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their community because of
this fear of guns,” Matreya
Over the past month, high
said.
school students from across
“As youth inheriting this
Oregon met virtually to hear
world, it’s important that our
from speakers and talk with
voices are heard in this matter.”
each other about ending gun
In the past week, Lift Every
violence.
Oregon filed peti-
It’s the second year
tions for two poten-
for the Youth Leader-
tial Oregon ballot
ship Academy to End
initiatives related
Gun Violence, a pro-
to gun reform. One
gram hosted by Lift
would ban semi-au-
Every Voice Oregon.
tomatic firearms
On Saturday, sev-
and large-capacity
Wyden
eral students joined
magazines, the other
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden
would require a per-
to discuss the issue.
mit and training to purchase
“The bottom line here for
firearms. The text for the ini-
me, is that these young Or-
tiatives is similar to the 2019
egonians deserve a new and
bills the group introduced in
safer normal,” said Wyden, an the Oregon Legislature.
Oregon Democrat.
Ben said students will be on
Wyden shared an update
board to help the initiatives
on federal gun legislation, in-
move forward and he hopes
cluding a background check
they will qualify for the 2022
bill, and said he would sup-
general election ballot.
port legislation for safe gun
“We’re excited as youth to
storage.
help with those efforts to get
“We need standards for
those passed, gathering sig-
firearms locks and firearm
natures, building a network
sales,” Wyden said.
through social media,” Ben
Wyden also expressed sup- said.
port for more mental health
When asked about Oregon
services, citing a recent Gov-
Senate Bill 554, which would
ernment Accountability Of-
allow school districts to enact
fice report that found access
firearms, Ben said it’s a step,
to mental health services
but it’s not enough.
have decreased during the
“Those are good start-
COVID-19 pandemic.
ing steps, and we really need
One of the participants was good, comprehensive gun re-
a Portland high schooler who form laws to be able to see real
helped start the leadership
change on these issues,” he
academy last year as a way to
said. “So it’s important, but we
involve students in Oregon
still have a long way to go.”
and nationally in the gun vio-
Chloe, a student in Nevada
lence conversation and learn
who participated in the event,
about activism.
said Oregon’s group is some-
“Gun deaths and injuries do thing that could be replicated
not have to happen, and we’re in other states.
here to do something about
“It is a national issue, and
it,” said the student, Ben. Like
we need more organizations
all students participating in
working on grassroots cam-
Saturday’s event, he was only
paigns that can really make a
identified by a first name for
difference,” she said.
privacy reasons. “This is a
Wyden thanked and praised
solvable problem if we can just the students for their advo-
overcome political divisions
cacy, particularly in rural areas
and use common sense.”
of the state. He said students’
Matreya is a Portland high
advocacy can help move their
school student who helps lead parents and other older voters
her high school’s gun control
to support gun reform.
advocacy club.
“Some of them may not
“It’s really important that
vote for a few years,” he said.
no one is afraid to go to
“But they’re watching their
school, no one is afraid to go
elected officials and they’re
to church, or go to synagogue, going to hold them account-
no one is afraid to just be in
able.”
BY ELIZABETH MILLER
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Portland Police confront May Day protesters at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Satur-
day in Portland. Across the Northwest, May Day demonstrators took to the streets.
May Day gatherings
give way to vandalism,
conflict and arrests
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Portland Police declared a
riot and made arrests at May
Day activities Saturday night,
following a day of mostly
peaceful marches and rallies.
The Portland Police Bu-
reau made just one arrest at
a dayside march downtown,
charging a 26-year-old man
with menacing and disorderly
conduct. Other daylight gath-
erings, which aimed to express
worker rights and other polit-
ical views, were held without
incident. They took place at
Peninsula Park, Shemanski
Park and on a march from in-
ner-Southeast Portland across
the Tilikum Crossing bridge to
the U.S. Customs and Immi-
gration facility.
For more than a century,
organized labor and the po-
litical left have used May Day
to commemorate fallen union
advocates and to push for
for worker rights and other
causes. Nonetheless, Saturday’s
gatherings included a gun-
rights rally that drew members
of the far-right Proud Boys in
Salem’s Riverfront Park.
What was a largely peace-
ful May Day during daylight
hours involved several inci-
dents of after-dark conflict
between activists and the Port-
land Police Bureau. Two gath-
erings described as “autono-
mous” protests in social media
posts drew a combined 150
people. One was at the ICE
facility in south Portland and
the other, at Shemanski Park,
led to a march into downtown
Paul Roblyer from Portland holds a flag with an image of former Presi-
dent Donald Trump as a few hundred people attend a Second Amend-
ment rally at Riverfront Park on Saturday in Salem.
Police confront May Day protesters at the Immigration and Customs
Enforcement facility in Portland on Saturday.
Portland. Police say they is-
sued the riot declaration and
began breaking up the gath-
erings after windows were
broken, buildings were spray-
painted and acts of arson, as-
sault, vandalism and theft were
committed.
Police said they arrested
six people. Charges included
criminal mischief, resisting ar-
rest and menacing officers.
More than a dozen arrests
were also reported in Seattle.
Multnomah sheriff lowers jail booking criteria
Associated Press
PORTLAND — Multnomah
County Sheriff Mike Reese has
sent out a special order to dep-
uties permitting people arrested
for misdemeanor crimes to be
booked into jail.
Previously, police officers is-
sued a citation for misdemeanor
crimes including reckless burn-
ing and criminal mischief and
ordered the person to appear in
court later, KGW reported.
The change in booking cri-
teria took effect on April 23,
according to a memo signed by
the sheriff.
Sheriff’s office spokesperson
Chris Liedle said the changes
were in the “interest of public
safety” and will have little to no
impact on the corrections sys-
tem. The special order comes
after recent violent demonstra-
tions in Portland in which sev-
eral businesses and public build-
ings were vandalized.
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