Portland victim's mother writes to President Trump

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Asha Deliverance, the mother of a 23-year-old man stabbed to death on a Portland light-rail train while trying to defend two young women from an anti-Muslim tirade, has asked President Donald Trump to encourage Americans to protect and watch out for each other. Trump on Twitter Monday decried the attacks.

The following is the full text of Deliverance's letter: