Ashland holds candlelight vigil for Good Samaritan killed in Portland hate attack

The memorial for Taliesin Nomkai Meche was held in Ashland’s Lithia Park on the evening of Saturday, May 27, 2017. (Photo by Liam Moriarty/Jefferson Public Radio News)
About 200 people gathered in Ashland on Saturday night to celebrate the life of a hometown boy with Juneau ties who died trying to protect a pair of women from anti-Muslim abuse in Portland.
As the sun set on a golden spring day, they gathered in Lithia Park, near a fast-running Ashland Creek. Friends, family and community m