{"id":431566,"date":"2021-04-16T19:05:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T23:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=431566"},"modified":"2021-04-16T19:05:46","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T23:05:46","slug":"oregon-newspaper-highlights-shooting-victims-race-in-light-of-social-unrest-quickly-deletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-newspaper-highlights-shooting-victims-race-in-light-of-social-unrest-quickly-deletes\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon Newspaper Highlights Shooting Victim\u2019s Race \u2018In Light Of Social Unrest,\u2019 Quickly Deletes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foregon-newspaper-highlights-shooting-victims-race-in-light-of-social-unrest-quickly-deletes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=431566&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"41.732325957906\">\n<p>A man was shot and killed in Portland, Oregon after officers allegedly responded to reports of person with a gun around 9:30 a.m. Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The victim was a white man in his thirties, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/portland\/2021\/04\/officers-responding-to-police-shooting-in-se-portland-park.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Oregonian<\/a>, which made sure to highlight the fact on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The publication wrote \u201cthe man who was killed was a white male in his 30s, according to three sources with the knowledge of the situation,\u201d in a since-deleted tweet. \u201cThe Oregonian\/OregonLive is identifying the man\u2019s race in light of social unrest prompted by police shootings of Black people.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"3.7894736842105\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Deleted by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Oregonian?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Oregonian<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CB0SLoOHu6\">pic.twitter.com\/CB0SLoOHu6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller\/status\/1383157627522326529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Oregonian attempted to clear up confusion in a follow-up <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Oregonian\/status\/1383155353525784582\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet<\/a>, writing: \u201cWe included information in an earlier tweet about why we identified the victim\u2019s race that was poorly worded. It was not intended to minimize what happened, only to provide context. We generally do not identify race in news stories but often do when reporting police shootings.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.526153846154\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We included information in an earlier tweet about why we identified the victim\u2019s race that was poorly worded. It was not intended to minimize what happened, only to provide context. We generally do not identify race in news stories but often do when reporting police shootings.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Oregonian (@Oregonian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Oregonian\/status\/1383155353525784582?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Protests against <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/12\/st-paul-mayor-george-floyd-daunte-wright-just-the-start\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">police misconduct<\/a> ramped up during the summer of 2020, when tens of thousands of Americans took to the streets, rioting and destroying property in response to the death of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/15\/derek-chauvin-pleads-fifth-testify-george-floyd-murder-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">George Floyd<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/12\/judge-declines-sequester-jury-derek-chauvin-trial-shooting-riots-minneapolis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Judge Declines To Sequester Jury In Chauvin Trial Following Shooting, Riots In Minneapolis)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Floyd, who was an African-American man in his forties, died in the custody of the Minneapolis Police Department after police officer <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/09\/derek-chauvin-trial-explained-defense-george-floyd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Derek Chauvin<\/a> knelt on his neck for several minutes.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man was shot and killed in Portland, Oregon after officers allegedly responded to reports of person with a gun around 9:30 a.m. Friday morning. 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