POLICE
POLICE BRUTALITY AND ALSO DEMANDED SPECIFIC CHANGES IN
THE WAY THAT PORTLAND POLICE
OPERATE WELCOME TO KGW NEWS AT
NOON.
NOON.
NOON. THIS WEEKEND'S PROTESTS
REMAINED LARGELY PEACEFUL BUT
EVENTUALLY SMALLER GROUPS THE
CLASH IN FRONT OF THE JUSTICE
CENTER LATER IN THE NIGHT
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND P
POLICE ARRESTED 50 PEOPLE
SATURDAY AND 20 MORE ON SUNDAY,
POLICE SAID THE DEMONSTRATION
OF THE JUSTICE CENTER HAD FEW
ISSUES AT FIRST OUTSIDE OF A
FEW PEOPLE SHAKING THE FENCE
BUT THEN AFTER 11:30 PEOPLE
STAPLED PEOPLE STARTED THROWING
THINGS AND OFFICERS BEGAN
DURING THE CROWD RIGHT NOW
PORTLAND MAYOR TED WHEELER IS
ABOUT TO TALK TO MEDIA MEMBERS
ABOUT THE PROTESTS OVER THE
WEEKEND AND THIS IS A LOOK
INSIDE WHERE THE NEWS
CONFERENCE IS ABOUT TO BEGIN
AND WE WILL CARRY IT LIVE ON
KGW.COM AND OUR KGW NEWS APP IF
YOU WOULD LIKE TO TUNE IN AND
WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED RIGHT
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. THERE HAS ALSO BEEN A LOT OF
TALK IN RECENT DAYS ABOUT
WHETHER POLICE SHOULD USE TEAR
GAS TO DISPERSE CROWDS DURING
THE PROTESTS.
THE PROTESTS. NOW THERE IS MORE THAN TALK.
THERE IS A LAWSUIT AGAINST
PORTLAND POLICE FOR USING IT,
TIM GORDON HAS MORE.>>REPORTER:
THERE IS CERTAINLY A LOT OF
DEBATE AND DIFFERENT IDEAS ON
WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT, FROM AN
OUTRIGHT BAN TO A TEMPORARY BAN
TO USING TEARGAS ONLY AS A LAST
RESORT.
RESORT.
RESORT. PORTLAND MAILER WHEELER IS THE
CITY'S POLICE COMMISSION AS WELL
AND ON SATURDAY HE SAID TEARGAS
SHOULDN'T BE USED UNLESS THERE
IS A SERIOUS THREAT AND THE DAY
BEFORE HE CALLED THE USE OF
TEARGAS UGLY BUT WHEN PRESSED
HE CAME UP SHORT OF SUPPORTING
AN OUTRIGHT BAN, PORTLAND
POLICE IS A LOT OF TEARGAS AND
THEY SAID IT TECHNICALLY IS
CALLED CS GAS WHICH IS THE
POWDERED FORM AND THEY CLAIM
YOU STOP FEELING THE EFFECTS OF
IT WHEN YOU WALK AWAY.
THE GROUP DON'T SHOOT PORTLAND
WANTS HIM TO STOP USING IT AND
FILED A LAWSUIT AND TWO
PORTLAND CITY COMMISSIONERS
POSTED ON TWITTER SAYING THEY
ARE AGAINST USING TEARGAS AND
BOTH WANT IT STOP AND WANT A
REVIEW OF OTHER LESS LETHAL
MUNITIONS CRIMINOLOGY AND
SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR RANDY BLAZE
ZACH DOCUMENTED SOME OF THE
PROTESTS AND HE BREATHED
TEARGAS IN THE PROCESS AND HE
SAID IT WORKS TO GET RID OF THE
CROWD BUT IT ALSO WORKS AGAINST
LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE LONG
RUN.
RUN.
RUN. >>
RUN. >> WHEN YOU USE A NOXIOUS AGENT
LIKE THAT YOU ANGER PEOPLE COME
YOU BRING PEOPLE INTO THE FIGHT
AND PEOPLE WHO SEE IT AS AN
INJUSTICE WILL SHOW UP AT THESE
RALLIES THINKING ALL COPS ARE
THE BAD GUYS.>> THE DOCTORS ARE
WEIGHING IN ON TEARGAS WITH
COVID 19 CONCERNS AND THE
PRESIDENT OF OHS YOU SET APART
THE RELEASE OF AIRFONE DROPLETS
THROUGH TEARGAS AND ARE
SCOFFING TO DECELERATE THIS
RIGHT OF COVID 19 AND LEAD TO A
SURGE OF NEW CASES.
UP IN SEATTLE THE MAYOR HAS
BANNED TEARGAS FOR 30 DAY
TIMEFRAME AND SOME IN PORTLAND
WANT THAT TO HAPPEN AS WELL.
THIS DEBATE WILL CONTINUE AND
WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS
THROUGH THE WEEK.
TIM GORDON KGW NEWS.
>> THE USE OF TEARGAS HAS
LARGELY BEEN CONCENTRATING ON
SMALLER DEMONSTRATIONS
SMALLER DEMONSTRATIONS HAPPENING OUTSIDE THE JUSTICE
CENTER LATER IN THE NIGHT.
TALK TO PROTEST ORGANIZERS
ABOUT THAT AND THEY SAY THE
ANGER INSIDE PEOPLE WHO FEEL
OPPRESSED COMES OUT AND ALWAYS
AND RIGHT NOW THEY ARE WORKING
TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THE
TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF
DEMONSTRATIONS WE HAVE BEEN
SEEING.
SEEING.
SEEING. >> YOU LOOK AT VIOLENCE IN THE
LOOTING AND YOU THINK THAT WILL
FURTHER HURT OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE'RE BRIDGING THOSE EFFORTS
IN TRYING TO MAKE IT SO THAT
FURTHER DESTRUCTION ISN'T THERE
AND WILL HELP CLEAN IT UP AND
WE WILL TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE FURTHER DESTRUCTION OF
HUMAN BODIES AND LIFE IS NOT
THERE AND GO PROTECT THEM AND I
WILL NOT TELL THEM THEIR
EFFORTS ARE WRONG OR RIGHT BUT
I WILL TRY TO GO AND REDUCE THE
AMOUNT OF HARM AND DESTRUCTION
HAPPENING SO THE MESSAGES
ACROSS THE BORDER BEING HEARD.
>> REVOLUTION HALL AND IRVING
PARK WERE THE TWO MAIN
MIDPOINTS YESTERDAY DURING THE
PROTESTS, ORGANIZERS READ OFF A
LIST OF POLICY CHANGES THEY
WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME CHANGES
INCLUDE THE IMMEDIATE REDUCTION
IN BUDGET DOLLARS FOR THE
PORTLAND POLICE BUREAU AND THEY
ARE CALLING FOR THE DEFUNDING
OF THE TRANSIT POLICE AND THE
GUN VIOLENCE REDUCTION TEAM.
ORGANIZERS SAID THAT PEOPLE
SHOULD GET USED TO THESE DAILY
PROTESTS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO
PLANS TO STOP.>> WE WILL NOT
STOP COMING OUT HERE UNTIL WE
SEE CHANGE.
SEE CHANGE. ACTUAL POLICIES ENACTED TO
PROTECT US.
PROTECT US. MY SON IS OUT HERE TO SHOW
OTHER KIDS THEY CAN DO
SOMETHING AS WELL.>> I WANT
EVERYONE TO COME OUT HERE AND
UNDERSTAND THIS IS A MOVEMENT
THAT IMPACTS EVERYONE AND THAT
EVERYBODY SHOULD BE INVESTED
AND ENGAGED WITH THIS MOVEMENT
BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GOING AWAY
AND WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR BASIC
HUMAN RIGHTS.
HUMAN RIGHTS. >> LAST NIGHT THE DEMONSTRATION
STARTED WINDING DOWN AROUND
9:30.>>> MEANWHILE IN
MINNEAPOLIS DEREK CHAUVIN MADE
HIS FIRST APPEARANCE IN COURT
TODAY FACING SECOND-DEGREE
MURDER AND MANSLAUGHTER AND THE
FUTURE OF THE ENTIRE
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT
IS UP IN THE AIR RIGHT NOW AS
WELL ONE DAY AFTER THE CITY'S
MAYOR WAS BOOED FOR SAYING HE
DOES NOT WANT TO ABOLISH THE
POLICE, A VETOPROOF MAJORITY OF
MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL
PLEDGED TO DISBAND THE
APARTMENT AND THE CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS SAY IT COULD TAKE UP TO
ONE YEAR TO FIGURE OUT HOW
EXACTLY THAT WOULD WORK.
THE FINAL PUBLIC SERVICE FOR
GEORGE FLOYD IS TODAY, HIS BODY
ARRIVED AT A HOUSTON CHURCH
THIS MORNING, HOUSTON IS WHERE
HE GREW UP.
IT IS NOW BEEN TWO FULL WEEKS
SINCE HE DIED IN MINNEAPOLIS
THAT PUBLIC VIEWING IS
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AND THIS IS
THE LAST OF THREE PUBLIC
SERVICES FOR GEORGE FLOYD AND
SERVICES WERE HELD LAST WEEK IN
MINNEAPOLIS, AND NORTH CAROLINA
WHERE HE WAS BORN.
A PRIVATE FUNERAL IS SCHEDULED
FOR TOMORROW.
FOR TOMORROW. >> WE WILL TURN OUR ATTENTION
NOW TO THE CORONAVIRUS BECAUSE
OREGON IS SEEING A JUMP IN
CASES PER 146 NEW CASES WERE
REPORTED YESTERDAY WHICH IS THE
HIGHEST SINGLE DAY TOTAL SINCE
THE PANDEMIC BEGAN BUT WHEN NEW
DEATH WAS ALSO REPORTED TO THE
OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY
REPORTED 93 NEW CASES SATURDAY
AND DOCTORS SAY THE INCREASING
CASE NUMBERS IS TIED TO SEVERAL
FACTORS PUTTING MORE WIDESPREAD
TESTING, CONTACT TRACING, AND
WORKPLACE OUTBREAKS.
WORKPLACE OUTBREAKS. A HUGE SPIKE IN CASES IN
LINCOLN COUNTY IS CONNECTED TO
PACIFIC SEAFOOD.
PACIFIC SEAFOOD. 124 EMPLOYEES AT THE COMPANY
PLANT IN NEWPORT TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COVID 19, STATE
AND COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICIALS ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW
WITH THE BUSINESS TO ADDRESS
THE OUTBREAK AND TO CONDUCT
CONTACT TRACING TO REACH OUT
ANYONE ELSE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN
EXPOSED.>> IN THIS PARTICULAR
SITUATION IN NEWPORT IS
CONFINED TO LIKE A SPECIFIC
OUTBREAK.
OUTBREAK.
OUTBREAK. WE HOPE IF WE HAD SEEN AN
INCREASE TO KNOW WHAT IT IS
COMING FROM WHICH IS A GOOD
NEWS BUT THE OTHER SIDE IS WE
DON'T KNOW HOW FAR OUT PEOPLE
HAVE GONE, THEY HAVE BEEN IN
CONTACT WITH AND THAT IS WHAT
WE'RE WORKING ON I KNOW PACIFIC
SEAFOOD SAYS OPERATIONS HAVE
BEEN SUSPENDED AND ALL FIVE
LOCATIONS FOR CLEANING A MORE
TESTING, LINCOLN COUNTY IS IN
PHASE 1 OF REOPENING RIGHT NOW.
ON FRIDAY THE BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS DECIDED NOT TO
PURSUE APPLYING FOR PHASE 2 AND
WEEKS LIKE TO HEAR MORE FROM
LINCOLN COUNTY AT A 1 PM NEWS
CONFERENCE TODAY
CONFERENCE TODAY >>> MARION COUNTY MEANWHILE HAS
APPLIED TO INTERFACE TWO OF
REOPENING WHICH LEADS
CLACKAMAS, HOOD RIVER, POLK AND
WASHINGTON AT THE COUNTIES IN
OREGON HAVE NOT YET APPLIED FOR
PHASE 2 AND IT DOES NOT INCLUDE
MULTNOMAH COUNTY WHO HOPES TO
INTERFACE ONE AT THE END OF THE
WEEK.
WEEK.
WEEK. PHASE 2 REOPENING IS A LITTLE
DIFFERENT IN WASHINGTON AND
OREGON BUT IN BOTH STATES IT
MEANS MORE BUSINESSES CAN
REOPEN.
REOPEN.
REOPEN. NOW HERE IS AN UPDATE LOOKING
AT THE CHANGES YOU WILL SEE AND
HOW BUSINESSES ARE
ADJUSTING.>>REPORTER: YOU MAY
NOT SEE THE SMILE BEHIND KAREN
WATKINS MASK.
WATKINS MASK. BUT YOU CAN HEAR IT.
SHE HELPS RUN HER FAMILY'S WOOD
FURNITURE BUSINESS, MAIN STREET
TRADER WITH HER DAD JOE
MORRISON AND VANCOUVER THEY ARE
LIKE ANY BUSINESS OWNERS ON
THIS BLOCK YOU ARE STUCK IN
LIMBO.
LIMBO.
LIMBO. SPENT JUST SHY OF 10 WEEKS AND
IT IS UNBELIEVABLE.>> PRETTY
BAD WITH A LOT OF EXPENSES AND
NO INCOME.>> CLARK COUNTY MOVED
TO WASHINGTON'S PHASE 2 LAST
WEEK AFTER THE APPLICATION
STALLED FOR IT CORONAVIRUS
OUTBREAK AT FIRESTONE PACIFIC
FOODS IN THE GOAL NOW IS TO
REGAIN INCOME AND STAY SAFE.>>
WE'RE FOLLOWING CDC GUIDELINES
AND WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE
A 6000 SQUARE-FOOT STORE WHERE
WE CAN EASILY SOCIAL DISTANCES
FACE STAY 6 FEET APART.
>> BY MONDAY 29 COUNTIES BE
OREGON'S PHASE 2 AND THIS
ALLOWS FROM LONGER RESTAURANT
AND BAR HOURS AND REOPENING
POOLS, MOVIE THEATERS, BOWLING
ALLEYS AND ARCADES MORE PEOPLE
CAN GATHER SPACE AND BARRIERS
PERMITTING JERRY HUNTER OWNS
THIRD STREET PIZZA AND DINER IN
McMINNVILLE, EVEN WITH PHASE 2
HE HAS CONCERNS WITH SMALL
RESTAURANTS WITHOUT THE SPACE
TO SOCIAL DISTANCE.>> THE NAME
FOR OUR BUSINESSES HOSPITALITY
AND WE LIKE TO TAKE CARE OF
PEOPLE AND FEED THEM AND SHOW
THEM A GOOD TIME TO GIVE THEM A
VENUE TO CONNECT TO FAMILY AND
FRIENDS.
FRIENDS.
FRIENDS. OUR BEST HOPE IS THAT THEY COME
AND GET THEIR STUFF AND GET OUT
OF HERE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE SO
THAT WE CAN TURN THE LIMITED
NUMBER OF TABLES AND TRY TO GET
THE REVENUE FOR THE DAY WE NEED
TO SURVIVE.
TO SURVIVE. >> HE KNOWS MOST OF OREGON WILL
SIT IN PHASE 2 FOR THE LONG
HAUL.>> WE WILL CONTINUE TO
LIVE WITH THE THREAT OF THE
VIRUS UNTIL THERE HAS BEEN A
WIDELY AVAILABLE TREATMENT OR A
VACCINE.>> BACK ON MAIN STREET
AND VANCOUVER TRAFFIC IS
PICKING UP, MANY BUSINESSES
SHARING THIS MESSAGE.>> WE WANT
TO OPEN SAFELY AND WE