ARE
ARE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE ELSE. >> OK, SWITCHING GEARS WE DO
HAVE A LOT AND I MEAN A LOT
OF NEW INFORMATION THIS NOON
ABOUT THE RED HOUSE EVICTION
STORY THAT'S UNFOLDING RIGHT
NOW IN NORTH PORTLAND.
>> THIS IS WHERE PROTESTERS
HAVE BLOCKED PART
OF MISSISSIPPI AVENUE AND HAVE
SET UP A CAMP TO PREVENT A
BLACK AND INDIGINOUS FAMILY
FROM BEING EVICTED FROM THEIR
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE KINNEYS
FAMILY.
FAMILY.
FAMILY. SO FAR THEY'VE RAISED ALMOST
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
THROUGH A GOFUNDME CMY TO SAVE
THEIR HOUSE.
THEIR HOUSE. BUT JUST THIS MORNING WE
LEARNED THAT KINNEYS ALSO OWN A
SECOND HOME LESS THAN TWO MILES
AWAY.
AWAY.
AWAY. OPB
AWAY. OPB FIRST REPORTED THE NEWS AND
KGW CONFIRMNED IT THROUGH
PROPERTY RECORDS.
PROPERTY RECORDS. OPB REPORTS FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE
BEEN LIVING IN THAT SECOND HOME
AS THE PROTESTS TO STOP THE
EVICTION AT THE RED HOUSE
CONTINUES.
CONTINUES. SO BEFORE THIS NEWS BROKE
TODAY, THE DEVELOPER WHO BOUGHT
THE RED HOUSE AT A FORECLOSURE
AUCTION BACK IN 2018 SAID HE'S
OPEN TO SELLING IT BACK TO THE
FAMILY.
FAMILY.
FAMILY. IN ADDITION, MAYOR TED WHEELER
SAYS HE'S WORKING TO RESOLVE
THE CONFLICT.
THE CONFLICT. IT'S UNCLEAR AT THIS POINT HOW
THIS NEW REVELATION MIGHT
CHANGE THE OFFER OR THE
NEGOTIATIONS.
NEGOTIATIONS. LIKE I SAID, TONS TO FOLLOW
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. THIS IS JUST YET ANOTHER TWIST
IN A VERY COMPLICATED STORY
WHICH OUR MAGGIE VESPER HAS
BEEN FOLLOWING ALL WEEK LONG.
SHE JOINS US NOW FROM OUTSIDE
THE PROTEST NEAR MISSISSIPPI
AND SKIDMORE.
AND SKIDMORE. MAGGIE?
MAGGIE?
MAGGIE? >> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> JUST LOGISTICS WISE, I WANT
TO TELL YOU THAT WE'RE A BLOCK
DOWN FROM THE PROTEST.
BUT YOU MENTIONED THE MAYOR AND
YOU MENTIONED THE DEVELOPER
WHO'S WITH URBAN HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT LLC.
DEVELOPMENT LLC. WE'VE REACHED OUT TO BOTH
OF THOSE PARTIES TO ASK IF THIS
NEW REVELATION ABOUT THE
KINNEYS HAVING A SECOND HOME
CHANGES THEIR STATEMENTS OR
THEIR INPUT OR THEIR TAKE ON
THIS SITUATION.
THIS SITUATION. WE HAVEN'T YET HEARD BACK.
WE'LL LET YOU KNOW IF AND WHEN
WE DO.
WE DO.
WE DO. IN
WE DO. IN THE MEANTIME, WE DO WANT TO
BE CLEAR.
BE CLEAR.
BE CLEAR. I MEAN THIS SITUATION HAS
RAISED A LOT OF BROADER
IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
GENTRIFICATION AND ABOUT
HOUSING INEQUALITY, ESPECIALLY
IN HISTORICALLY BLACK
NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THIS ONE.
AND EARLIER TODAY WE MET A
NEIGHBOR WHO'S REALLY MADE IT
HER MISSION TO DOCUMENT THAT
PART OF THIS STORY.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> THANKS FOR THAT MORNING,
BRIANNA.
BRIANNA.
BRIANNA. >> YBANEZ HIT RECORD BEFORE SHE
REALLY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
>> THE NEIGHBORS WERE LITERALLY
SCREAMING WAKE UP EVERYBODY
WAKE UP YOUR NEIGHBORS BEING
EVICTED.
EVICTED.
EVICTED. WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE
CAMPERS WERE BEING ARREST CYDIA
ARRESTING ABOUT 40 GRAND.
>> TAXPAYER MONEY YBANEZ SHOT
THIS VIDEO TUESDAY MORNING.
POLICE HAD RESPONDED TO THE
RUDD HOUSE WHICH SITS RIGHT
NEXT DOOR TO HER NORTH PORTLAND
APARTMENT.
APARTMENT. THESE ARE FROM MY WINDOW
ESSENTIALLY KIWANDA YBANEZ
DIDN'T KNOW THE HOME'S STORY AT
THE TIME BUT SHE KNEW THE CAMP
AROUND IT WAS GROWING.
>> SO THE 27 YEAR OLD FREELANCE
PHOTOGRAPHER GRABBED HER CAMERA
.
.
. >>
. >> YBANEZ HAS LONG BEEN FOCUSED
ON DOCUMENTING THE STRUGGLES
OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
AND WHILE THE STORY OF THE
KINNEYS IS COMPLEX, THE PATTERN
OF WATCHING BIPOC FAMLIES BE
DRIVEN OUT OF HISTORICALLY
BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE ALBINA
HITS HER HARD.
>> IT'S DEFINITELY HAPPENES TO
THEIR FAMILIES.
THEIR FAMILIES. IT'S JUST BEING I THINK MORE
DOCUMENTED.
DOCUMENTED. AFTER THE SUMMER THERE'S SO
MUCH MORE ATTENTION ON RACIAL
INJUSTICE AND I DON'T KNOW IF
THIS HAD HAPPENED IN ANY OTHER
TIME IF WE WOULD BE TALKING
ABOUT THIS, YBANEZ SAYS.
THAT'S WHY SHE SHOT QUIET
MOMENTS IN THE CAMP AS WELL.
SHE DOESN'T WANT THIS STORY
REDUCED TO A HEADLINE ABOUT A
STANDOFF WITH POLICE.
AND I JUST HATE THE MEDIA.
>> DOES THEIR BEST TO TAKE WHAT
IS HAPPENING INTO CONTEXT WITH
THE HISTORY OF THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD WITH OREGON AS A
WHOLE FOR ME.
THAT'S WHAT INTERESTS ME IS
WHAT HOW IS THIS COMMUNITY
BEING SHAPED AND FOR WHO SO SO
LET'S BE CLEAR IN OUR COVERAGE
THIS WEEK.
THIS WEEK. >> THAT WAS JUST ONE NEIGHBOR'S
VOICE RIGHT IN OUR COVERAGE
THIS WEEK.
THIS WEEK. WE'VE TALKED TO NEIGHBORS WHO
FEEL VERY DIFFERENTLY.
SOME OF THEM ARE ANGRY ABOUT
WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING.
A LOT OF THEM WE TALKED TO ARE
SCARED.
SCARED.
SCARED. SOME BUSINESSES HAVE REMAINED
CLOSED.
CLOSED.
CLOSED. THE RESOUNDING CONSENSUS THOUGH
WAS THAT EVERYONE WANTS THIS
RESOLVED HOW IT GETS RESOLVED
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THESE NEW
REVELATIONS TODAY.
REVELATIONS TODAY. THAT OBVIOUSLY REMAINS TO BE
SEEN.
SEEN.
SEEN. AGAIN, THIS IS A COMPLEX STORY.
IT'S ALL UNFOLDING AS THE DAY
GOES ON.
GOES ON.
GOES ON. WE'LL HAVE UPDATES AT KGW DOT