SINCE 1979 • VOLUME 40, NO. 1
SECTION A
OCTOBER 5, 2018
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Council: ‘No’ on
Measure 105
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
“This measure is not only supported by fl at-out white supremacists, but it also clearly supports
the further criminalization and terrorizing of communities of color,” Cindy Rico told members of
the Keizer City Council.
Measure 105 opposition
rallies at council meeting
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Keizer residents and their
allies turned out in force at a
Keizer City Council meeting
Monday, Oct. 1, to advocate for
the council to adopt a resolu-
tion urging Keizer voters to
oppose Measure 105, a measure
on the ballot heading to voters
later this month.
Measure 105 would repeal
prohibitions against local law
enforcement offi cers inves-
tigating and arresting people
solely suspected of being in the
United States illegally.
“This measure is not only
supported by fl at-out white
supremacists, but it also clearly
supports the further crimi-
nalization and terrorizing of
communities of color. It would
only worsen the racial profi ling
that already exists and be an
absolute abuse of power,” said
Cindy Rico, a 2015 McNary
alum.
The Measure 105 effort
gathered more than enough
signatures to earn a place on
the ballot, but one of the driv-
ing forces behind the effort was
the Oregonians for Immigra-
tion Reform (OFIR). OFIR
is recognized as an anti-immi-
grant hate group by the South-
ern Poverty Law Center for
accepting maintaining “strong
ties to anti-immigrant hate
groups and white nationalists.”
Please see RALLY, Page A3
Parsons and Mayor Cathy Clark
By ERIC A. HOWALD
joined forces to put the issue on
Of the Keizertimes
Following an outpouring the council’s agenda, something
of testimony asking the Keizer of a rare occurrence in recent
City Council to urge city years. The original resolution
called on all
residents
to
Keizer
voters
vote “No” on
to vote “No”
Measure
105,
on the measure,
the
members
but a change to
of the council
merely opposing
decided to meet
the
measure
the supporters
–
suggested
halfway.
by Councilor
With a 6-1
Bruce Anderson
vote on Mon-
– likely garnered
day, Oct. 1, and
additional votes
a modifi cation
from Anderson
to the text, the
himself
and
council
took
Councilor Kim
a stand against
— Laura Reid
Freeman.
Measure
105,
City
Councilor
B e f o r e
which
would
voting on the
repeal a state
statute prohibiting use of lo- resolution, members of the
cal law enforcement offi cers to council had to determine
investigate and apprehend in- whether they could act at all.
dividuals whose only violation In 2003, members of the then-
of the law is they are undocu- council passed a resolution
mented. Statutes of its ilk are stipulating that future councils
more commonly called “sanc- could only take a position on
state and federal matters when
tuary” laws.
“We are protecting those “they affect the City of Keizer
people whose only violation residents or city operations,
of the law was that they are including, but not limited to
here undocumented. I think it operations and duties in the
is important that we as a city areas of land use planning, utility
take a stand based on the values service, law enforcement, local
of the people who elected us,” policy and budgetary roles.”
The only member of the
said City Councilor Roland
audience to speak on that
Herrera.
Herrera, Councilor Marlene Please see COUNCIL, Page A3
"We’ve
heard very
clearly
tonight that
this does
affect our
residents."
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at Marion County’s jail
Risk scores highlight
how the accused get
booted from jail
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
In recent months, several accused criminals who call Keizer home
have been released back into the community on forced release as a
result of overcrowding at the Marion County Jail (MCJ).
Some of the accused have taken their regained freedom as license
to reoffend, others appear to be adhering to the conditions of their
release when jail overcrowding causes them to be released.
When news of the forced releases hits social media, area residents
cry foul and suggest that police and courts are not living up to the
roles the community have given them. Others call for more primitive
forms of capital punishment. Neither position takes into account
how such decisions are made or why.
In large part, a risk assessment score, determined by a computer
algorithm and based on numerous factors gleaned from other residents
of jails and prisons and those under community monitoring, carries
the burden of determining
Please see SCORES, Page A6
who gets released when
Timing a major factor
in how releases work
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
From the moment the police
make an arrest to the time the
suspect appears in court to face
charges, a clock is ticking.
Picture it as a line of dominoes
set on end with the fi rst one tip-
ping at the moment of the arrest.
The longer the inmate sits in jail,
the less likely they are to have a
job to return to. That domino
falls into the next one, the abil-
ity to pay rent. That domino tips
into the the next, the likelihood
of being able to keeps one’s fam-
ily, children included, intact.
The commanders at the Marion
County Jail are trying to stop the
dominoes from toppling as soon
as possible.
“Anything more than three
days and inmates start losing sta-
bilizing factors fast. Even family
starts to disintegrate after three
days. When it all goes away, it be-
comes unsafe for the inmate to
return to the community,” said
Commander Jeff Wood, who
oversees community corrections
programs for the Marion County
Sheriff ’s Offi ce. “We have to look
at who can be managed safely in
the community and we don’t
want to have to wait weeks and
weeks until they get back some
semblance of normal.”
If nights in jail are the stick
Please see TIMING A5
Whalen
twins pace
Celtics
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