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We hope folks are able to join us for the 14th memorial for Keaton Otis Sunday, May 12. Our memorial this year will focus on being on site at NE 6th and Halsey 6-7 pm with altar making, a few speakers to commemorate the day. We will also have an update on our placemaking project for Keaton, and will have a larger celebration to unveil that in late summer.
Masks are required.
Keaton Otis was a young Black man murdered by the Portland police on May 12, 2010. The police admitted they stopped him for "looking like a gangster". They shot him 23 times after tazing him twice while he sat in the driver's seat. Later police said Keaton had a gun, but have yet to produce it.
Keaton's father Fred Bryant started the monthly vigil on the 12 of the month after his son's murder on the spot where Keaton's life was taken. Fred Bryant did this for over three years, fighting for justice for his son, every single month in the rain, the dark, the heat, the snow. Fred Bryant passed away October 29, 2013.
His family and community have committed to continuing the vigils every month on the 12th, until justice is achieved for Keaton, for Fred, for our whole community.
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NE 6th and NE Halsey, Portland Oregon, 1501 NE 6th Ave, Portland, OR 97232-1248, United States,Portland, Oregon