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September 27, 2018

Portland State Students Call for Disarming Police After Fatal Shooting
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In Oregon, students at Portland State University are calling on
administrators to disarm campus police, three months after a pair of
officers fatally shot 45-year-old Jason Washington as he tried to break
up a bar fight on campus. Police body cam video of the killing shows
campus police officers Shawn Mc Kenzie and James Dewey opening fire on
Washington with nine bullets, after a handgun Washington was wearing on
his hip fell from its holster during a tussle. Earlier this month a
grand jury declined to indict the officers over the killing. Portland
State University's Board of Trustees voted in 2015 to arm campus police
officers; students at PSU have set up an occupy-style encampment outside
the campus security office demanding they reverse the policy.


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