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Portland Observer
Thursday, January 8, 1976
Church
We see the world
through Black eyes
A bad
M a y o r G o ld s c h m id t has a n n o u n c e d his a p p ro v a l
o f th e use o f shotguns by P o rtlan d P olice o ffic e rs . W e
w e re sorry to h e a r this, b ut w e w e re n ot surprised.
A fte r a th o ro u g h discussion o f th e q u e s tio n , those
c o m m u n itie s th a t w e re o p p o se d to th e re a d y
a v a ila b ility o f shotguns w e re those w h e re th e y w ill
m ost o fte n be used, in the Black a n d p o o r w h ite
n e ig h b o rh o o d s.
A lth o u g h th e M a y o r s h o w e d som e re stra in t,
a g re e in g th a t th e w e a p o n s sh o u ld be a v a ila b le upo n
req ue st a n d a t th e d iscre tio n o f the sergeants, C h ie f
Baker w e n t a step fu rth e r. He stated th a t som e squad
cars o p e ra tin g in h ig h -c rim e are as m a y ca rry
shotguns ro u tin e ly . "F o r th e firs t tim e , so m e p a tro l
units w ill be c a rry in g shotguns a t a ll tim e s ."
C h ie f B aker a iso stated p o lic y as " w h e n shotguns
a re used, this w ill be re co rd e d a n d e v a lu a te d ." W e
a re n ot to ld w h e th e r " u s e ” m ea ns s h o o tin g th e g u n ,
sh o o tin g a p erson , or ta k in g th e g u n o u t o f its rack.
W e a re n o t as frig h te n e d o f th e
o cca sio n a l
sh o o to u t b e tw e e n p o lic e a n d a rm e d persons,
a lth o u g h m a n y tim e s those in c id e n ts c o u ld be m o re
p ro fe s s io n a lly h a n d le d a n d k illin g a v o id e d . W e a re
m o re frig h te n e d o f th e h arassm ent a n d th re a te n in g ,
th e p u llin g o f a sh otg un w h e n c h e c k in g m in o r tra ffic
in cid e n ts a n d th e lik e .
It is n o t u n c o m m o n fo r
p e a c e fu l c itize n s to be accosted by n u m b e rs o f
p o lic e o ffic e rs w ith the a c c o m p a n y in g ra c ia l slurs
a n d filth y la n g u a g e . G uns co m e o u t o f th e ir holsters
too e a s ily , a n d n o w th e sh otg un can in tim id a te a n d
frig h te n in n o c e n t victim s m o re e a sily.
W e k n o w th e re a re since re d e d ic a te d p o lic e
o ffic e rs . There a re o ffic e rs w h o w ill n e v e r p u ll a
g u n , w h o w ill n e ve r re q u e st a sh o tg u n -- w h o
p ro v id e a m uch n e e d e d se rvice to th e c o m m u n ity .
But th e re a re others, a lso -- those w h o use th e ir
p o w e r to oppress.
There a re those w h o w ill say M a y o r G oldschnr\idt
w as fo rc e d in to this d e cisio n d u e to a p e n d in g
p o litic a l c a m p a ig n w ith a " la w
a nd o rd e r"
c a n d id a te . P o litic a l e x p e d ie n c y does n o t p ro v e th e
d e cisio n rig h t. The p e o p le m ig h t as w e ll e le c t the
" la w a n d o r d e r " c a n d id a te if w e m ust liv e w ith his
p o licie s. The M a y o r m ig h t n ot fu lly a g re e w ith the
p o lic y he has a n n o u n c e d , b ut n o w it is his p o lic y a n d
his re s p o n s ib ility .
W e, in the Black C o m m u n ity , n o w fa c e a fu tu re
w ith a sh otg un in e v e ry car. W e h o p e th e C h ie f w ill
be a b le to c o n tro l th e e x p lo s iv e s itu a tio n he had
cre a te d .
Take another step
P o rtla n d 's th re e n e tw o rk te le v is io n stations —
KATU-TV, KGW-TV a n d KOIN-TV — w e re ra te d a m o n g
th e h ig h e s t in the n a tio n on a ffirm a tiv e a c tio n
p e rfo rm a n c e in a re c e n t study by the N a tio n a l Black
M e d ia C o a litio n .
A c c o rd in g to th e study, KGW ra n k e d th ird , KATU
ra n k e d tw e lfth a n d KOIN ra n k e d s ix te e n th in
fu ll- tim e e m p lo y m e n t o f Blacks as c o m p a re d to the
p e rc e n ta g e o f Blacks in the m e tro p o lita n a re a
served. If 1.00 e q u a ls p a rity , 54 o f th e 138 stations
stu d ie d h ad ra tio s o f 1.00 or b ette r. Top w as WSAZ in
C h a rle s to n -H u n ts v ille , South C a ro lin a , w ith 4.61.
KGW had 3.41, KATU had 2.35 a n d KOIN h ad 1.65.
R an king o f p e rc e n ta g e o f Blacks in th e fiv e to p
e m p lo y m e n t ca te g o rie s — o ffic ia ls a n d m a n a g e rs ,
p ro fe ssio n a ls, te ch n icia n s, sales w o rk e rs a n d s k ille d
cra ftsm e n -- KGW ca m e in se ven th a n d KATU a n d
KOIN w e re tw e lfth a n d th irte e n th .
W h e n th e stations w e re ra n k e d fo r Black
e m p lo y m e n t, p e rc e n ta g e o f n ew s b ro a d c a s tin g a n d
p e rc e n ta g e o f p u b lic service b ro a d ca stin g , KATU tie d
w ith WTAE Pittsburgh fo r fo u rth p la ce , b e h in d WCVB
Boston a n d KO M O S eattle. KOIN w as e ig h te e n th a n d
KGW w as tw e n tie th .
P o rtlan d can w e ll be p ro u d o f its te le v is io n
stations. It is g o o d to see Blacks in n ew s, sports a n d
w e a th e r b ro a d ca stin g a n d b e h in d th e cam e ra s.
O n e a re a does n ee d d ra stic im p ro v e m e n t,
h o w e v e r, a n d th a t is the a re a o f Black p ro g ra m m in g
a n d o th e r m in o rity p ro g ra m m in g . Black p ro g ra m s
a re a lw a y s c o n fin e d to th e w e e hours o f th e
m o rn in g , w h e n e v e n th e m ost d e v o te d fans m ust
slee p, or to c o m p e tin g w ith sports on S aturday
a fte rn o o n . These p ro g ra m s a re g e n e ra lly restricte d
to o n e p e r sta tio n - a to ke n to f u lf ill fe d e ra l
o b lig a tio n s .
S u rely th e re is e n o u g h ta le n t w ith in the s ta tio n s '
staffs a n d in the lo c a l c o m m u n itie s to p ro d u c e h ig h
q u a lity , re le v a n t, a d e q u a te ly fu n d e d p ro g ra m m in g
th a t w ill m e rit a d e c e n t v ie w in g tim e . There a re
c e rta in ly e n o u g h u rg e n t issues to p ro d u c e a serious
discussion sh o w sim ,ar to "T h e W e e k in Perspec
t iv e " or "Issues a n d A n s w e rs ".
The a irw a v e s a n d the TV c h a n n e ls b e lo n g to the
p e o p le a n d m in o ritie s h a v e a rig h t to s h a re .
Law & O rder
fro m the W illa m e tte W eek
(Continued from p. 1 col. 4)
Airport, Senator Church Mid his com
mittee would be looking into it.
A
reporter asked Church if his committee
had railed (or would call) - ex National
Security Council Agent Roy Frankhauser
to testify. Frankhauser testified (Wash
ington Star, September 15th, 1975) that
the terrorist gang Black September' was
coordinated by the CIA and Rritish
Intelligence. The purpose according to
Frankhauser was to create the political
climate for the imposition of a dictator
ship. Frankhauser's revelations point to
a very close similarity in the LaGuardia
and a rash of other terrorist acts across
the U.S. in the past week.
The Black Caucus
Senator Church Mid that his commit
tee would be investigating the rash of
terrorism and intimidation against mem
bers of the CongreMional Black Caucus.
Church Mid that the terror “is consistent
with what we have already uncovered
about the FBI C01NTELPR0 operation
against Black Congressional and civil
rights leaders.”
Since the press
conference another attack has occurred:
an aide to Congresswoman Shirley
Chisolm was shot. "I am scared." Church
Mid, following his year long study of the
FBI and the CIA. The lawlessness and
abuse of power by the “most powerful
agencies in government” has very nearly
turned the FBI into a secret police
domestically, while the “CIA has been
trying to control the politics of the whole
Third World." This sensuous knowledge.
Church Mid, was what distinguished him
from the other presidential candidates.
But Church's economic program is
non-existant. Questioned on his program
Church would dramatically roll his eyes
and talk about the necessities of
encouraging a free market.
Following his press conference, Church
told his City Club audience and anecdote
about a farmer from whom he buys his
eggs, who asked him if it was true that
“our government made deals with the
mafia to kill Castro." Church told the
farmer it was true. The farmer asked
Church how Americans could bring up
their children as moral human beings ‘if
our government has dealings with the
mafia.'
Has la w a n d o rd e r p o litic s fin a lly co m e to
Portland?
A ll e v id e n c e p o in ts th a t w a y . Francis Iv a n c ie 's
c a m p a ig n fo r m a y o r o p e n e d w ith a p ro m in e n t
p o rtio n o f his sta te m e n t n o tin g th a t he w a n ts a c ity
w h e re p o lic e h a v e " m o re rig h ts th a n " c rim in a ls . He
w ill be in tro d u c e d fo r a speech a t a p o litic a l c lu b this
w e e k b y th e p re s id e n t o f th e P o rtla n d Police
A sso cia tio n , the lo c a l p o lic e u n io n .
M e a n w h ile , th e P o rtla n d O bserver, th e n e w s p a p e r
re p re s e n tin g P o rtla n d 's Black c o m m u n ity , h e a d lin e s
its fro n t p a g e this w e e k w ith a story c o n c e rn in g fo u r
Black m e n w h o a lle g e th e y w e re harassed by
s h o tg u n -to tin g p o lic e o ffic e rs w h ile on a d riv e in east
P ortland.
A t the sam e tim e , P ortland P olice C h ie f Bruce
Baker a n d M a y o r N e il G o ld s c h m id t a n n o u n c e d th a t
a ll P o rtlan d squad cars w ill be e q u ip p e d w ith
sh otg un m o u n ts a n d a ll se rg e a n ts ' cars a n d a ll p a tro l
cats in " h ig h c r im e " are as w ill c a rry shotguns. There
w ill a lso b e rig id rules fo r use a n d re c o rd -k e e p in g .
W e a re sa d d e n e d by a ll o f this. In the firs t p la ce ,
w e k n o w th a t G o ld s c h m id t, fro m his d ays as a Legal
A id la w y e r in P o rtla n d 's B lack c o m m u n ity , is a w a re
o f th e stron g n e g a tiv e fe e lin g s h e ld to w a rd
* To the Editor:
P o rtla n d 's p o lic e b y „ a la r g e s e g m e n t o f the
p o p u la c e .
G o ld s c h m id t w o u ld
lik e
to
see
I've just finished reading through the
p o lic e -c o m m u n ity re la tio n s im p ro v e d , a n d he is
filth anniversary edition of the Portland
a w a re th a t his d e c is io n on sh otg un s o n ly fe e d s the
Observer. It was excellent. You have
reason to celebrate.
p o lic e o ffic e r s te re o ty p e th a t m a n y P o rtlan de rs h o ld .
I have noticed, in following the steady
Bruce Baker u nd ersta nd s this p ro b le m as w e ll.
progress of the Observer, that you have
But G o ld s c h m id t a n d Baker a re b o x e d b y an
gone on to an improved type style, that
a c tiv e , p o litic a lly -o rie n te d p o lic e u n io n , a " la w a nd
photographs and overall printing have
o r d e r " c a n d id a te fo r m a y o r a n d th e fa c t th a t th e use
become top of the line. I realize that
content is your more important concern,
o f w e a p o n s by c rim in a ls is in c re a s in g . G o ld s c h m id t
but I think this attention to detail
w a n ts to be re -e le c te d , B a ker w a n ts th e su pp ort o f
indicates the pride with which you
his m en so he can c a rry o u t o th e r p o lic ie s th a t he
publish.
d e e m s to be im p o rta n t. A n d b o th w a n t to p ro v e th e y
On the subject of content: I couldn't
a re tru ly c o n c e rn e d a b o u t th e s a fe ty o f o u r p o lic e
help but pick out a phrase from Frederick
Douglass, which you put to good use in
o ffice rs.
your editorial. "Remember that we are
Sadly, a ll o f this misses th e p o in t. P o rtla n d 's p o lic e
one, that our cause is one. and that we
o ffic e rs s till e s s e n tia lly b e lie v e th e ir jo b is to " f ig h t
must help each other, if we would
c r im e ."
Y et statistics c o m p ile d d e m o n s tra te th a t succeed."
m uch m o re p o lic e tim e a n d e ffo rt is used to serve the
I sincerely believe the far-seeing
c o m m u n ity in o th e r w a y s th a n a p p re h e n d in g
Douglass had raptured a concept which
could also be applied to United Way, that
c rim in a ls — w a ys th a t tru ly " f ig h t c r im e " b etter.
people are one, that they must help each
W e n e e d a s e rv ic e -o rie n te d p o lic e fo rc e w h ic h
other.
I realize Dr. Douglass had a
does n ot g e t its m a c h is m o c o n fu s e d w ith its ro le ,
different reference point, but I believe his
w h ic h u nd ersta nd s th e tru e n a tu re a n d source o f concept encompasses much. United Way
c rim e a n d w o rk s to p re v e n t it b y p ro v id in g service. certainly strives to help all people.
I hop«- you'll give my best wishes to
O ur p o lic e fo rc e is a c q u irin g a g ro u p o f yo u n g
Gloria
Fisher and to all the fine Observer
o ffic e rs w h o u n d e rs ta n d this. They a re id e a lis tic a nd
staff. I know they put much effort into
have chosen p o lic e w o rk as a fo rm o f p u b lic service.
producing the AnniverMry Supplement.
Yet th e ir o ld e r c o u n te rp a rts o ffe r th e m im p ro p e r It is extremely attractive and they can be
m od els, a n d w e see no h o p e fo r re fo rm fro m w ith in . proud of the results. The Observer has
The o n ly h o p e is th a t th e p u b lic w ill fo rc e the done much to be proud of in five years. I
ca n d id a te s to address this issue a d e q u a te ly . That look forward to more such progress.
Again, best of luck and all good wishes
w o u ld im p ose a m a n d a te on e le c te d o ffic ia ls to
from United Way.
d e v e lo p p ro p e r p o lic y w ith in the P olice Bureau.
Law a n d o rd e r p o litic s p re c lu d e th a t discussion. Very truly yours,
G o ld s c h m id t's sh otg un d e c is io n m a y be a c o m p ro Philip R. Bogue
Growth seen
m ise necessary to his p o litic a l s u rv iv a l. But w e hope
he a n d Baker d o n 't g e t so co n fu s e d th e y th in k th ey
have d o n e th e rig h t th in g .
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thiusting an arm belligerently
across a fence.
However, an intrusion, even
though unwelcome, is usually not
considered trespass if it was in
voluntary. In one case a motorist,
sideswiped by a passing truck, was
forced to drive over the sidewalk
and onto a private lawn. His
wheels tore up grass and knocked
down shrubbery.
Hut when the home owner sued
him for trespass, the judge tossed
the ccse out o f court. The judge
said the motorist was no more a
trespasser than if he had been
carried bodily onto the land
against ¡ is will
An intrusion might also be justi-
fled by the necessity o f reclaiming
one's personal property.
Thus. ■ man was held not to be
trespassing when he went next
door to retrieve his cat hiding
behind the neighbor's house. As
long as he went peacefully, said
the court, he was merely exercis
ing his 'right o f recaption."
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Trespassing
When you see a “N O TR E S
PASSING " sign, you are encoun
tering one of the most ancient
doctrines of the common law. For
almost wven centuries the rules
of trespass have wrved as a safe
guard against unwelcome intru
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And it is still seiving that pur
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variety of acts that have recently
been classified as trespass:
batting foul balls from a public
playground into a private back
yard;
letting spray from a rooftop
cooling unit drift onto a neigh
bor's garden;
installing shutters (hat swing
over a boundary line;
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a neighbor's wall;
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