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(Clje JJortlanb © hseruer PageA2 May 28. 2003 P olice Police Policies in Fatal Shooting Questioned Racial & Ethnic Approaches to Community Health A program of the African Amencan Health Coalition, Inc Sponsored by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Wellness Within REACH: Mind, Body, and Soul Activity Calendar All classes are free of charge! Mon Matt Dishmu 77 NE Knott Tues Wed Sat Fri Thurs Sirenth Trammg Strength Training Strength Training Strength Trammg Strength Training African Dance H-9am and 2,1pm 9-1 lam S-9am and 2 3pm 9-1 lam X-9am and 2-3pm 10:00 ll.OOaiu Brawn Norris Brown Noms Brown Atido Chicago Step 640-7:00pm K»ndritk Salvation Army 5325 N WiUnuns. Saba Water Aerobics TaiCbi Water Aerobics 630-7:30pm 2 4 0 -340pm 6 :3 0 -7:30pm 2 4 0 -340pm Haogland Hampton Lyles iw N A n 's 3535 NE 154. 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Please check with AAHC before showing up to the first class 503-413-1850. Please receive approval from your doctor before beginning exercise class. #m eet inside Lloyd Center in front of Sears A frican A m erican H ealth C oalition, Inc. 2800 N. Vancouver Ave.. Suite 100 • Portland, OR 97227 • Phone: 503-413-1850 E-mail: kdempsey@aahc-portland.org • Web: www.aahc-portland.org Some banks charge for every check you write on free checking accounts. Experts point to oversights in Kendra James investigation (A P )— National police experts say there were a number o f over sights and questionable decisions by Portland officers in the fatal shooting o f a 2 1-year-old woman who tried to flee arrest follow ing a traffic stop. O fficer Scott M cCollister fired the fatal shot on May 5 after Kendra James jumped into the driver’s seat o f the car and tried to escape. The single 9 mm bullet entered below her lower left hip and lodged be neath her right breast. McCollister, 27, told detectives he feared he would be killed by the moving car. A grand ju ry last M on day cleared him o f any criminal wrongdoing. An internal police in vestigation and FBI c iv il rights in quiry are still pending. C hief Mark Kroeker has ordered a full organizational review o f po lice policy, training and officer re cruitment follow ing the shooting. Police experts nationwide al ready are criticizing the way the arrest was handled. “ I think there are some serious questions in my mind about the procedures," said Sam Walker, a criminologist at the University o f Nebraska who specializes in police oversight. M cC ollister told police he fired because was falling and was afraid he would be struck by the moving car. Other officers at the scene, and two witnesses who were walking by the traffic stop, said they did not see M cCollister fall. Initial reports from o ffic ers at the scene suggested McCollister first said his foot Kendra James got stuck in the car, or car seat. M cC ollister later denied making such a statement. Several witnesses told K G W - T V they did not agree w ith the police version o f the shooting. "The door was open, they were standing shoulder to shoulder, at the front door while it was open. / think there are some serious questions in my mind about the procedures. - Sam Walker, acrimlnologlstatthe University of Nebraska who specializes In police oversight, on the Kendra James shooting and the car was going forw ard, so how can you be pinned?” witness Brician W illiam s said. Geoffrey Alpert, acriminologist at the University o f South Carolina who studies police shootings na tionwide, said the first mistake by officers was not removing the keys from the car after they took the driver into custody for not carrying a license. The officers, A Ipert said, should have coordinated a plan to get James out o f the car. But O fficer Rick Bean, when questioned by detectives, said, “ There was no set out plan.” Once James was shot, McCollister pulled her from the car, handcuffed her on the ground, and called for an ambulance. He said he walked to his car to get crime scene tape. “ Just so I ’ m fu lly understand ing, there’s a person that’s shot on the ground and you walked away and there was no one w ith this person?” Detective John Brooks asked McCollister during the initial review o f the shooting. McCollister said he did walk away. There was no indication from police records that anyone else stood by James as they waited for the ambulance. Experts also criticized a dinner that M cC ollister and his w ife had with O fficer Kenneth Reynolds and another officer follow ing the shoot ing. Reynolds tried firing an electri cal stun gun at James as he stood beside M cC ollister at the driver's front door o f the car, but it appar ently failed to deliver a charge. McCollisteralso talked by phone w ith Bean a day or so later. A ll the officers said they did not discuss the shooting. General police policy calls for witnesses to a shooting to be sepa rated until after they have been interviewed. Walker, the Nebraska police expert, said the policy also applies to officers. The police union president, Sgt. Robert King, said the union w ill stand by McCollister. “ We are not paid in our role as police officers to go to w ork and be hurt and be killed.” he said. “ We stand firm ly beside them now and we w ill continue to, through what ever comes.” Woman Beaten Over the Head Family says victim had mental capacity of a 12-year-old (A P )— Family members o f the woman whose body was found Friday between railroad tracks in downtown P ortland say th e ir lo st daughter and sister was a “ little girl in a big woman’ s body.” T w e n ty -tw o -y e a r-o ld Jessica Kate W illiam s was bom with fetal alcohol syn drome and had the mental capacity o f a 12-year-old, her fam ily says. She lived w ith her parents in Gladstone. She wasn’ t al lowed to drive, and though she was 6-foot-4 and 230 pounds, she got along best with children. Despite her imposing fig ure, she was “ a big teddy bear, the sweetest, most kind person,” said her sis ter, 18-year-old Noel W ill iams. So her fami ly was baffled W illia m s, a Gladstone H igh S chool graduate, liv e d w ith W h itco m b ’ s fa m ily fo r a week when she was having problems at hom e e a r lie r th is ye a r, W hitcom b said. She also lived in a dow ntow n Portland shelter fo r a couple o f months, where she befriended homeless youths. And during the week before her death, W h itco m b said, Jessica live d Jessica W illiams beneath the Steel Bridge. Sam and Rebecca W illia m s when police told them that Jessica adopted Jessica when she was 9 W illiam s had been beaten over the months old. She was one o f their 14 head. children — ages 8 to 40 — nine o f Portland police detectives are whom are adopted and seven o f still investigating the death, said whom have some form ofdisability, Henry Groepper, a Police Bureau Noel W illiam s said. spokesman. W illia m s ’ fa m ily said they But some who knew W illiam s worked to keep her safe but that it forecasted danger. Unbeknownst was hard to set boundaries once to her parents, W illiam s had been W illiam s reached adulthood. hanging out w ith gang members Her fam ily last saw Jessica on over the last decade, said Loren May 17, w hen she left herGladstone Whitcomb, 17, a close friend o f home over her mother’ s objections Williams. to hang out w ith friends. Man Suspected of Louisiana Serial Killings So where's the free? /f's o f Washington Mutual. Where free checking means exactly that. There's no per check charge for the checks you w rite . No fee fo r cancelled checks. No req uired m in im u m balance. No mandatory direct deposit. Free access to tellers and customer service telephone lines. Free 2 4/7 access to your account at our ATM s. Even a free VISA check card. So if you've been wondering where's the free in your so-called "free" checking account, come to Washington Mutual. We're where Derrick Todd Lee it's at. For the location nearest to you call 1 -8 0 0 -7 8 8 -7 0 0 0 Q W ashington Mutual Where free checking really means free. FDIC Insured I 4 (A P ) — T h e m an sought in the s e ria l k i l l ings o f fiv e w o m e n in so u th e rn L o u is ia n a is also suspected in a s ix th death m ore than a decade ago and the d isa p pe a ra n ce o f ye t a n o th e r w o m a n , p o lic e s a id T u e sd a y. D errick Todd Lee, 34, was charged in a warrant issued M o n day w ith m urder and aggravated rape in the k illin g o fC a rrie Yoder, 26, a Louisiana State U n ive rsity graduate student w ho became the serial k ille r’ s fifth know n v ic tim in March. The nationw ide hunt fo r Lee continued Tuesday. In the F B I’ s A tlanta o ffice , agent Theodore Jackson said Lee \yas last seen around m idday Monday at a hotel in the southeastern part o f the city. M e a n w h ile , a u th o ritie s in Zachary, a Baton Rouge suburb, said p o lic e o b tained a D N A sample from Lee - w hich linked him to the five slayings - earlier this month because they were investigating him fo r an uncon nected disappearance in th e ir to w n . Zachary P olice C h ie f Joey Watson said a detective was given a tip from one o f Lee's relatives that Lee was discussing the dis appearance o f Randi Mebruer. 28, who vanished from her home in A p ril 1998.
