Page 2 Portland Observer, March 30, 1983
Grants available to minority high school students
Six S I , 300 grants for student re
search ap p ren tice positions at the
Oregon H ealth Sciences University
in medicine and dentistry are avail
able this summer for m in ority stu
dents c u rre n tly en ro lled in high
school.
The student research apprentice
positions are intended to provide the
students with meaningful experience
in various aspects o f health-related
research w ith the expectation that
they may decide to pursue a career
in related areas.
The program emphasizes that the
students involved develop an under
standing o f b oth the research in
which they participate and the tech
nical skills involved. Former O H S U
grant winners have done research in
a D N A laboratory, Ihe in-vitro fer
tilization program, and psychology.
For more in fo rm atio n about the
summer m in o rity high school stu
dent research apprentice program at
O H S U , contact D r Bentley at 223-
8414 or D r. C .K . Claycomb, profes
sor o f biochemistry. School o f Den
tistry. at 225-8774.
1
THIS AD HAS BEEH
50 YEARS IN THE
Edna May Smith and har family: Prince, Imalda. Willie, grand
mother Willie Edna Cash, and Jamie.
(Photo: Lea Millar)
■
A
I lim it '
MMR■LMI
Portland woman
fights conviction
bv t arry Haker
" I will fight this case until the
truthis brought forth."
Those were the words of a 37-ycar
old black woman, mother o f six
children, who is on welfare and car
ing for her 81-ycar-old grand
mother.
Edina Mac Smith was found
guilty by an all-white six-person jury
after the Oregon Court of Appeals
reversed her former conviction of
harassment of two white male Port
land police officers. O fficer Ray
mond S. Jones and William P. Sin-
noll on January 29lh, 1981.
Ms. Smith claims that on the
night in question, she, her boy
friend, Tim othy M orris, and a fe
male companion, Brenda Williams,
were leaving the Paragon Club on
North Killingsworth Avenue, when
she and Hunt started having a verb
al argument. Suddenly two uni
formed Portland police officers,
Jones and Sinnott, pulled up in a
squad car, jumped out, and de
manded that Smith, Morris and
Hunt put their hands in Ihe air.
Ms Smith alleges that while she
proceeded to inquire why they were
being apprehended. Officer Jones
kept telling her to "shut up." Smith
admitted she becaipe boisterous
over the situation, then officer Sinnot
grabbed her by the arms, ripping
away her purse and slamming her
face down across the hood o f the
police car After Officer Jones ap
plied handcuffs, he proceeded to
body-search Smith in a very inde
cent manner, she said.
According to Ms. Smith, Officer
Sinnot threw her min the back of a
second police car which arrived to
assist. Ms. Smith says she became
hysterical and nervous because of
(he treatment, that she began kick
ing the police car doqr while she was
on Ihe floor in the back seat, in an
effort to attract people's attention.
At this point, Ms. Smith said.
Officer Sinnot tied up her legs and
then dragged her oul of the second
police car and Ihew her into Officer
Jones’ and Sinnot's squad car with
Tim othy M orris, who also was
handcuffed, and placed under arrest
for carrying a concealed weapon.
Ms. Hunt was not arrested.
Ms. Smith said that en route to
the County Courthouse O fficer
Sinnot staled he could have Smith
booked for prostitution, because
she and Hunt were in the company
ot M orris, who is a white male.
Smith stated she told Officer Sinnot
that he could not do that because
Morris was her boyfriend and the
father of her one year-old son. She
claims Officer Sinnot then replied,
" I am . policeman and I can do
anything I want."
After Ms Smith was booked for
harassment, she and Morris wer e-
leased on their own recognizance a
few hours later.
Ms Smith slated she was under
her doctor's care prior to this inci-
YOUR DOG NEEDS
VITAMINS, TOO.
A Sergeant
s
** f»*r
f’
dent and most o f her tension
brought on was due to the lack of
her medication which had been
withheld from her during her arrest
and incarceration.
During the first trial, the medical
report of Ms. Smith's physical con
dition was not admitted in evidence,
and she was found guilty, but the
Court of Appeals reversed the lower
court's decision. Ms. Smith had re
ceived a one-year suspended sen
tence and probation.
Sm ith’ s second trial was on
March 16, 1983. where she was
found guilty again by a jury. How
ever, Judge W illiam Snouffer.
Multnom ah District C o u rt, sen
tenced her to time served.
Smith said she believes the two
Portland police officers lied in both
trials by stating they had first been
stopped by two black males in a car
and were told a white man had just
slopped (heir automobile at gun
point and demanded a ride. Neither
black man appeared at either trial to
substantiate the police officers’
stories.
Ms. Smith's court-appointed at
torney, Steven Summer, questioned
why the Portland Police Internal
A ffairs had not investigated Ms.
Smith's claim filed against Officers
Jones and Sinnott, which he initiat
ed on Ms. Smith's behalf over a year
ago.
Dave Simpson, information o ffi
cer of the Portland Police Depart
ment, states that investigations do
not take place until after a criminal
case is disposed of in these circum
stances.
Once again Mrs. Smith, who
weighs slightly under 100 pounds
and is 5 '2 ' tall is ready to fight her
way through the Court of Appeals
for a third trial to prove her inno
cence.
" I have never been arrested in my
life ," said Smith. "But right now I
feel so humiliated that I am not
about to give up, just because I am a
black woman up against the Port
land Police Bureau all alone."
Officer Jones' and Sinnott's po
lice report states, "When Jones was
searching Tim othy M o rris , Edna
Smith grabbed Jones by the arm and
started pulling and shoving to ihe
point Sinnott had to grab Smith and
restrain her.”
Then it further states that Edna
Smith then began fighting verbally
and otherwise with Brenda W il
liams, that when the other two
police officers backed up to Jones’
and Sinnott's car, "Officer Duddly
and Butler were forced to subdue
Smith. She was handcuffed, placed
in rear seat o f police car, when
Smith tried to kick out window of
police vehicle. At this point, officer
Duddy removed Smith’s shoes and
secured her ankles with temporary
cuffs to keep her from causing fur
ther damage to the police vehicle."
The police report sayd, "B o th
Smith and Morris, enroute to Mult
nomah County Booking F acility,
complained of being physically in
jured by police officers, but neither
had signs o f injury and only m ini
mal force was needed in arrest.
Tim othy M orris corroborated
Ms. Smith’s story. He said the po
lice approached the couple because
they were noisy and when they
moved to arrest Morris Ms. Smith
asked why. It was then that the o f
ficer grabbed her by the arm and
hair and slammed her face down on
the car, he 'd.
m u , < . I i i t i i u t i i t \
a,K1lts achievements in the past half century.jL And we
plan to help make the» next 50 years just as [ jprospe rous.
So congratulations.
Now. if you'll excuse us. we have to
start thinking about our centennial! '■£
Union Avenue Branch
5505 NE I tuon Avenue
Phon« 283 3571
Sale prices throughout this section will be effective W ednesday.
March 30 through Saturday. April 2 unless otherwise specified This
Offer good dl Sears relaii stores Washingion Stale Contractor s
Permit Number SEA RS-SR -372N T Most items at reduced prices
25% off children's dresswear
Little girls' Winnie-the-Pooh dress. 4-6x, reg $28 99
Little boys' Winnie-the-Pooh 3-pc suit, reg $42 99
Big girls'dress. 7-14, reg $29
Big boys' blazer, 8-12, reg $32 99 .
Big boys'slacks, 8-12, reg $15 99
2 1 .74
Misses top
spectacular
3 2 .2 4
21.75
24.74
11.99
Reg $8
Sizes 14-16 available at similar saving*.
We have an exciting selection
of knit tops ot cotton and poly
ester in a big assortment ot
styles and colors Misses
sizes S M I
Styles shown ars representative ol Sears assortment
$10 Women's sizes
6.99
Misses pants
7”
Reg $11.
Perma-Presf pull-on pants ol
doubleknit Celanese Fortrel'
polyester Get two1
In out Sportswear Department
Save 1/3
on Perma-Prest®
Dress Shirts
Cling-alon*
hosiery
Polyester and cotton dress shirts
Long or short sleeves m tone-on-tone
or stripes
Short sleeve, reg $12 99
Long sleeve, reg $14 99
25% to
33% off
7.99
9.99
Great fitting ho
siery at terrific
s a v in g s !
P an tyh o se
1”
SS,
$4
$2
$2
$3
$5
You can
count on
Sears
PO RTLAND
P H 0 N E 238 2311
N E G R A N D et LLOVO B^VD
PARA FREE
M r> n d e y « rx 1 ’ - < d a v l » i "
Twwdav W gOt—d i i
Solisfoctien guoranteed or your m oney bock
49, garter stocking, pkg o( 2
89 knee highs, pkg of 2
69 thi-top
49 moderate control pantyhose
99 support pantyhose
TNsxaday • 30 • m t a t a « *
Tuaaday W|»W<|| TTximW'i • X)• m talgm
SwvMdey
« •!■ » * Sur dai newlol**
W A S H IN G T O N S Q U A R E
3 .2 9
2 .0 9
1 99
2.5 9
4 .0 9
PH O N E «201610
H IG H W A Y 217at GREENBURG RD PARK FREE
Monday«^ Friday Warn
Saturday I Ka m to • 00 p m Sunday noon to | a m
?
I