Protest escalates in downtown Portland, demonstrators break into mall, justice center

[McKim]

8. Sad for My Town

I am sad for my town. Our police department has been unfair to African Americans for more than a century. Good citizens have tried to gain power with police oversight but it never seems to make an impact on the sick culture in our police department. We have had African Americans murdered by the police here in the past.

We could not attend the demonstration called for by the NAACP here yesterday at 11:30 AM because of our age And COVID 19 we can’t congregate. But today we are sending the local NAACP a check and a letter of support. This event at the “Justice” Center was much later In the evening and had nothing to do with the NAACP.

I believe in the rule of law, yet understand that The Law has not been fairly serving all our populations here in the whitest city in America.