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PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) Candles and flowers remain at Lents Park in the grass and tucked along the fence line, commemorating the place Robert Delgado lost his life almost two weeks ago.
A Portland police officer shot Delgado the morning of April 16, following reports that he had a gun inside the park. Officers say he was not complying, and they found he had a replica handgun on him.
Many of the words written on the posters tied to the chain link are of love, some of the words call for justice.
Raven Drake thinks his death could have been avoided. Drake got to know Delgado quite well over the last several months of his life, working as the Ambassador Program Manager for Street Roots, a nonprofit homeless advocacy group.
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The Latest Victim of a Portland Police Shooting Was a Familiar Face to Outreach Workers Visiting Lents Park “His kindness transcended everything about him.” Friends and family mourn Robert Delgado at an April 23 vigil in Lents Park. (Brian Burk) Updated April 28 Shortly before 10 am on April 16, Portland police officers arrived at Lents Park in response to a 911 call about a man quick-drawing a gun amid the spring greenery. The cops found Robert Delgado, who was holding what turned out to be a replica handgun, near the tent where he’d spent the night. Police issued commands to Delgado, who flipped them off in response, according to police radio transmissions.
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Here’s a populist slogan for President Biden’s infrastructure plan: Pee for Free!
Sure, we need investments to rebuild bridges, highways and, yes, electrical grids, but perhaps America’s most disgraceful infrastructure failing is its lack of public toilets.
The humourist Art Buchwald once recounted an increasingly desperate search for a toilet in Manhattan. He was turned down at an office building, a bookstore and a hotel, so he finally rushed into a bar and asked for a drink.
“What kind of drink?” the bartender replied.
“Who cares?” Buchwald answered. “Where’s the men’s room?”
Nicholas Kristof: America is not made for anatomically correct people
America’s most disgraceful infrastructure failing is its lack of public toilets.
(Jan Buchczik | The New York Times) Sure, we need investments to rebuild bridges, highways and, yes, electrical grids, but perhaps America s most disgraceful infrastructure failing is its lack of public toilets. As Biden pushes for an infrastructure package, let s fix our scandalous lack of public restrooms, write The New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof.
By Nicholas Kristof | The New York Times
| March 9, 2021, 2:00 p.m.
Portland, Ore. • Here’s a populist slogan for President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan: Pee for Free!
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