Episode Two - The Murder of Mulugeta Seraw

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Air date: 
Fri, 11/20/2020 - 7:00am to 7:15am

Late one night in November 1988 racist skinheads attacked a group of Ethiopian immigrants in the working class Kerns neighborhood of Southeast Portland. 28-year-old Mulugeta Seraw died from his wounds inflicted by a baseball bat and multiple kicks from the steel-toed boots of his 3 assailants, young men, ages 19, 23 and 24; a punk rocker, a homecoming king with substance use issues and a street kid. All members of East Side White Pride, a racist skinhead crew.

 

Show Notes - https://itdidhappenherepodcast.com/shownotes/ShowNotesEpisode2.pdf

Transcript - https://itdidhappenherepodcast.com/transcripts/episode2_transcript.html

Producers: Celina Flores, Erin Yanke, Mic Crenshaw

Editors: Erin Yanke and Icky A.

Story editors: Celina Flores, Erin Yanke, Icky A., Mic Crenshaw, Moe Bowstern

Visual archivist: Julie Perini

Mastering: Colin Casserd

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