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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, June 10-12, 2020 A-5 The Park Record A note from the editor about Park Record staffing changes Financial strife due to pandemic forces painful decisions BUBBA BROWN Park Record editor It is a difficult time for The Park Record. Like many other businesses in Park City and around the country, we are facing unexpected turmoil as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. And the financial strife has forced the paper’s leadership to make some painful decisions. On Friday, three Park Record staffers were laid off — a sports editor and copy editor from the newsroom and a salesperson from the advertising department — and hour reductions or salary cuts were enacted for the rest of our small staff. How will these changes affect the product that shows up on your doorstep or on your screen? Most immediately, readers will notice the absence of a sports section for the time being. That decision, we know, will come as a blow to many Parkites, who enjoy reveling in the triumphs of our high school athletes and learning the latest about Park City’s elite winter sports competitors. Sports coverage is a vital part of any community newspaper, and we, too, are eager to see the return of the sports section. The unpredictable nature of the current crisis, however, means we don’t have a clear answer about when that may be — though we are hopeful it will be sooner rather than later. Beyond not publishing a sports page, overcoming the loss of two other staff members will also be difficult, even if the effects won’t be as apparent to readers on a day-to-day basis. Let’s be clear, though: Despite the challenges the pandemic has presented, The Park Record’s mission has not changed. Our newsroom takes immense pride in serving the community. Doing so to the best of our capability has seldom been more important than right now as residents confront a new reality that is affecting life in Summit County in ways both large and small. What can you do to help? For starters, keep heading to parkrecord.com each day and picking up the print edition of the paper twice a week. And while we hope readers view the work we do as a community service, the plain reality is that it isn’t free to provide. If you’re not already a paid subscriber, consider becoming one. Additionally, we are accepting donations through our website — and have been overwhelmed by the amount of support we’ve received through that avenue already. It is an uncertain time. Though our paper is no more immune to the current climate than any other business, we nonetheless remain committed to ensuring our work helps guide the community through to a brighter day. Footage shows SLC cops shot at fleeing man over 20 times Video is ‘disturbing and upsetting,’ says Salt Lake mayor Associated Press/Report for America Salt Lake City police officers fired at least 20 shots at a man as he ran away, body camera footage released Friday shows. Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal, 22, was shot and killed May 23 after police who were responding to a call of a gun threat chased him when he ran from a motel. Officers said a weapon was found near him after he was shot. The two officers who fired their weapons have been put on administrative leave, which is standard practice for a police shooting. The case is still under investigation. The Salt Lake City Police Department released three videos from body cameras worn by officers who were on scene. The video showed Palacios-Carbajal running away from the officers at the Utah Village Motel just after 2 a.m. Capt. Richard Lewis said the officers chased him and yelled at him 17 times to either “stop,” “show me your hands,” or “drop it,” referring to a gun, the Deseret News reported. The footage shows Palacios-Carbajal trip and fall several times before getting up and continuing to run. He then picks up something from the ground and continues running before two officers begin shooting. After Palacios-Carbajal is shot in the back and falls to the ground, officers continue shouting at him to show his hands, footage shows. Based on the body camera footage, it does not appear that Palacios-Carbajal pointed a gun at the officers involved. Mayor Erin Mendenhall called the video “disturbing and upsetting” and said she expects the investigation to be handled quickly and with transparency. “Right now, given all that our country is going through, in particular the rawness and fear that so many people of color are feeling, outrage is understandable,” Mendenhall said Friday as protests continue around the country over the killing in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white officer pressed his knee into his neck. “I know that I haven’t walked in your shoes, but I will walk with you. I hear you, and I accept the work that’s being asked of us.” Police Chief Mike Brown said he trusts in the department’s investigative process for officer-involved incidents. “I love the women and men of the Salt Lake City police department, and I stand behind them,” Brown said. Palacios-Carbajal’s family is calling for the officers involved to be criminally charged. They privately met with police Friday to see the video before it was publicly released. “They didn’t have to kill him,” his sister, Elsa Karina Palacios, told The Salt Lake Tribune. “They didn’t have to shoot him so many times. He was running. He was scared. He would still be here.” INTERMOUNTAIN MORTGAGE COMPANY ONE-TIME CONSTRUCTION LOANS ONLINE & PHONE APPOINTMENTS FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING PURPOSES. WE CAN PROCESS FILES “PAPERLESSLY” THROUGH SECURE AND ENCRYPTED APPLICATION AND DOCUMENT DELIVERY. •TRUE one time close - CONSTRUCTION and LONG TERM loan •FLEXIBLE construction terms (12, 15, 18 OR 24 month terms) •LOW CLOSING COSTS, save 1 set of closing costs by only closing once •20% down, 80% LTV, $1.5mm, higher amounts on exception basis •Rate is LOCKED at time of construction, same rate for long term loan LET US TAKE THE STRESS OUT OF THE LOAN PROCESS. WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN PROFESSIONAL HIGH QUALITY SERVICE AND RESPONSE. 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