Letter from the Editor: Why we noted the victim’s race in our recent police shooting coverage
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Portland police were dispatched to a call about a man in Lents Park with a gun. Officers responded and confronted the man. One officer fired, killing the man near the fence by the park’s ball field off SE 92nd Avenue. The incident attracted hundreds. Mark Graves/The Oregonian
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The Oregonian/OregonLive doesn’t typically identify the race or ethnicity of story subjects unless it is relevant to the news at hand.
On Friday, April 16, Portland police shot and killed a man at Lents Park. Our breaking news reporters and editor rapidly updated the initial article throughout the morning as the story developed.
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Angry crowd gathers near fatal police shooting in Portland By SARA CLINE and GILLIAN FLACCUS, Associated Press
Published: April 16, 2021, 2:05pm
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3 Photos Law enforcement personnel work at the scene following a police involved shooting of a man at Lents Park, Friday, April 16, 2021, in Portland, Ore. Police fatally shot a man in the city park Friday morning after responding to reports of a person with a gun, authorities said. (Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian/The Oregonian via AP) Photo Gallery
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) An angry crowd gathered in a park in Oregon’s largest city Friday after police fatally shot a man while responding to reports of a person with a gun, Portland’s deputy police chief said.