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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2017
Justice department attorney
who was profi led is out of a job
Carol Marie Olson
Astoria
Oct. 18, 1942 — Sept. 8, 2017
work for the state in order to
be compensated for the vio-
lation he suffered originally.”
Matt Shelby, spokes-
man for the state Depart-
ment of Administrative Ser-
vices, which handled the
settlement, denied that the
requirement to resign was
retaliation for Johnson suing
the state.
“When (the) DAS Risk
(Department) gets involved
in settlement discussions,
the focus is on making the
best business decision for
the state, not punishing
anybody,” Shelby wrote in
an email to the EO Media
Group/Pamplin
Media
Group Capital Bureau.
Government
offi cials
have increasingly used
forced resignations in set-
tlements to discourage their
employees from suing state
agencies, Creighton said.
“My experience with the
state of Oregon is that they
do not take kindly to people
who assert their rights even
if they are correct in doing
so,” she said.
Shelby said he was not
permitted to discuss specifi cs
of Johnson’s case. However,
generally, state negotiators
“consider how any settle-
ment will impact the state in
the future — both in terms
of individuals fi ling claims
against us, and our ability to
negotiate them.”
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
Revelations of Oregon
Department of Justice agents
monitoring social media
activity by the agency’s head
civil rights attorney Erious
Johnson Jr. for using a Black
Lives Matter hashtag gar-
nered international headlines
in late 2015.
The incident triggered
an outside investigation of
the department in which
agents were found to have
likely violated laws bar-
ring the collection of politi-
cal speech. The scandal also
prompted edicts for manda-
tory anti-discrimination and
bias training for department
employees.
Yet, two years later, John-
son, one of the only black
employees at Department
of Justice , also is the only
employee who ultimately
was forced out of the agency
in the wake of the scandal.
Two of the three white
co-workers accused of pro-
fi ling him still work at the
justice department. A third
left the agency voluntarily to
take another job.
Johnson fi led a federal
lawsuit against the Depart-
ment of Justice last year for
violation of his civil rights.
State offi cials agreed earlier
this month to pay Johnson
$205,000 to settle the case
OBITUARIES
Submitted P hoto
Erious Johnson Jr. was
wrongly profiled by his
co-workers at the Oregon
Department of Justice, but
he is the only employee to
lose his job in the wake of
the scandal. Johnson re-
signed his post as part of
a settlement of his federal
lawsuit against the state.
on the condition that he leave
the d epartment . He resigned
the position effective Friday
and is prohibited from work-
ing for the state for at least
fi ve years.
“I just think it’s per
se retaliation,” said Beth
Creighton, a civil rights law-
yer who represented John-
son. “First, the state vio-
lates his rights, and then
they require him to con-
sent to continuing to violate
his rights, i.e., that he won’t
Carol Marie Olson, 74, of Astoria, died Sept. Gamma Honor Society. She also volunteered at
8, 2017, at Oregon Health & Science University the Columbia River Maritime Museum.
She loved traveling, reading and genealogy,
Hospital in Portland.
She was born Oct. 18, 1942, in Boise, Idaho, Her favorite place to travel was London.
She is survived by her husband, Al
to Charles and Peggy Schweizer. She
Olson; her son, Scott Olson and his
was raised in Nampa, Idaho, and
wife, Kimberly, and their two chil-
graduated from Idaho State Univer-
dren, Eleanor and Henry, of Salem;
sity. She obtained her master’s degree
and numerous cousins in Nampa,
from the University of Portland.
Idaho.
She met her husband, Al Olson,
A memorial will be held Monday,
at a gathering in Astoria. They were
Oct. 23, at 2 p.m., in the Barbey Mar-
married on Aug. 12, 1967 in Nampa,
itime Center at the m aritime m useum.
Idaho.
A reception follows.
She taught school for 38 years
Memorial contributions may be
in Lewis and Clark and Astoria.
Carol Olson
made to the Astoria High School
She was involved with the Astoria
Scholarship Inc. (www.astoriaschol-
Regatta, and was a member of Beta
arshipfund.org)
Sigma Phi sorority and Delta Kappa
More than 7,000 roofi ng nails spilled
on Highway 101 in Warrenton
By JACK HEFFERNAN
The Daily Astorian
The s tate Department of Transportation and
law enforcement offi cials utilized everything
in their metaphorical toolboxes Saturday after-
noon to clean up a potentially dangerous mess
on the New Youngs Bay Bridge.
A box containing more than 7,000 roof-
ing nails had spilled in the southbound lane of
U.S. Highway 101 in Warrenton in front of the
ON THE RECORD
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
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lene — Celebration of life and
potluck reception at 5:30 p.m.,
Seaside Elks Lodge, 324 Ave-
nue A in Seaside.
TUESDAY
Port of Astoria Commission,
4 p.m., Port offi ces, 10 Pier 1
Suite 209.
Clatsop County Human
Services Advisory Council, 4
to 5:30 p.m., 800 Exchange St.,
Room 430.
Seaside School District Board
of Directors, 6 p.m., 1801 S.
Franklin, Seaside.
Seaside Planning Commis-
sion, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989
Broadway.
Shoreline Sanitary District
Board, 7 p.m., Gearhart Hertig
Station, 33496 West Lake Lane,
Warrenton.
WEDNESDAY
Clatsop Soil and Water Con-
servation District Board, 10
a.m., District Offi ce, Room 207,
750 Commercial St.
Seaside Tourism Advisory
Committee, 3 p.m., 989 Broad-
way.
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Assault
• At 7:26 a.m. Sunday, Paul Michael
Depastene, 57, of Astoria, was arrested by
the Astoria Police Department on the 4400
block of Lief Erikson Drive and charged with
fourth-degree assault. He allegedly threw a
female out of a house and into bushes. She
sustained cuts to her left shoulder, forearms
and hands.
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Ashland
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line Road and charged with DUII. Her blood
alcohol content was 0.18 percent. Prior to offi -
cer arrival, she allegedly was involved in a sin-
gle vehicle crash on the side of the road.
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DUII
• At 7:15 a.m. Saturday, Ian Justin Miner,
24, of Hammond, was arrested by the War-
renton Police Department on the 500 block
of S.W. 18th Street and charged with driving
under the infl uence of intoxicants.
• At 1:04 a.m. Sunday, Bradley D. Kenoyer,
56, of Gearhart, was arrested by the Asto-
ria Police Department on Commercial Street
and Fourth Street and charged with DUII. His
blood alcohol content was 0.14 percent.
• At 5:54 p.m. Sunday, Krystal M. Schnei-
der, 30, of Salem, was arrested by the Astoria
Police Department on the 3700 block of Pipe-
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Eugene
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Sunset tonight ........................... 6:26 p.m.
Sunrise Wednesday .................... 7:37 a.m.
Moonrise today ........................... 5:08 a.m.
Moonset today ........................... 5:54 p.m.
Time
12:51 a.m.
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Breezy with rain of
varying rates
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ASTORIA
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SUN AND MOON
Oct 19
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REGIONAL WEATHER
Astoria through Monday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 59°/36°
Normal high/low ........................... 61°/44°
Record high ............................ 77° in 2002
Record low ............................. 33° in 1983
Precipitation
Monday ............................................ 0.00"
Month to date ................................... 1.23"
Normal month to date ....................... 2.39"
Year to date .................................... 54.44"
Normal year to date ........................ 42.63"
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Premarq Center. Shortly before 4 p.m., police
received a call from a driver reporting the inci-
dent, though no injuries or accidents have been
linked to the spill , Warrenton Police Chief
Mathew Workman said. It is unknown who
spilled the nails or how.
Southbound t raffi c was blocked for roughly
one hour and drivers were directed to a detour
via the U.S. Highway 101 Business Loop as
ODOT offi cials collected the nails in large plas-
tic sacks.
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