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5A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 2016 WORLD IN BRIEF Associated Press ‘Grim Sleeper’ sent to death row LOS ANGELES — The serial killer known as the “Grim Sleeper” was sentenced to death Wednesday for the murders of nine women and a teenage girl that went unsolved for years as the body count grew in a poor section of Los Angeles haunted by the scourge of crack cocaine. The moment of reckoning for Lonnie Franklin Jr. came after those whose lives were altered by his vio- lence questioned how he could have been so cruel and shown so little remorse. “You are truly a piece of evil,” said Enietra Washington, who man- aged to survive after being shot and testiied against him at trial. “You’re right up there with Manson.” The killings occurred over more than two decades and community members complained that police didn’t seriously investigate them because the victims were black and poor and many were drug users and prostitutes. Franklin was linked at trial to 14 slayings, including four women he wasn’t charged with killing. Police have said he may have had as many as 25 victims. Trump accuses Obama of being ‘founder of ISIS’ SUNRISE, Fla. — Donald Trump accused President Barack Obama on Wednesday of founding the Islamic State group that is wreaking havoc from the Middle East to European cities. A moment later, on another topic, he referred to the president by his full legal name: Barack Hussein Obama. “In many respects, you know, they honor President Obama,” Trump said during a raucous campaign rally out- side Fort Lauderdale, Florida. “He is the founder of ISIS.” He repeated the allegation three more times for emphasis. The Repub- lican presidential nominee in the past has accused his opponent, Democrat Hillary Clinton, of founding the mil- itant group. As he shifted the blame to Obama on Wednesday, he said “crooked Hil- lary Clinton” was actually the group’s co-founder. Trump has long blamed Obama and his former secretary of state — Clinton — for pursuing Mid- east policies that created a power vac- uum in Iraq that was exploited by IS, another acronym for the group. He’s sharply criticized Obama for announcing he would pull U.S. troops out of Iraq, a decision that many Obama critics say created the kind of instability in which extremist groups like IS thrive. 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Arkansas deputy dies in shooting An Arkansas man who wanted to cause a “ruckus” ahead of a court hearing shot and killed a sheriff’s deputy Wednesday, and wounded a small-town police chief, before sur- rendering to law enforcement oficers who had surrounded his rural home, a sheriff said. Sebastian County Deputy Bill Cooper was pronounced dead about 1:15 p.m. after being shot in the neck, Sheriff Bill Hollenbeck said during a news conference. Hackett Police Chief Darrell Spells suffered supericial wounds after apparently being grazed by a bullet. Billy Monroe Jones, 34, had gone to his father’s house earlier Wednes- day to take some tools, Hollenbeck said. According to the sheriff, Jones pointed a gun at his father, who called 911. Cooper and Spells were among oficers who found Jones with a rile and body armor when they went to his home east of Hackett, near the Oklahoma border. “Jones wanted to cause what was told to us as a ‘ruckus’ and he was due in court in Fort Smith regard- ing a petition to revoke a suspended sentence charge,” Hollenbeck told reporters. Court records show Jones has had a drug conviction in state court along with a handful of minor charges, such as speeding and public intoxication, in nearby Greenwood. Scathing report on cops vindicates black residents BALTIMORE — With startling statistics, a federal investigation of the Baltimore Police Department documents in 164 single-spaced pages what black residents have been saying for years: They are rou- tinely singled out, roughed up or oth- erwise mistreated by oficers, often for no reason. The 15-month Justice Depart- ment probe was prompted by the death of Freddie Gray, the black man whose fatal neck injury in the back of a police van touched off the worst riots in Baltimore in decades. To many people, the blistering report issued Wednesday was famil- iar reading. Danny Marrow, a retired food service worker, said that over the years, he has been stopped and hassled repeatedly by police. “It started when I was 8 years old and they’d say, with no proba- ble cause, ‘Hey, come here. Where are you going?’” he said. “No cause, just the color of my skin.” “Bullies in the workplace,” he said. “They don’t want you to get angry or challenge their authority, so they’ll use force, they’ll put the handcuffs on too tight. And if you run, they’re going to beat you up when they catch you.” Police: Woman killed by Florida oicer in exercise PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — A police “shoot/don’t shoot” demon- stration in Florida went shockingly awry when an oficer shot and killed a 73-year-old former librarian with what police said was real ammu- nition used by mistake at an event designed to bring police and the pub- lic together. Authorities didn’t immediately say how a gun with a live round came to be used at Tuesday eve- ning’s demonstration, noting blank rounds are typically used in such classes. The oficer has been placed on administrative leave, and the Florida AP Photo/Chris O’Meara Steve Knowlton talks about his mother Mary Knowlton, shown in fam- ily photos, during an interview Wednesday, in Punta Gorda, Fla. Police say an officer accidentally shot Mary to death during a citizen’s acad- emy “shoot/don’t shoot” exercise Tuesday evening. Department of Law Enforcement is investigating. “We were unaware that any live ammunition was available to the oficer,” Punta Gorda Police Chief Tom Lewis said at a news con- ference Wednesday. “The oficer involved is grief stricken. We’ve got oficers assigned to him to make sure he’s psychologically stable.” Mary Knowlton, a well-known community volunteer, was shot after being randomly selected to take part in the role-playing scenario illus- trating the split-second decisions an oficer must make about iring. It was part of a popular citizens acad- emy attended by 35 people, includ- ing her 75-year-old husband, and the police chief. Her son, Steve Knowlton, said his father was “devastated.” Report will fuel debate over closing Gitmo WASHINGTON — A new report on Guantanamo detainees tells the stories of former al-Qaida bomb makers and bodyguards as well as low-level militant cooks and med- LISTINGS A - Charter Astoria/ Seaside - L - Charter Long Beach ics who have been transferred or cleared for release — despite fears they are at risk of returning to battle. Many of the detainees have been held without charge for more than 14 years at the military prison President Barack Obama wants to close. The Pentagon gave the unclas- sified report to Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., who has been pushing the Obama administration for years to be more transparent about who is being transferred out of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. She shared it with The Associated Press and posted it online Wednesday. “By clearly detailing some of the disturbing terrorist activi- ties and afiliations of detainees at Guantanamo, the report demon- strates why these terrorists should not be released — they pose a seri- ous risk to our national security,” Ayotte said in an email response to questions. The remaining detainees “will no doubt” return to the ight once released, she said, noting that the Defense Department told her that 93 percent of the detainees still at Guantanamo as of late last year were high risk for re-engagement in terrorism. Evening listings THURSDAY A UGUST 11 PM 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 KATU News at 6 Jeopardy! Wheel of Fortune BattleBots The $100,000 Pyramid Match Game KATU News at 11 (:35) Jimmy Kimmel KOMO 4 News Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy! 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