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Th e Bu l l eTin " SaTu r day, Ja n ua r y 9, 2021 A3 TODAY It’s Saturday, Jan. 9, the ninth day of 2021. There are 356 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: In 2020, Chinese state media said a preliminary investiga- tion into recent cases of viral pneumonia had identified the probable cause as a new type of coronavirus. In 1788, Connecticut became the fifth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1793, Frenchman Jean Pierre Blanchard, using a hot-air bal- loon, flew from Philadelphia to Woodbury, New Jersey. In 1861, Mississippi became the second state to secede from the Union, the same day the Star of the West, a merchant vessel bringing reinforcements and supplies to Federal troops at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, re- treated because of artillery fire. In 1913, Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, was born in Yorba Linda, California. In 1916, the World War I Battle of Gallipoli ended after eight months with an Ottoman Empire victory as Allied forces withdrew. In 1945, during World War II, American forces began landing on the shores of Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines as the Battle of Luzon got underway, resulting in an Allied victory over Imperial Japanese forces. In 1951, the United Nations headquarters in New York offi- cially opened. In 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, in his State of the Union address to Congress, warned of the threat of Commu- nist imperialism. In 1987, the White House released a January 1986 memo- randum prepared for President Ronald Reagan by Lt. Col. Oliver L. North showing a link between U.S. arms sales to Iran and the release of American hostages in Lebanon. In 2003, U.N. weapons inspec- tors said there was no “smoking gun” to prove Iraq had nuclear, chemical or biological weapons but they demanded that Bagh- dad provide private access to scientists and fresh evidence to back its claim that it had destroyed its weapons of mass destruction. In 2009, the Illinois House voted 114-1 to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who defiantly insisted again that he had committed no crime. The Illinois Senate unanimously voted to remove Blagojevich from office 20 days later. In 2015, French security forces shot and killed two al-Qaida- linked brothers suspected of carrying the rampage at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo that had claimed 12 lives, the same day a gunman killed four people at a Paris kosher grocery store before being killed by police. Ten years ago: Federal prose- cutors brought charges against Jared Loughner, the man accused of attempting to assas- sinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and killing six people at a political event in Tucson the day before. British movie director Peter Yates, who sent actor Steve McQueen screech- ing through the streets of San Francisco in a Ford Mustang in “Bullitt,” died in London at 81. Five years ago: Actor Angus Scrimm, 89, the “Tall Man” in the “Phantasm” horror films, died in Tarzana, California. One year ago: The Democrat- ic-controlled House approved a resolution asserting that Presi- dent Donald Trump must seek approval from Congress before engaging in further military action against Iran. At his first campaign rally of 2020, Trump told an Ohio crowd that he had served up “American justice” by ordering a drone strike to take out Iran’s top general. Today’s Birthdays: Actor K. Callan is 85. Folk singer Joan Baez is 80. Rock musician Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) is 77. Actor John Doman is 76. Singer David Johansen (aka Buster Poindex- ter) is 71. Singer Crystal Gayle is 70. Actor J.K. Simmons is 66. Actor Imelda Staunton is 65. Nobel Peace laureate Rigoberta Menchú is 62. Rock musician Eric Erlandson is 58. Actor Joely Rich- ardson is 56. Rock singer-musi- cian Dave Matthews is 54. Ac- tor-director Joey Lauren Adams is 53. Actor Omari Hardwick is 47. Roots singer-songwriter Hayes Carll is 45. Singer A.J. McLean (Backstreet Boys) is 43. Cather- ine, Duchess of Cambridge, is 39. Rock-soul singer Paolo Nutini is 34. Actor Nina Dobrev is 32. Ac- tor Basil Eidenbenz is 28. Actor Kerris Dorsey is 23. — Associated Press LOCAL, STATE & REGION WASHINGTON, D.C. | VIOLENCE AT THE CAPITOL Arrested Oregon man: Police ‘sympathetic’ BY LIZZY ACKER The Oregonian In the aftermath of the vio- lence that erupted Wednesday in Washington, D.C., records show at least three Oregonians were arrested in the siege at the U.S. Capitol. One of them was Rodney Taylor, 57, of Bandon. Taylor said Thursday that many of the officers he en- countered during his trip were friendly. “The majority of the cops that I interacted with in D.C., they strike an unmistakably sympa- thetic pose or tone,” he said. He said he saw Capitol police retreat “immediately,” and offer almost no resistance when the violence began and a mob sup- porting Trump broke into the U.S. Capitol. Taylor, who owns US Sur- vey Supply, a company that sells surveying equipment and has a master contract with the Washington State Department of Enterprise Services, was arrested for curfew violation Wednesday and released early Thursday morning. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser imposed a 6 p.m. curfew after rioters stormed the Capitol . It was Taylor’s third trip to the nation’s capital in three weeks, he told The Oregonian in a phone call from the district Thursday. Taylor said he trav- eled to there “for the preserva- tion of the republic” and be- cause he is “gravely concerned” about the United States becom- ing a communist country. The phenomenon of seem- ingly friendly police has been widely reported. A viral video captured amid the chaos shows an unidentified police officer posing for pictures with rioters Jacquelyn Martin/AP file With the Washington Monument in the background, people attend a rally Wednesday in support of President Donald Trump near the White House. who broke into the building. Taylor told KGW he as- cended the Capitol stairs but didn’t enter the building. He told The Oregonian that he supported peaceful pro- test and he believed “antifa agitators” were behind the vi- olence, citing images he has seen on Twitter and Parler and the fact that some agita- tors were wearing Trump hats backward and didn’t respond to his questions about Repub- lican lawmakers. These claims, including the theory that antifa wears Trump hats backward, have been re- peatedly debunked. Taylor was arrested hours af- Officials: Republican lawmaker let protesters into Oregon Capitol BY SARA CLINE The Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND — A Republi- can state representative let pro- testers into the Oregon Capitol building, which was closed to the public, during a December special legislative session where demonstrations outside turned violent, the Speaker of the House said Thursday. During the far-right protest, which was held in opposition to statewide COVID-19 restric- tions and attracted hundreds of people, protesters assaulted reporters, attacked authorities with bear spray and broke glass doors. They were eventually cleared from the building. As lawmakers inside the building discussed corona- virus-related bills, around 50 protesters briefly breached the building. The Capitol has been closed to the public as part of a pandemic safety measure. House Speaker Tina Kotek said during a news conference about the Capitol operations safety plan that Rep. Mike Ne- arman, R-Independence, had allowed protesters into the building. Kotek called Nearman’s ac- tions “reckless and dangerous.” “This was a serious, serious breach of public trust,” Kotek said. “Legislative staff and mem- bers felt terrorized by the incur- sion, particularly our members who are members of color.” It is not immediately clear if and what consequences Ne- arman will face. Attempts to reach Nearman on Thursday weren’t immediately successful. OREGON CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION 25th Amendment or impeachment pressed for BY DOUGLAS PERRY The Oregonian In the wake of the attempted takeover of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, several mem- bers of Oregon’s congressio- nal delegation say it’s time for Vice President Mike Pence and Trump’s cabinet members to trigger the 25th Amendment, the constitutional mechanism that would remove the presi- dent from office. “It’s so disturbing to me that we still need to advocate for this with just 14 days left in his term, but it’s no longer op- tional,” said Rep. Earl Blume- nauer, D-Portland, suggesting that Trump could create more crises if left to finish out his full time in office. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Eu- gene, seconded that view, stat- ing that “the most expedient way to remove Trump from office is to invoke the 25th Amendment. I am calling on Vice President Pence and the cabinet to immediately declare through the 25th Amendment that the President is unable to discharge the powers and du- ties of his office.” Sen. Ron Wyden called Trump “a clear and present dan- ger to our democracy. His cab- inet must use the 25th amend- ment to act.” Sen. Jeff Merkley said the amendment “should be invoked today and Trump should be removed from office.” Oregonians could face charges in insurrection Oregon U.S. Attorney Billy Williams on Thursday said Oregonians who traveled to Washington, D.C., and participated in this week’s armed insurrection at the U.S. Capitol would be prosecuted to the “fullest ex- tent of the law” in Oregon. In a statement, Williams called Wednesday’s events “an abomination to our democracy and utterly indefensible.” ter the break-in. He said he was attempting to show police offi- cers a video on his phone. “We had witnessed police beating a woman with a baton,” Taylor said. “Police should not hit women with batons.” He was in front of his hotel, he said, when he approached police to show them the video, “cellphone in one hand and my other hand in the air.” Taylor said he told the offi- cer, “I mean you no harm,” and the officer responded by telling him he was violating the cur- few ordinance. “My response was, ‘Sir, I only wish to show you this video,’” he said, “And his response was, ‘You are under arrest.’” Taylor said he was put in handcuffs and after about a half an hour, taken to a “re- mote interim jail facility,” where he was processed with about 75 other men. During his arrest and pro- cessing, Taylor said, “I took the opportunity to mention to several different officers that I thought that what was happen- ing was grossly unfair.” “I was met with a certain amount of agreement,” he said. About 3:30 a.m., he said, he was released and shared an Uber with another man back to the area of his hotel. Taylor said he was fined $25.