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Workshop Held to Address Ways in Closing Drug Houses
by Jerry Garner
The City of Portland is experiencing an increase in the number of drug
houses in communities throughout the City despite an increase in drug
related arrests, said Lt. Chuck Karl, Commander of Portland Police
Bureau's drug and Vice Unit.
Karl said, "In January of this year, the Bureau received 175 complaints
of tips on drug related problems Since then, the number has increased
each month, so far for the month of August, the number has reached to
375. Also, we estimate there are at least 500 drug houses in the greater
Portland area
The problem of drugs in the City isn't going away."
Karl told this to a crowd of about 100 people who attended a special
workshop designed to address the problem of drug houses in their commu
nities last Wednesday at the King Facility. Joining Karl on the panel were
Jim McIntyre, a Deputy District Attorney who prosecutes drug cases for
the Multnomah County District Attorney's office; Sharon McCormack.
NAC Northeast Coordinator; and Sargeant Doug May, North Precinct
Special Missions Unit on Drug and Vice. The workshop was put on by
the Office of Neighborhood Associations
During the workshop, practical information was given to citizens on how
Candy Nolan urgaa that detoxification and treatm ent center« ba
provided by the city for drug users.
Photo by Richard J. Brown
they could best help to expedite the closing of drug houses in their neigh
borhoods Citizens were also told general plans and activities planned by
the Police Bureau to close down houses that sell drugs, the role of the
District Attorney to shut down drug houses, and what type of information
citizens should provide in their reporting of drug activities in their
community.
A t a w o rk s h o p last W ednesday on closing drug houses. N a e e m
M u h a m m a d raises his concerns th at priorities to figh t drug dealing
in the Black co m m u n ity are not high enough.
Photo by Richard J B row n
When Lt Karl asked the crowd if they would support an ordinance that
would penalize owners who rent their houses to drug dealers, the crowd
responded by letting out a thunderous clapping of hands and shouts of yes
Karl said the ordinance would work like this
Once a drug house is
raided, the landlord would be notified and would have 30 days to get the
tenants to stop dealing drugs or the house couldn't be used for an entire
year for any purpose Karl said the city used a similar type of abatement
ordinance to close down massage parlors during the early 70 s when they
were used as fronts for prostitution activities He told the residents to write
to their elected officials encouraging them to adopt such an ordinance
Karl said, "The police cannot solve the drug problems alone It will take
community involvement and new laws to bring it under control."
According to Karl, the Portland Police Bureau has increased the number
of drug related arrests by 66 percent during the first seven months of 1986
"Furthermore, we have raided 65 drug houses so far this year We try to
serve an average of one to two search warrants at suspected drug houses
every day. I would like to be serving five warrants each day, but shortage
of personnel prevents us from doing so."
Kari told the crowd that illegal drug use and abuse is one of the reasons
why crime is on the increase in the neighborhoods
"It is very clear,
people who use drugs are committing crimes "
Lt. Karl said due to the lack of available jail space to house drug dealers,
one of his and the Bureau’s top priorities is to sell assets "If we can catch
them with cash or things they buy with drug money, we will seize them
The state has good seizure laws My preference is to get into their pocket
books, if I can, until jail space is available to lock them up "
McIntyre said the drug problem in the City has gotten so out of control
that law enforcement officials are having difficulty finding the resources to
deal with it adequately. "It's a problem of having sufficient crime lab
personnel to handle an influx of drugs we bring in for testing, it's a shortage
of police personnel to do the extensive investigation into drug trafficing
and having adequate prosecutorial staff to handle the increasing number of
drug cases brought before the District Attorney's office."
McIntyre told the crowd that workshops such as this one are valuable in
th.it they inform citizens how they can help with the drug problem in their
neighborhoods by gathering information on drug activities and reporting it
to the police "It is not just a police problem, but a community problem;
thore are a lot of people in your communities who buy drugs," said
McIntyre
McIntyre said the role of the District Attorney's office is to try to provide
the Police Bureau, the Mulnomah County Sheriff’s Department, the State
Police, and other governmental law enforcement agencies with legal advice
they need to write valid search warrants and the necessary work to close
down the drug houses or to seize them.
Sharon McCormack briefed those who attended the two hour workshop
on how to find the owners of drug houses in an effort to inform them of the
illegal activities occurring on their property She said in some cases the
landlords aren't aware of the problem. McCormack said another issue
which needs investigation is to see whether particular landlords rent to
several drug clients "I am not saying that landlords are involved in some of
the drug houses, but the matter needs to b« looked into," said McCormack
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Are Military Bases and Prisons Recruiting Grounds for Hate Groups?
by Jerry Garner
"I believe the prison system is a
field waiting to be cultivated
I
see my work here in prison as mis
sionary work and educator spread
ing the words Our movement can
not help but to grow and it will."
The above quote is from Bruce
Caroll Pierce, former leader of the
Neo Nazi hate group, the Order
Pierce is currently serving a 100 year
prison sentence
There is disturbing evidence that
the violent Neo Nazi group, such as
the Order and the White Patriot
Party, are targeting prisons and m ili­
tary installations
as recruiting
grounds for their Hate Movement
According to a Justice Depart­
ment study, sixteen states have pri­
sons with active White Supremacist
gangs
Among those are prison
institutions in the Pacific North
west
By using computerized mailing
lists and their own convicted follow
ers on the inside, the radical right
has launched a major recruitment
campaign in the nation's prisons,
offering hundreds of hardened cri­
minals a new beginning in the Hate
movement
The leader of this recruitment
drive is Robert Miles He has been
called the spiritual leader of the
Hate movement Miles corresponds
regularly with 1,800 prison inmates
in 43 states
"W e re the only ones who say to
the inmates, 'Hey, yes, we know
you're from European extraction.
W e know that you’re concerned
with your position and we're intere
sted in you.' Why wouldn't these
criminals turn to us." said Miles.
Miles sends a monthly newsletter
to these 1,800 inmates called "Be
yond the Bars, the Stars."
The
newsletter is filled with anti-semetic
and racist preaching.
He uses a
computer to keep his mailing list
which, he says, continues to grow
"It is a chance for them to get a
truely new start," said Miles
This new start is to move to the
Pacific Northwest, which has been
proclaimed an Aryan homeland.
These groups claim they don't ad
vocate violence anymore, yet they
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still warn of using violence on a
massive scale.
For example, the following is a
portion from a speech made by
Greg Witdrow during a recent Ar
yan Nation Convention in Hayden
Lake, Idaho: "The White people of
this nation should utilize every me
thod and option available to them to
neutralize and quite possibly engage
in wholesale extermination of all
sub-human, non Aryan people from
the face of the entire North Ameri
can continent."
Prisons
are
ideal
recruiting
grounds for Hate groups because of
racial tension and overcrowding.
These Hate groups harness the hat
red that is often developed in pn
son. It is rather frightening to ima
gine what the possibilities are of
hardcore criminals joining them
once they leave prison
Not only are Neo Nazi groups
targeting prisons for new members,
they are recruiting U.S Military in­
stallations for members
Members of the United States
Marine Corps at Camp Lejeune,
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North Carolina, have participated in
paramilitary exercises and in rallies
staged by the White Patriot Party in
North Carolina according to the
Anti Dfamation League (ADL) of
B’nai B'rith.
The White Patriot Party is a vio
lence prone Neo Nazi group. Some
Patriot Party members were present
at the Ayran Nation convention held
last month in Hayden Lake, Idaho.
The observer attained a copy of
a letter written by ADL's National
Director, Nathan Perimutter, to
Secretary of Defense Casper Wein
berger The letter which was dated
May 19 informed Weinberger that
the ADL was "concerned about re
ports that Marines were participa
ting in White Patriot activities."
"Particularly troublesome is the
possibility that U.S Marines could
be providing this gang with wea
pons or explosives to which they
have access," said Perimutter
In a response to the letter written
by Perimutter, Secretary Wember
ger stated that he had directed that
allegations of misconduct of the
Marinos Ire investigated
He went
on to say that "although the invest
igation is continuing, initial reports
roflect that three former Mannes
who were involved in the activities
of the Whito Patriot Party have been
discharged from the Marine Corps
for those activities " Weinberger
said the Department of Defense
"deplores the violence and bigotry
of the Ku. Klux, Kian, and organize
tions like it . "
ADL said, in the past, hate
groups such as the Kian and Neo
Nazis have tried to recruit members
of the armed services and encou
rage participation in their activities
For example, on August 29. 1979
the Navy issued an order to all ship
and shore commanders on the sub
ject o, racist activity Chief of Naval
Operations Admeal Thomas B. Hay
ward told the commanders that
"prejudice and preparedness are in
compatible" and instructed them to
prohibit "activities of a member or
members of a racist organization"
when such activities "materially in­
terfere with the accomplishment of
a military mission."
When, later
that year, Kian leader Bill Wilkinson
scheduled a recruiting rally aimed
at sailors in the Norfork area, the
Navy responded by tranfernng a
sailor involved in organizing the rally
and declared it off limits to Navy
and Marine personnel
LEAGUE MEETING
On Saturday, September 6, 1986,
at 10:00 A M ., the Portland Chapter
of Older Women's League (O W L I
will meet in Providence Hall Social
Room, Providence Hospital, 4805
N E Glisan St. Hear State Rep.
Mary Alice Ford, Vice Chair Human
Resources Committee, speak on
"Health Issues for Mid Age and
Older Women in '86 '87 Legisla
ture." Also learn about National
O W L . ' i other agendas such as
Social Security, Pension Rights,
Caregiver Support Services, and
Health Insurance. Ample parking in
structure and Tn Met access Inter
ested mid age and older women are
invited (no charge I
Call 245 4271
or 231 7509 for information
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