Opinion: To fight gun violence, we must focus on problems upstream
Updated Feb 02, 2021;
Janelle Bynum, Rachel Prusak and Teresa Alonso León
Bynum, D-Clackamas, represents House District 51 in the Oregon Legislature and chairs the House Judiciary Committee. Prusak, D-West Linn, represents House District 37 and chairs the House Health Care Committee. Alonso León, D-Woodburn, represents District 22 and chairs the House Education Committee.
Over the last several months, we have seen a spike in gun violence incidents in Portland, which recorded its deadliest year in a quarter century.
Too many of these incidents involved adolescent Black youth as victims, friends and family members. Ja’mere Brown, 18; Abdushukri Uren, 16; Jaelin James Scott, 16; Mister Ford, 19; Julian Heredia, 19; and Shai’India Harris, 18, all lost their lives to gun violence.
Thursday, December 24, 2020 by: Franz Walker
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https://www.hangthecensors.com/484469.html (Natural News) A series of fatal shootings in the past week have pushed Portland’s homicides to 53 this year. This marks the most killings that the city has experienced since the early 1990s.
Since Saturday, four people of color have been gunned down in North, Northeast and Southeast Portland. The list includes 44-year old marijuana dispensary employee Michael Arthur, 23-year-old Uber driver Dhulfiqar Kareem Mseer, 53-year-old Kelley Marie Smith and 16-year-old Abdushukri Uren. Three of the shootings were the result of gang-related violence.
The increase in shooting-related deaths has mounted in an extraordinary year when the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic, social justice protests, wildfires and a contested presidential election have dominated headlines.
Four deadly shootings this week drove up Portland’s homicide count to 53, most in 26 years
Updated Dec 20, 2020;
Posted Dec 18, 2020
“The disparate impact of violence on our communities of color is shocking,” said Police Chief Chuck Lovell. “Our African American, Somali, Iraqi, Latino and other communities are grieving the loss of loved ones.” Mark Graves/StaffMark Graves
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this year, marking the most killings in the city since the early 1990s.
And 2020 isn’t over yet – setting up a grim vigil in what police across the country believe is a spasm of bloodshed influenced by the nation’s overwhelming health and economic calamities.
Police said they found the teen with a gunshot wound near Southeast 136th Avenue and Division Street.
Credit: Jon Gudgel/KGW
Portland police detectives investigate the deadly shooting of a 16-year-old on Southeast 136th Avenue between Holgate and Division Street on Dec. 14. Author: KGW Staff Updated: 8:33 PM PST December 15, 2020
PORTLAND, Ore. A 16-year-old was killed in a Monday afternoon shooting in the Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhood, according to the Portland Police Bureau (PPB).
Abdushukri Uren, 16, was struck by gunfire during a shooting incident that took place over several blocks of Southeast 136th Avenue from Holgate Boulevard to Division Street, police said.
The teen was found gravely wounded near 136th and Division and was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The state medical examiner s office ruled the death a homicide.
The teacher was carjacked while delivering supplies to students. Author: Mike Benner Updated: 10:55 PM PST December 15, 2020
PORTLAND, Ore Awful is how authorities are describing what happened near Northeast 60th Avenue and Northeast Wygant Street Monday afternoon. KGW has learned a teacher from nearby Rigler Elementary School was carjacked at gunpoint while delivering supplies to students. This is a person minding their own business, trying to serve the community the way teachers do and they re met with armed people stealing their means of transportation but really interfering with their livelihood and life, placing them at great risk, said Lt. Greg Pashley of the Portland Police Bureau.