republican nominee, he would be entitled to take office. Oregon is a vote-by-mail state, so voters can cast ballots before Election Day. At the time Starnes announced he was bowing out, nearly 600,000 ballots had been returned. About 28,000 ballots were sent back by voters registered with Ore- gon’s Independent Party. Reporter Claire Withycombe: cwithy- combe@eomediagroup.com or 503-385- 4903. Withycombe is a reporter for the East Oregonian working for the Oregon Capital Bureau, a collaboration of EO Media Group, Pamplin Media Group, and Salem Reporter. Corrections The East Oregonian works hard to be accurate and sincerely regrets any errors. If you notice a mistake in the paper, please call 541-966-0818. Police: Men arrested in pumpkin smashing crime spree Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. 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Copyright © 2018, EO Media Group 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 110s high low GRANTS PASS (AP) — Police in the southern Oregon town of Grants Pass have arrested two men suspected in a pumpkin-powered crime spree, ending weeks of incidents of smashed gourds and broken car windows. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Jacob Solomon and Adrian Ochoa, both 19, face multiple counts of criminal mis- chief in connection with at least 50 vehi- cles vandalized and damaged between Oct. 7 and 23, authorities said. 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Lt. Misty English says damages reported by victims are at about $30,000 and continue to climb. Police say they were helped in finding the suspects because they carried out the alleged vandalism in an easily recogniz- able gold Buick with a large dent in one side. It wasn’t immediately known if the men had lawyers. 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