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The N ovem ber 6, 2000 issue o f
T he O regonian quoted a R adical
W om en representative out o f con­
text regarding w hat action is neces­
sary in response to Police C h ie f M ark
K roeker’s 1989 discrim inatory com ­
m ents. W e w ant to clarify our posi­
tion, particularly given o u r long his­
tory in fighting police violence and
rightw ing bigotry. O u r p o sitio n has
b e e n a n d r e m a in s th a t C h i e f
K roeker’s 1989 stated beliefs are
rooted in a rightw ing ideology that is
c o n s iste n t w ith p o lic e v io le n c e
against w om en, peo p le o f color,
sexual m inorities, youth, the hom e­
less, activists, and unionists. Kroeker
should not be allow ed to use an
im portant constitutional protection
to legitim ize his bigotry. He m ust
either resign or be term inated.
K roeker’s N ovem ber 6th address
to his police force failed to reflect a
com m itm ent to treat every m em ­
ber o f our com m unity w ith respect.
His
statem ent w as a hollow proclam a­
tion that he will not allow discrim ina-
tion w ithin his police force. These are
not the w ords o f an advanced con­
sciousness, but instead are a political
m aneuver to try to w in back the trust
o f se x u al m in o rity o ffic e rs and
dam pen the grow ing outrage from
the com m unity. K roeker has dem on­
strated that he does not respect d if­
ferences as exem plified by his viola­
tion o f the M ay D ay p ro testers’ con­
stitutional and civil rights.
O n Novem ber 6th, Radical W omen
participated in a m eeting w ith M ayor
K atz and activists from the fem inist,
sexual m inority, and people o f color
com m unities. The m ajority o f us
called for K ro ek er’s resignation or
term ination. R adical W om en ad ­
vocated that Katz establish an elected
civilian review board because we
recognize that the problem is sys­
tem ic w ithin the police departm ent.
This review board needs to be inde­
pendent o f city hall and the police
departm ent and have public funding.
It needs the authority to hire police
officers, and investigate and disci­
pline, including firing, cops w ho are
better
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found guilty o f violating the consti­
tutional and civil rights o f civilians.
M ayor K atz’ ow n task force to study
what improvements to make to PIIAC
recommended a civilian review board
that had som e teeth to hold police
accountable to the public.
M ayor K atz’s decision to retain
and support M ark Kroeker as C h ie fo f
Police sends a m essage to every
K K K er that the City officials o f P ort­
land w elcom e bigots. Justifiably fear­
ful o f the police before K ro ek er’s
reign, people o f color, youth, women,
activists, sexual minorities and union­
ists have a right not to live in terror o f
racial p ro filin g , ex cessiv e force,
“knock and talks,” rubber bullets,
tear gas, nightsticks, o r boat oars.
W e believe
P o rtlan d ers m ust o rg an ize to ­
gether for K roeker’s term ination and
strengthen the grassroots m ovem ent
to establish an independent civilian
police review board.
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State Sen. Rick M etsger, Rep. Kurt
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local 8 o f the ILW U. T he AALC
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