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This Week
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in Historyw
N ovem ber 1 5 ,1969,aquarterofa
m illion protesters staged a peaceful
dem onstration in W ashington, D.C.,
against the V ietnam War.
N ovem ber 17, 1973, President
N ixon told an A ssociated Press m an
aging editors m eeting in O rlando,
Fla., that “people have got to know
w hether o r not their president is a
crook. W ell, I ’m not a crook.”
November 19,1863, President Lin
coln delivered the G ettysburg A d
dress as he dedicated a national
cem etery at the site o f the C ivil W ar
battlefield in Pennsylvania.
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Thought for the week
The measure o f a man 's
real character is what he
would do i f he knew he
could never be fo u n d out.
— Thomas Macaulay
P o lic e a r r e s te d 2 1 - y e a r - o ld
Geoffrey Louis Young Saturday night
for attem pted m urder, accused o f fir
ing shots at a police officer. T he of
ficer was not injured.
Y oung was also charged w ith un
lawful use o f a w eapon, attem pted
assault and attem pting to elude in a
vehicle and by foot, along w ith one
count o f possession o f a controlled
substance, m etham phetam ine.
He was lodged at the M ultnom ah
Man Sought in Bank Fraud Case
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Lom bard and Kerby. The pursuit
continued to the area o f N orth K erby
and Holland.
Police say officer Sims observed
the driver raise a handgun, heard
m ultiple gunshots fired and observed
the back w indow o f the suspect ve
hicle shatter out. The vehicle contin
ued to N orth K erby and B ryant
streets w here the suspect abandoned
the vehicle and fled eastbound.
A s a result o f a follow -up investi
file . H u an N g u y e n , w h o also
u se s th e n am e A lto n T ra n , has
b e e n id e n tifie d in a la rg e c o u n
te rf e it c h e c k -c a s h in g rin g th a t
h a s ta rg e te d P o rtla n d a re a fi
n a n c ia l in s titu tio n s .
H u an T ra n N g u y e n is a 28-
y ea r-o ld m ale V ietn am ese, w ith
a d ate o f b ir th o f N o v e m b e r 27,
1971. N g u y e n is 5 ’4 ” ta ll an d
w e ig h s a p p r o x im a te ly 125
p o u n d s, w ith bro w n ey es, black
h a ir, a n d the le tte rs “ N B Z ” ta t
to o e d on his b ack . H e is k n o w n
to fre q u e n t V ie tn a m e se c o ffe e
sh o p s a n d c lu b s.
C rim e S to p p e rs Is o ffe rin g
a c a sh re w a rd o f u p to $ 1 ,0 0 0
fo r in fo rm a tio n , re p o rte d to
C rim e S to p p ers, w h ich lead s to
an a r r e s t in th is c a se , o r any
u n so lv e d felo n y crim e, an d you
c a n re m a in a n o n y m o u s. C a ll
C rim e S to p p e rs at (5 0 3 ) 8 2 3 -
HELP.
enced
h is
p e rfo rm a n c e .
” 1 have sp en t m any p erso n a l
h o u rs re fle c tin g on th e e n o rm ity
o f th e c r is is ,” K ro e k e r sa id in a
sta te m e n t. “ I w an t a ll P o rtla n d e rs
to kn o w th a t n o w m o re th a n e v e r
I am c o m m itte d to b r in g in g th e
p o lic e c lo s e r to th e c o m m u n ity .”
T h e n e w s p a p e r p u b lis h e d p a rt
o f a sp e e c h K ro e k e r g av e to a Los
A n g e le s C h ris tia n g ro u p in 1989,
w h e re h e re fe rs to th e “ th e te r
rib le issu e o f h o m o s e x u a lity ,”
b la m e s th e A ID S e p id e m ic on re
la x e d m o ral s ta n d a rd s an d c r it i
c iz e s th e c rim in a l ju s tic e sy stem
as th e “ h a ll o f a lle g e d ju s t ic e .”
T h e m a y o r sa id a rg u m e n ts th at
K ro e k e r s h o u ld b e fire d b e c a u s e
he is o u t o f ste p w ith lib e ra l P o rt
la n d c o u ld b e u se d in o th e r c o m
m u n itie s , w h en lib e ra l p u b lic o f
f ic ia ls are o u t o f ste p w ith a c o n
s e rv a tiv e m a jo rity . "M y 3 0 -y e a r
f ig h t fo r to le r a n c e g o e s b o th
w a y s ,” sh e said . K atz d id n o t take
q u e s tio n s . W h en she fin is h e d , a
g a y rig h ts a d v o c a te im m e d ia te ly
ste p p e d to th e c lu s te r o f m ic ro
p h o n e s an d c r itic iz e d th e d e c i
s io n .
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gation conducted by the Y outh G un
Anti-V iolence T askforce (YG AT) and
the G ang E nforcem ent Team (G ET),
sufficient inform ation was obtained
for the arrest o f Y oung on the above
charges.
A search w arrant was authorized
for Y o u n g ’s residence at 7015 N.
C ongress A venue and the vehicle
used w hich is registered to Y oung’s
sister at the sam e address. The inves
tigation is continuing.
Man Arrested Near Latest Vancouver Arsons
Police arrested and questioned a
man witnesses saw near two suspec ted
arsons in V ancouver Sunday night.
Investigators said Sunday’s fires, near
an apartment com plex at 924 Hylen
Way, may be linked to at least 34
arsons set in the V ancouver area over
several months. The man arrested is
one o f several authorities have under
suspicion as a “person o f interest.”
Authorities plan to decide Tuesday
whether to charge him in the Sunday
fires.
The 52-year-old suspect was ques
tioned Sunday night for several hours.
Police picked up the man after two
witnesses pointed him out because
they saw him near the Dumpsters be
fore and after the time the Sunday fires
started. The m an was arrested on dan
gerous weapons charges after police
found a steak knife in his pocket. The
string o f arsons— some ofw hich have
targeted home — has residents and
business owners in V ancouver rattled.
“It’s kind o f scary because, I mean, the
dum pster’s not that far from our build
F ederal in sp ecto rs h av e ch arg ed
the O reg o n Z oo w ith v io la tin g the
A n im al W elfare A ct a fte r in v e sti
g a tin g a lle g a tio n s o f e le p h a n t
ab u se. A p a rtic u la r in c id e n t on
A p ril 17 led to the firing o f a h an
d le r and the new ch arg es. W . Ron
D eH av en is d ep u ty a d m in istra to r
for an im al care w ith th e fed eral
D ep artm en t o f A g ric u ltu re ’s A n i
m al and P lan t H ealth In sp ectio n
Service.
H is in v e stig a tio n fo u n d th at
f o r m e r z o o k e e p e r F r e d e r ic k
M ario n h an d led R o se-T u in a w ay
th a t ca u se d trau m a, b e h a v io ra l
stress, p h y sic al harm and u n n e c
essary d isc o m fo rt. R o se-T u is a
six -y ea r-o ld fem ale an d o n e o f
sev en elep h a n ts at the zoo. T he
in v e stig a tio n b la m ed th e zo o for
failin g to m a in ta in an ad eq u ate
p ro g ra m o f v e te rin a ry c a re.
D eH av en said the zo o d id n ot p ro
vide p ro p er ca re for R o se-T u a fter
she w as se v erely b eaten.
Katz Backs Police Chief in
an Effort to Rebuild Trust
P o rtla n d M a y o r V e ra K atz a n
n o u n c e d T h u rs d a y sh e h as no
p la n s to fire P o lic e C h i e f M ark
K ro e k e r o v e r a n ti- g a y c o m m e n ts
he m a d e m o re th a n te n y e a rs ag o .
K ro e k e r w o u ld r a th e r w o rk to
r e b u ild tr u s t a m o n g th e c i t y ’s
g a y , le s b ia n , b is e x u a l an d
tr a n s g e n d e r e d c o m m u n ity th a n
le a v e , K a tz sa id .
” H is p e r f o rm a n c e h as m e t m y
e x p e c t a t i o n s ,” K a tz s a id a t a
T h u rs d a y a f te rn o o n p re ss c o n
fe re n c e . “ H e is le a d in g th e b u
re a u in a fa ir, re s p e c tf u l a n d in
c l u s iv e m a n n e r .”
In h e r a n
n o u n c e m e n t, K a tz sa id sh e fu lly
su p p o rted K ro e k er, w ho w ill w ork
as a sp o k e s m a n fo r the C a sc a d e
A ID S P ro je c t to e d u c a te p e o p le
th a t A ID S is n o t a g a y d ise a se .
K r o e k e r ’s jo b h as b e e n c o n
s id e r e d in je o p a r d y s in c e th e
P o rtla n d A llia n c e , an a lte r n a tiv e
n e w s p a p e r , la s t m o n th p u b lis h e d
a n ti- g a y s ta te m e n ts he m a d e 10
y e a rs a g o , w h e n he w as w ith th e
L os A n g e le s P o lic e D e p a rtm e n t.
K ro e k e r s a id th e s ta te m e n ts h ad
s te m m e d fro m h is p e rs o n a l r e li
g io u s b e lie f s a n d h ad n o t in flu -
County D etention C enter on a bail o f
$362,000.
P o lic e s a id Y o u n g ’s a r r e s t
stem m ed from an incident that oc-
curredon Thursday at 8:22 p.m. when
PortlandPoliceO fficer Brian Jay Sims
o f the N ortheast Precinct attem pted
to stop a Red Ford Tem po he ob
served driving in a careless manner.
The d river attem pted to elude and
at one point crashed into a stop sign
and drove through a yard at North
ing,” said appartm ent manager Toni
Kapton. “A nd so it was kind o fa relief
it was the dumpster. Still, that’s just a
little bit too close.” Investigators said
another fire was set in a dum pster just
up the street at 7511 highway 99 in
Vancouver.
Authorities believe a single serial
arsonist set som e tw o-dozen fires, in
cluding several that targeted homes.
The arson spree is the worst in the
city’s history, Bivins said. The total
toll o f the fires: m ore than $500,000.
V ancouver officials will guarantee a
minimum $ 10,000reward for informa
tion leading to the conviction o f the
serial arsonist. O f the $ 10,000 reward,
$2,000came from community members.
Police set up an arson tip line: (360)759-
4412. A rson experts aren’t surprised
that the fires w ere growing m ore seri
ous — from targeting trash containers
a m onth ago to setting homes ablaze
last weekend. Experts say arsonists
can get a thrill out o f watching an out-
of-control fire. To feed the thrill, they
set bigger fires.
“They like to see the fire,” said Lt.
Je ff Larson, arson investigator for the
Oregon State Police. “ They get some
sort o f a thrill out o f fires, and that’s
where you talk about starting out small
and needing to build bigger and bigger
fires because they want to see more
” W e a re n o t d is tre s s e d a b o u t
h is 1 0 -y e a r-o ld b e lie f s ,” sa id
B o n n ie T in k e r. “ W e are d is
tr e s s e d a b o u t h is in a b ility to
a c c e p t re s p o n s ib ility fo r th o se
s ta te m e n ts to d a y an d to a c c e p t
r e s p o n s ib ility fo r th e ir p o litic a l
i m p a c t in th e r e a l w o r l d . ”
K ro e k e r h a s a lre a d y ta k e n ste p s
to m en d h is re la tio n sh ip w ith the
g ay an d le s b ia n co m m u n ity . H e
h a s a g re e d to se rv e as a s p o k e s
m a n fo r th e C a s c a d e A ID S
P ro je c t a n d h e to ld o ffic e rs at
ro ll c a ll M o n d a y th a t his v ie w s
h a v e c h a n g e d . H e say s he n o w
b e lie v e s th a t g a y s an d le sb ia n s
a re to b e v a lu e d fo r th e ir liv e s,
w o rk a n d c o n trib u tio n s .
D a v e M a z z a , th e e d ito r o f th e
P o rtla n d A llia n c e an d a fre q u en t
c r itic o f K ro e k e r, sa id the c h ie f
o b v io u s ly h a s th e rig h t to h o ld
a n ti-g a y v ie w s , b u t airin g them
in a p u b lic fo ru m as a m e m b er o f
th e L A P D sh o w e d a se rio u s lack
o f ju d g m e n t. ’’T h e r e 's a lo t o f
p e o p le s ti l l e x tr e m e ly u p s e t
a b o u t th is an d w h a t w e h ea rd
fro m th e m a y o r h ere is n ot an
a d e q u a te r e s p o n s e ," he said.
T h ese v io la tio n s co u ld lead to
civ il p en a lties a g a in st the O regon
Z oo. T he M u ltn o m ah C o u n ty d is
trict atto rn ey also in v e stig a ted the
alleg atio n s.
and more. ” The Vancou ver F ire Depart
ment has enlisted the help o f the federal
Bureau o f Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire
arms. A chronology o f the Vancouver
fires: September 25 th: Someone set sev
eral trash containers on fire in the down
town Vancouver area.
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