>>>
>>> THE
>>> THE PORTLAND MAYOR SAYS POLICE ARE TAKING ACTION TO CUT
DOWN ON THE VIOLENT PROTESTS IN
DOWNTOWN PORTLAND.
DOWNTOWN PORTLAND. THOSE PROTESTS HAVE BEEN
HAPPENING MANY NIGHTS IN
PORTLAND SINCE THE END OF MAY.
CITY LEADERS ARGUE THE VIOLENCE
HAS KEPT PEOPLE OUT OF DOWNTOWN
AND HAS HEARD SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERS.
OWNERS.
OWNERS. MANY LEADERS FEEL THE VIOLENCE
ALSO STEALS THE MESSAGE OF THE
LARGER PROTEST MOVEMENT.
>>
>> FOR
>> FOR 40
>> FOR 40 DAYS WE HAVE SEEN LATE-NIGHT VIOLENCE DOWNTOWN
AND ELSEWHERE OFTEN AFTER
PEACEFUL PROTESTERS HAVE GONE
DOWN.
DOWN.
DOWN. DURING THAT TIME WE HAVE HEARD
FROM BUSINESS OWNERS WERE THEIR
LIVELIHOODS ARE BEING
DESTROYED, THE MAYOR IS NOT
DOING ENOUGH TO PROTECT THEM.
TWO DAYS AGO THE UNION
REPRESENTING MOST OF THE CITIES
POLICE OFFICERS SAYS IT HAD NO
CONFIDENCE IN THE MAYOR OR THE
CITY COUNCIL TO STOP THE
VIOLENCE AND PROTECT
PORTLAND.>> IF I CONTINUE TO
HAVE CONFIDENCE IN LEADERSHIP
HIM A>> IS IN CHARGE OF THE
POLICE BUREAU AND SAID AS MAYOR
HE IS A ARENA BUT ALSO HOLDING
THEM ACCOUNTABLE WHEN THEY MAKE
MISTAKES.
MISTAKES.
MISTAKES. HE SAID HE PRESSED LEADERS ON
WHY THEY ARE NOT DOING MORE.>>
I ASKED WHY CAN'T YOU JUST GO
AND ARREST THOSE ENGAGED IN
CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND YOU CAN
DEMONSTRATE THAT, THE ANSWER
THEY SAID WAS A LOT OF GOOD
SENSE, THEY SAID EVEN THOUGH IT
IS TWO OR 300 PEOPLE, SENDING
POLICE INTO THAT KIND OF
SITUATION IS REALLY DANGEROUS.
>> I HAVE HEARD CRITICISM FROM
THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT
YOU'RE NOT STANDING UP ON A
REGULAR BASIS AND DECRYING THIS
VIOLENCE.>> I DON'T KNOW WHERE
THE CRITICISM COMES FROM.
I HAVE HELD NUMEROUS PRESS
CONFERENCES I STOOD WITH HIS
MISLEADERS IN FRONT OF THE
CAMERAS, LAST WEEK I STOOD WITH
LEADERS AND LEADERS FROM
NORTHEAST PORTLAND AND I
DECRIED THE VIOLENCE AND
VANDALISM.>> THE MAYOR BELIEVES
THE STRATEGY OF COMMUNITY
MEMBERS PEEKING OUT SEPARATING
THE VIOLENT PROTESTERS FROM THE
LARGER MOVEMENT FOR POLICE
REFORM, IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
>> WE ARE SEEING A SIGNIFICANT
ESCALATION.
ESCALATION. THOSE GROUPS GROW SMALLER AND
SMALLER BY NIGHT.
IN THE LAST FEW DAYS I BELIEVE
THEY HAVE REACHED A CONTAINMENT
SITUATION.
SITUATION. I EXPECT THIS TO WRAP UP
QUICKLY AND AS I SAY, SAFELY.>>
WE CAN BROUGHT CHAOS TO
DOWNTOWN PORTLAND PUT A TAX ON
THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE, THE
COUNTY COURTHOUSE AND OTHER
BUILDINGS.
BUILDINGS. DESPITE EXPECTING THE VIOLENT
CONFRONTATION TO BE WRAPPED UP
SOON, THE ORLAND MAYOR IS NOT
GOING TO PREDICT WHAT IT WILL
BE THIS WEEKEND.
>> I HOPE WE DO NOT SEE
VIOLENCE THIS WEEKEND, I HOPE
THE PEOPLE ENGAGED IN VIOLENCE
ARE STARTING TO UNDERSTAND THAT
THEY ARE BEING ISOLATED FROM
THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY
INCLUDING THOSE WHO MARCHED
PEACEFULLY IN SUPPORT OF RACIAL
JUSTICE.
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>>> INVESTIGATION FOUND DOZENS OF PEOPLE ARRESTED DURING
PROTESTS IN DOWNTOWN PORTLAND
HAD THEIR CHARGES DROPPED.
A REVIEW OF POLICE AND COURT
RECORDS FOUND PROSECUTORS
DISMISSED CHARGES AGAINST AT
LEAST 59 PROTESTERS OF THE
ROUGHLY 400 PROTESTERS ARRESTED
SINCE MASS DEMONSTRATIONS
STARTED IN PORTLAND IN LATE
MAY.
MAY.
MAY. MOST
MAY. MOST OF THE CHARGES WERE
MISDEMEANORS, BUT NINE CASES
INVOLVED FELONIES SUCH AS
RIOTS, ARSON AND THEFT.
IN ONE CASE POLICE ARRESTED THE
25-YEAR-OLD PROTESTER FOR
ALLEGEDLY SETTING FIRE TO A
CHASE BANK IN DOWNTOWN
PORTLAND, THAT HAPPENED ON MAY
30.
30.
30. A
30. A GRAND JURY HEARD EVIDENCE IN
THE CASE AND DECLINED TO RETURN
AN INDICTMENT.
AN INDICTMENT. IT'S NOT CLEAR WHY OTHER CASES
WERE CLOSED.
>>
>> IT'S
>> IT'S EXACTLY WHAT I TALKED ABOUT THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN.
INC.
INC.
INC. ABOUT WHAT PROSECUTIONS ARE
NECESSARY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.>>
THE FULL INVESTIGATION IS
COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR.
>>> THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY
ISSUED A WAKE-UP CALL TODAY
AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF RECORD-
SETTING SPIKES AND TRENDING
COVID-19 CASES, TOO MANY
PEOPLE ARE HAVING PARTIES AND
PEOPLE NEED TO REEL IT IN.
TODAY THE OHA REPORTS 275 NEW
CASES OF COVID-19 AND 2 NEW
DEATHS IN OREGON.
THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL TO MORE
THAN 11,000 CASES AND 232
DEATHS AS THE PANDEMIC BEGAN.
OREGON'S RECORD FOR NEW DAILY
CASES IS 389.
THAT RECORD WAS SET YESTERDAY
AND IT WAS THE FIFTH TIME THIS
WEEK WE SAW MORE THAN 300 CASES
IN A SINGLE DAY.
THIS MEANS MONTHS INTO THIS
PANDEMIC OREGON NUMBERS ARE
REGULARLY WORSE THAN THEY HAVE
EVER BEEN, SO TODAY THE OHA
ISSUED AN URGENT REQUEST TO ALL
PEOPLE IN OREGON.
>>
>> INVOLUNTARY LIMITING INDOOR GATHERINGS TO 10 PEOPLE OR
LESS, A TIGHTENING OF
GUIDELINES LAID OUT IN PHASE 1
OF THE REOPENING PLAN WHICH
ALLOWED FOR SOCIAL GATHERINGS
OF UP TO 25.
THIS COMES AFTER CASE COUNTS IN
OREGON REPEATEDLY BROKE RECORDS
THIS WEEK.
THIS WEEK. THE CURRENT RECORD SET THURSDAY
WITH 389 NEW CASES AND SIX
DEATHS IN ONE DAY.
OFFICIALS SAY WHEN COUNTIES
BEGAN REOPENING THE VIRUS WOULD
SPREAD BUT IT'S PRETTY MORE
THAN IT HAS TO, OFFICIALS SAY
OREGONIANS ARE LETTING THEIR
GUARDS DOWN IN SOCIAL
SITUATIONS, IN PARTICULAR AT
GRADUATIONS, BIRTHDAYS,
GRADUATIONS, BIRTHDAYS, WEDDINGS AND HOLIDAYS.
>>
>> RESTAURANTS AND GROCERY STORES ARE ALREADY BEING
MONITORED AND FOR NOW THEY ARE
NOT THE PROBLEM.
OFFICIALS RIGHT NOW ARE NOT
CONSIDERING CLOSING COUNTIES.
THAT SAID THEY WANT TO GET THE
PROBLEM UNDER CONTROL FAST.
THE OHA ESTIMATES ROUGHLY 1100
PEOPLE ARE CONTRACTING THE
VIRUS EACH DAY.
EVEN IF PEOPLE BUCKLE DOWN AND
SLOW THE SPREAD BY 10%,
OFFICIALS EXPECT THAT NUMBER TO
KEEP RISING TO 1600 NEW
INFECTIONS PER DAY.
IF NOTHING CHANGES EXPERTS SAY
WE COULD SEE AS MANY AS 3600
INFECTED EACH DAY.
>>>
>>> BECAUSE OF SURGING CORONAVIRUS CASES SEVERAL
SPORTS WILL BE DELAYED THIS
FALL, AND WILL ONLY PLAY
CONFERENCE GAMES.
CONFERENCE GAMES. THAT INCLUDES FOOT TALL, MEN'S
AND WOMEN'S SOCCER AND WOMEN'S
VOLLEYBALL.
VOLLEYBALL. CONFERENCE LEADERS SAY THEY
HOPE TO PLAY FALL SPORTS AS
LONG AS IT CAN BE DONE SAFELY.
STUDENT ATHLETES WHO DON'T PLAY
BECAUSE OF SAFETY CONCERNS WILL
HAVE THEIR SCHOLARSHIPS HONORED
AND STAY IN GOOD STANDING WITH
THEIR TEAM.
THEIR TEAM. THE DECISION APPLIES TO ALL PAC-
12 SCHOOLS, SCHEDULES SHOULD BE
RELEASED BY THE END OF THIS
MONTH.
>>>
>>> WE
>>> WE REACHED OUT TO THE OREGON HOME EDUCATION NETWORK
ON THE BOARD PRESIDENT SAID THE
GROUPS FACEBOOK PAGE HAS BEEN
INUNDATED WITH NEW PARENTS
ASKING ABOUT HOMESCHOOLING.
IF YOU HOMESCHOOL FIRST YOU
HAVE TO REGISTER AS A
HOMESCHOOLER WITH YOUR LOCAL
EDUCATION SERVICE DISTRICT,
WITHIN 10 DAYS OF WITHDRAWING
FROM SCHOOL.
FROM SCHOOL. KIDS HAVE STANDARDIZED TEST AT
GRADES THREE, FIVE AND 10 ON
MATH, READING AND LANGUAGE
SKILLS.
SKILLS.
SKILLS. THERE IS NO SPECIFIC CURRICULUM
REQUIRED.
REQUIRED.
REQUIRED. >> WITH NEW FAMILIES THERE
SAYING HOW CAN I HOMESCHOOL I
DON'T KNOW HOW TO TEACH AND I
HAVE NO EXPERIENCE.
AS A HOMESCHOOLING PARENT YOU
DON'T HAVE TO BE THE ONLY
TEACHER.
TEACHER.
TEACHER. AS A HOMESCHOOLING TEACHER
YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR SEEING
TO IT THAT YOUR CHILD GETS AN
EDUCATION.>> THERE ARE LOTS OF
PLACES TO GET SUPPORT, WE HAVE
MORE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE.
AND WE KNOW SO MANY PARENTS
HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT GOING BACK
TO SCHOOL SO WE ARE COMPILING A
LIST OF THE LOCAL DISTRICTS
PLANS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.