[Magdalen] Prayers for Portland

Christopher Hart cervus51 at gmail.com
Sun May 28 20:37:19 UTC 2017


OMG. I hadn't heard about this yet, and my nephew is headed to Reed College
in the fall.

On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 3:16 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mary Sicilia doesn't seem to be active in the pub any more, so I'll take it
> upon myself to post this. I'm assuming that by now pretty much everyone has
> heard about the horrific events in Portland, where three men were stabbed
> by a white domestic terrorist with far-right neo-fascist ties when they
> tried to protect two teenage girls, one Muslim and wearing hijab, that he
> had been hassling. Two of the men died, one at the scene and one later at
> the hospital. The third was seriously wounded but is expected to recover.
>
> Pray for the repose of the dead, Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche, 23 years
> old, a recent graduate of Reed Colege, and Ricky John Best, aged 53, father
> of 4, a 23  year Army veteran and city employee.
> Pray for a swift recovery for Micah David-Cole Fletcher, 21, aspiring poet
> and pizza shop emplyee. These men are true American heroes.
>
> Pray also for the young girls who were the focus of this horror. They must
> be quite traumatized. They were just planning a simple trip uptown.
>
> And pray that justice will be done to the man who is charged with the
> murders of the two man and attempted murder of the other.
>



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Christopher Hart

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