One victim in Portland hate speech stabbing has Juneau ties

One of the victims in Friday’s Portland hate speech stabbing had Juneau ties.
Portland police say 23-year-old Taliesin Myrddin Namkai Meche of Southeast Portland and 53-year-old Ricky John Best of Happy Valley, Oregon, were stabbed and killed Friday afternoon at a train station. Witnesses told police they were trying to calm down a man yelling hate speech at two Muslim women. He attacked them, and a third man was also wounded.Namkai Meche’s sister, Ati Nasiah, lives in June