>>
>> ALL
>> ALL RIGHT. WELL THAT DOES IT FOR US HERE
AT FOUR.
AT FOUR.
AT FOUR. LAUREL IS HERE WITH KGW NEWS AT
5:00.
5:00.
5:00. >>
5:00. >> THIS IS KGW NEWS.
AND NEW TONIGHT THE FIGHT TO
STOP THE RED HOUSE EVICTION
JUST KEEPS GROWING.
THIS IS VIDEO FROM SKY.
DOZENS HAVE SET UP TENTS AROUND
THE HOME ALONG NORTH
MISSISSIPPI AND BLOCKED OFF
PART OF THE STREET.
IT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE A BLACK
AND INDEGENOUS FAMILIES ON THE
BRINK OF BEING FORCED FROM
THEIR HOME.
THEIR HOME. ACTIVISTS SAY THEY WANT TO STOP
THAT FROM HAPPENING.
THE MAYOR HAS AUTHORIZED POLICE
TO USE ALL LEGAL FORCE TO BREAK
THINGS UP.
THINGS UP. KGW MAGGIE VESPER'S LIVE ALONG
NORTH MISSISSIPPI RIGHT NOW.
AND MAGGIE, POLICE HAVEN'T BEEN
THERE TODAY AT ALL.
YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN THEM HERE SINCE
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. YESTERDAY MORNING OFFICERS CAME
HERE AND BASICALLY TRIED TO
BREAK THIS UP.
YOU CAN SEE THE BARRICADE
BEHIND ME HERE AT MISSISSIPPI
AND SKIDMORE.
AND SKIDMORE. THEY ARRESTED ABOUT A DOZEN
PEOPLE BUT I SAW THAT SKY
VIDEO.
VIDEO.
VIDEO. DOZENS MORE ARE STILL HERE.
THIS CAMPUS HUGE AND THEY'RE
REFUSING TO LEAVE.
NOW THE KINNEY FAMILIES, THE
CENTER OF ALL OF THIS.
THEY HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE
TODAY WHERE A VIDEO FROM
EARLIER THE GIST OF THEIR STORY
IS KIND OF COMPLICATED BUT
BANKS FORECLOSED ON THE HOME
BASICALLY AND SOLD IT TO A
DEVELOPER AT AUCTION IN 2018.
SO TWO YEARS AGO THAT HAPPENED
AFTER THE FAMILY TOOK OUT
MULTIPLE LOANS AGAINST THEIR
HOME OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS.
THEY SAY THE LOANS WERE
PREDATORY.
PREDATORY. THEY DROWNED IN DEBT FROM
FLUCTUATING INTEREST RATES FOR
THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
AFTER THAT AUCTION.
THEY FOUGHT IN COURT TO WIN
THEIR HOUSE BACK.
MOST RECENTLY CITING THE
EVICTION MORATORIUM PUT IN
PLACE BY LOCAL OFFICIALS DURING
THE PANDEMIC.
THE PANDEMIC. BUT IN SEPTEMBER A JUDGE RULED
THE MORATORIUM DOES NOT APPLY
TO THIS CASE.
AND DAYS LATER DEPUTIES CAME TO
THE HOME.
THE HOME.
THE HOME. THE FAMILY SAYS GUNS DRAWN AND
ORDERED THEM TO LEAVE.
AND THAT'S WHEN ACTIVISTS
STARTED SETTING UP A CAMP
AROUND THE PROTESTS AROUND THE
HOME SAYING THEY REFUSE TO LET
ANOTHER BLACK AND INDEGENOUS
FAMILY BE EVICTED.
WHEN I LEFT THE PLACE WAS
SURROUNDED BY COPS AND WHEN I
GOT BACK THE COMMUNITY
SURROUNDED THE LAND AND ALLOWD
WAS TAKEN BACK.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> SO BACK OUT HERE LIVE.
THIS IS AGAIN A NORTH
MISSISSIPPI AND SKIDMORE AND
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND. THE MAYOR TWEETING OUT THAT
THIS CAMP THE ZONE IS ILLEGAL
AND HE WANTS POLICE TO USE ALL
LEGAL MEANS TO BREAK IT UP AND
HE ADDED QUOTE THERE WILL BE NO
AUTONOMOUS ZONE IN PORTLAND.
THAT'S A DIRECT QUOTE AND
OBVIOUSLY HE'S LIKENING THIS TO
THE CHOP ZONE THAT FORMED
EARLIER THIS YEAR IN SEATTLE.
BUT AGAIN, SINCE THAT DIRECTIVE
WAS ISSUED LAST NIGHT BY THE
MAYOR, WE HAVEN'T SEEN POLICE
BACK HERE AT ALL.
AND PROTESTERS SAY THEY'RE
GOING TO STAY UNTIL THAT FAMILY
IS TOLD THEY CAN STAY IN THEIR
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. BACK TO YOU.
MAGGIE VESP ALIVE IN NORTH
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND. THANK YOU, MAGGIE.
AND SOUTH OF WHERE MAGGIE IS AT
THE RED HOUSE AND THE OCCUPIED
AREA ON MISSISSIPPI SITS THE
ONCE VIBRANT BUSINESS DISTRICT
.
.
. IT
. IT IS
. IT IS MUCH SLOWER THESE DAYS.
AND BUSINESS OWNERS ARE FEELING
THE PRESSURE.
THE PRESSURE. DEVIN HASKINS SPOKE WITH
BUSINESS OWNERS ALONG
MISSISSIPPI ABOUT THE PROTESTS
JUST BLOCKS AWAY THE HISTORIC
MISSISSIPPI DISTRICT ISN'T AS
BUSY AND BUSTLING AS IT USUALLY
IS.
IS.
IS. THE
IS. THE PANDEMIC HAS PLAYED A LARGE
PART IN SLOWING IT DOWN THIS
YEAR.
YEAR.
YEAR. IT
YEAR. IT SERVES THE COMMUNITY HERE.
IT SERVES THE COMMUNITY AT
LARGE AND IS ACTUALLY A VERY
ATTRACTIVE TOURIST DESTINEE
NATION.
NATION.
NATION. WHEN WE DON'T HAVE KOVIK K NEW
ALONE SOMEONE LINING ON
MISSISSIPPI.
MISSISSIPPI. >> SHE SAYS WHILE BUSINESS IS
DOWN, CRIME IS UP.
>> THERE IS AN ENORMOUS
INCREASE IN CAR BREAK AND HOME
BREAK INS GARAGE BREAK INS.
THERE HAS BEEN REPORTED A LOT
MORE BREAK INS TO OUR
BUSINESSES.
BUSINESSES. >> NEWELL SAYS THE TIMING
COINCIDES WITH THE ENCAMPMENT
OUTSIDE THE RED HOUSE THAT
STARTED IN SEPTEMBER.
BUT DOWN THE STREET OTHER
BUSINESS OWNERS THAT HAVE BEEN
A VICTIM OF CRIME AREN'T SO
QUICK TO POINT FINGERS.
SO WITHIN ONE WEEK I SPENT
ABOUT THOUSAND DOLLARS JUST
APPROPRIATING TANGS SO I DON'T
THINK THAT IS JUST PROTESTERS.
I BELIEVE THIS ALSO THE
HOMELESS.
HOMELESS.
HOMELESS. WE HAVE A HUGE HOMELESS PROBLEM
THAT WE NEED TO ANSWER.
>> MAURICE SVANE OWNS THE
SOUTHERN KITCHEN PDX FOOD CART.
HE'S ONE OF ONLY A COUPLE
OF BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES ALONG
MISSISSIPPI.
MISSISSIPPI. HE UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S HAPPENING
UP THE STREET AND SUPPORTS THE
FAMILY'S FIGHT TO LIVE INSIDE
THE HOME.
THE HOME.
THE HOME. >> WHO WANTS TO GIVE UP A HOME?
LET ME COME AND TAKE YOU HOME
FROM YOU SEE HOW YOU FEEL.
I BUT YOU WILL FIGHT.
YOU MIGHT DO SOME NAILS.
AND WHILE BUSINESS IS SLOW,
IT'S NOT THE BARRICADED AREA
THAT'S KEEPING PEOPLE OUT
OF THE DISTRICT IS AT THE OTHER
END.
END.
END. >>
END. >> THERE'S OTHER WAYS THAT YOU
CAN GO AROUND AND STILL GET TO
WHAT YOU NEED TO GET TO.
ALONG MISSISSIPPI AVENUE, DEVIN
HASKINS, KGW NEWS.
>> A LAWSUIT AGAINST A FORMER
WESTLAND DOCTOR IS GROWING.
TWENTY NINE ALLEGED VICTIMS NOW
ALL SAY THE DOCTOR SEXUALLY
ABUSED THEM.
ABUSED THEM. CATHERINE COOK SPOKE WITH FIVE
OF THOSE WOMEN.
THEY WANTED TO SHARE THEIR
STORIES IN HOPES OF EMPOWERING
OTHERS TO COME FORWARD.
>> THIS IS ALL UNCOMFORTABLE
FOR ME TO SHARE ALL OF THESE
WOMEN.
WOMEN.
WOMEN. >>
WOMEN. >> WHEN I WAS ASSAULTED I
THOUGHT THAT I WAS ALONE.
I THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS
SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME.
I THOUGHT I HAD MISREAD THINGS.
SHARE A COMMON BOND THAT I JUST
FELT THIS FEELING THAT I
COULDN'T HAVE BEEN THE ONLY
ONE.
ONE.
ONE. >>
ONE. >> THEY ALL SAY THEY WERE
SEXUALLY ABUSED.
SEXUALLY ABUSED. I HOPE THE PEOPLE CAN PUT THOSE
PIECES TOGETHER FOR THEMSELVES
AND BEGIN TO HEAL.
>> AND THEY ALL ACCUSE FORMER
WESTLING DR. DAVID FARLEY
OF ABUSING THEM TO GET HIM
REMOVED FROM SOCIETY.
BECAUSE YOU DON'T YOU DON'T
NEED A MEDICAL LICENSE TO ABUSE
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. >> IN OCTOBER THE OREGON
MEDICAL BOARD REVOKED FARLEY'S
MEDICAL LICENSE CITING
UNPROFESSIONAL OR DISHONORABLE
CONDUCT AND GROSS REPEATED ACTS
OF NEGLIGENCE.
OF NEGLIGENCE. FARLEY PRACTICED AT WESTLUND
FAMILY HEALTH CENTER, WHICH HE
STARTED IN 1993.
IN AUGUST FARLY RETIRED.
IN THIS LETTER TO PATIENTS HE
MENTIONED DEEP REGRET, SADNESS
AND A SWOLLEN HEART AND SAID
HIS DECISION TO RETIRE WAS DUE
TO MULTIPLE PERSONAL
CIRCUMSTANCES.
CIRCUMSTANCES. >> HE WAS HURTING EVERYONE.
>> EVERYONE FROM SMALL CHILDREN
TO MUCH OLDER THAN ME.
>> LIZA PRATT WAS FARLEY'S
PATIENT FOR FIVE YEARS.
SHE MET HIM THROUGH HER CHURCH
COMMUNITY AND SAYS THAT'S ONE
WAY FARLEY GAINED TRUST AND
GROOMED HIS ALLEGED VICTIMS.
SHE BEGAN ASKING OTHER WOMEN
ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH
BALI AND DISCOVERED SIMILAR
STORIES.
STORIES.
STORIES. SHORTLY AFTER SHE LEARNED ABOUT
THE MEDICAL BOARDS
INVESTIGATION AS A MOTHER
OF THREE I JUST COULD NOT REST
UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENED.
>> AND SO I KNEW I HAD TO SPEAK
UP EVEN THOUGH THIS IS SO HARD
TO DO.
TO DO.
TO DO. LISA AND OTHER WOMEN REPORTED
FARLY TO WESTLAND POLICE.
>> THE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEIR
INVESTIGATION IS ACTIVE AND
ONGOING BUT WOULDN'T SHARE ANY
SPECIFICS ABOUT THE CASE.
SO FAR TWENTY NINE WOMEN HAVE
UNITED IN A CIVIL SUIT FILED
AGAINST BALI SEEKING 290
MILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGES.
>> ALL OF THESE WOMEN HAD NOT
COME FORWARD.
COME FORWARD. >> FARLEY WOULD STILL BE OUT
THERE RIGHT NOW DOING THE SAME
THING.
THING.
THING. >>
THING. >> ATTORNEYS SAY THEY'VE SPOKEN
WITH NEARLY 70 ALLEGED VICTIMS.
THEY HOPE OTHERS WILL FIND THE
STRENGTH TO COME FORWARD.
OUR GOALS ARE FIRST AND
FOREMOST TO GET OUR CLIENT
EELING CLIENTS HEALING AND
SECONDLY TO GET HIM OFF THE
STREET.
STREET.
STREET. >> AND IF WE ACCOMPLISH THAT
AND NOTHING ELSE, THAT'S A HUGE
WIN.
WIN.
WIN. FARLEY'S ATTORNEY DECLINED TO
COMMENT ON PENDING LITIGATION.
>> THE SUIT ALSO NAMES WESTLUND
FAMILY HEALTH CENTER LEGACY
MERIDIAN PARK HOSPITAL AND
PROVIDENCE HEALTH AND SERVICES
OREGON.
OREGON.
OREGON. FARLEY WAS NOT EMPLOYED BY THE
HOSPITALS BUT HAD PRIVILEGES TO
CARE FOR HIS PATIENTS WHO WERE
ADMITTED TO PROVIDENCE
WILLAMETTE FALLS MEDICAL
CENTER.
CENTER.
CENTER. NEITHER HOSPITAL WOULD COMMENT
ON PENDING LITIGATION SINCE
RETIRING STATE MEDICAL RECORDS
SHOW FARLY MOVED TO ST..
ANTHONY , IDAHO NEAR THE UTAH
BORDER.
BORDER.
BORDER. THAT BRINGS LITTLE COMFORT TO
THESE WOMEN WHO WANT TO SEE
FARLY BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.
HE IS A SERIAL PREDATOR AND HE
WON'T STOP UNTIL SOMEONE STOPS
HIM.
HIM.
HIM. >>
HIM. >> CATHERINE COOK, KGW NEWS.
>> YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THE
LAWSUIT AGAINST FARLY AND WE'LL
BE FOLLOWING NEW DEVELOPMENTS
IN THE CASE ON OUR WEB SITE KGW
DOT COM.
DOT COM.
DOT COM. >> OREGON'S COVERED SURGE
CONTINUES.
CONTINUES. >> HERE ARE TODAY'S STATS FROM
THE ERA OF OREGON HEALTH
AUTHORITY.
AUTHORITY. THE STATE REPORTED ANOTHER 30
DEATHS TODAY.
DEATHS TODAY. IT'S THE THIRD TIME THIS MONTH
THE STATE IS REPORTED 30 OR
MORE.
MORE.
MORE. JUST YESTERDAY WE SAW A RECORD
HIGH.
HIGH.
HIGH. THIRTY SIX DEATHS AND YOU CAN
SEE A CLEAR TREND HERE ON THIS
GRAPH.
GRAPH.
GRAPH. SINCE THE 1ST OF THIS MONTH,
OREGON HAS REPORTED MORE THAN
TWO HUNDRED DEATHS ONE THOUSAND
ONE HUNDRED TEN OREGONIANS HAVE
DIED THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC.
OREGON ALSO REPORTED ONE
THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FORTY
THREE NEW CASES BRINGING THE
STATE TOTAL TO MORE THAN EIGHT
THOUSAND ALMOST THIRTY THOUSAND
CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN
DECEMBER ALONE.
DECEMBER ALONE. A LONG TERM CARE FACILITY IN
COLUMBIA COUNTY IS DEALING
COVID 19 OUTBREAK AND WORKERS
THERE TELL US IT IS INFECTED.
THE MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS AND
SOME STAFF MEMBERS TOO.
TIM GORDON REPORTS.
>> METRO PARK HEALTH AND
SPECIALTY CARE ISN'T ST. HELENS
AND RIGHT NOW IT IS THE CENTER
OF A COVID 19 OUTBREAK
CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT
LILIAUNA.
LILIAUNA.
LILIAUNA. FLEMING SPOKE TO ME RIGHT AFTER
FINISHING HER LONG SHIFT THERE.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> LIKE I SAID, I'M ABSOLUTELY
EXHAUSTED AT I HAD 13 RESIDENTS
TO MYSELF TODAY WHICH IS WAY
SENSIS.
SENSIS.
SENSIS. >> THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY
CONFIRMS A TOTAL OF FIVE
POSITIVE CASES HAVE COVID 19 AT
THE MEDICAL CARE FACILITY BUT
THOSE RESULTS WERE AS
OF SUNDAY.
OF SUNDAY. FLEMING SAYS NOW MANY OF THE
RESIDENTS AND SOME STAFF
MEMBERS TOO HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR THE CORONA VIRUS
WHICH YOU DESCRIBE WHAT'S
HAPPENING AT MEADOW PARK IS AN
OUTBREAK.
OUTBREAK.
OUTBREAK. >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> YES, I.
WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS?
AS YOU KNOW, THE WE HAVE ALMOST
30 PERCENT OF CASES FROM
RESIDENTS AND STAFF.
>> TWENTY ONE OF THOSE ARE
RESIDENTS AND WE ONLY HAVE
THIRTY ONE RESIDENT.
WE JUST COULDN'T READ ONE
OF THE SICK WORKERS, ANGEL
COOK, A CNN WHO LEARNED SHE HAD
CAUVIN WEDNESDAY MORNING WHEN
SHE ARRIVED AT WORK.
>> SHE'S UPSET THAT FACILITY
ADMINISTRATORS DIDN'T TRY
HARDER TO CONTACT HER WITH THE
RESULTS THEY HAD ON TUESDAY.
>> IF YOU DIDN'T GET A
RESPONSE, WHY DON'T YOU TRY
HARDER?
HARDER?
HARDER? WELL, WE DON'T HAVE YOUR
EMERGENCY CONTACT AT OUR HOUSE.
>> WHAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP?
THEN SHE WOULD HAVE AVOIDED
CONTACT WITH HER TWO BOYS
INCLUDING A FOUR YEAR OLD IF
SHE'D KNOWN AROUND ABOUT KIND
OF BETRAYAL I GUESS.
>> I WOULD NEVER HAVE LEFT MY
HOUSE.
HOUSE.
HOUSE. I
HOUSE. I WOULD NEVER HAVE LET MY KIDS
LEAVE MY HOUSE.
I WOULD NEVER HAVE GONE TO GET
MY SON.
MY SON.
MY SON. >> COOK SAYS COMMUNICATION HAS
BEEN LACKING ALL AROUND WHERE
SHE WORKS.
SHE WORKS. THIS IS TIM GORDON AND A
REPORTER AT KGW.
I TRIED TO REACH MANAGEMENT AT
MEADOW PARK BUT IT WENT TO
VOICEMAIL.
VOICEMAIL. IN THE MEANTIME, SEIU UNION
WORKERS ALL SIGNED A PETITION
DEMANDING HAZARD PAY.
CURRENTLY ONLY THOSE WORKING
COVERED PATIENTS GET IT NOW.
CONTACT WITH KOVEN AT MEADOW
PARK WOULD SEEM HARD TO AVOID.
BUT PEOPLE LIKE LILIAUNA
FLEMYNG WILL KEEP DOING THEIR
JOBS.
JOBS.
JOBS. THEY'RE ALL THE SAME.
>> AND EVEN IF I DIDN'T HAVE TO
FEEL THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO GO
TAKE CARE OF THESE PEOPLE WHO
NEED ME AND TO HELP MY
COWORKERS