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Portland State Students Call for Disarming Police After Fatal Shooting

HeadlineSep 27, 2018

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 McKenzie 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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