PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Another deadly week at Dawson Park is renewing residents' calls for action and accountability after a stabbing in broad daylight over the weekend and a shooting days earlier.

The park, a longtime cultural hub for Portland’s Black community, has been at the center of safety concerns for years. Neighbors and even police told KOIN 6 News promises to make it safer have failed to bring lasting change.

While some progress has been made, parents said the city needs to show the same boldness it once used to reshape this neighborhood through harmful eminent domain — this time, to help it heal.

One of those parents, Lynne Randall, says last Thursday’s shooting brought back painful memories of gunfire that erupted outside the Arc-En-Ciel preschool her child attends last sum

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