5Qé Park Upgrade Celebrated Sisters Rally Against Displacement Adidas opens public campus at form er Kaiser Hospital Protest tackles neighborhood 'revitalization' See story, Metro section, inside j V*W1 k \f'A See story. Page A 5 1 A h J c rtla n ó CgbsertS? wl PnC PC ‘City of Roses’ __I im n ___ __ _____ x l ____ ________ www.portlandobserver.com Established In 1970 Committed to Cultural Diversity Volume XXXIII • Number 27 Wednesday • July 02. 2003 Review Shooting Forum Fills Mt. Olivet Church Urban Surveillance System The Pentagon is developing an urban surveillance system that w ould use com puters and thou sands o f cam eras to track, record and analyze the m ovem ent o f every vehicle in a foreign city. D ubbed “C om bat Z ones T hat S ee," the project is designed to help the m ilitary protect troops and fight in cities overseas. But experts say the unclassi fied tech nology could easily be adapted to sp y on A m e ric a n s. T h e p r o j e c t ’s c e n te r p ie c e is groundbreaking com puter soft w are that is capable o f identify ing vehicles by size, color, shape and license tag, or drivers and ' passengers by face. States Without Budgets • The fiscal year began Tuesday with O regon lawmakers approv ing a short-term spending plans allowing governm ent to operate w hile a budgetary debate contin ues. For the third consecutive time, C alifornia began the fiscal year beginning in July w ithout a state budget after lawmakers were unable to break a partisan im passe over spending and taxes. Five other states also took their budget deliberations to the June 30 deadline w ithout reaching a final agreement. California faces a record $38.2 billion budget short fall and is operating for the first tim e com pletely on borrow ed money. Rlcln Stockpile Could Kill A com putertechnician from Spo kane, Wash., accused o f making a biological weapon, had enough pow dered ricin in his w ork cu bicle to kil 1 as many as 7,500 people. Prosecutors said Kenneth Olsen, 49, spent m ore than a year re searching undetectable poisons on the Internet, and hinted that he researched ways tokill his w ifeo f 28 years so he could continue an extram arital affair. Investigators found about 3 gram s o f ricin pow der in tw o test tubes and a ja r in O ls e n ’s locked file cab in e t, enough to kill 75 to as m any as 7,500 people, depending on how it was delivered, Assistant U.S. A ttorney S tephanie W hitaker said. African Americans demand justice, change in police policies by J aymee R. C irri dents. T he P ortland O bserver “W e’ve got to be able to live A fric a n A m e ric a n s and together feeling w e ’re safe,” other residents packed into a said Pat Lenzen, a w hite retired north Portland church T ues nurse living in P ortland for 39 day to attend a forum on the years. “ W e d id n ’t w ork it out p o lice sh o o tin g o f K endra 50 years ago, w e d id n ’ t w orked Jam es, an unarm ed, A frican- it out 25 years ago, w e have to A m erican w om an w ho w as w ork it out now .” killed M ay 5 during a traffic Silenced behind a shroud o f stop. im p e n d in g in v e s tig a tio n s , B lack leaders called for the union m eetings and a c iv il law session w ith police and pros suit from the Jam es fam ily, very ecutors after a secret grand few w hite leaders and city offi ju ry acquitted N orth Precinct cials have stepped forw ard to O fficer Scott M cC ollister o f pu b licly su p p o rt the Jam es any w rongdoing in the death. fam ily and dem and changes in T hey also see the results o f a the police departm ent. police b u reau ’s internal inves M ayor V era K atz w as on tigation into the shooting as vacation w hen the police bu another in a long list o f m iscar reau announced the com ple riages o f justices. tion o f the internal investiga Last week, Police ChiefM ark tion and did not issue a state K roeker recom m ended su s ment. pension for M cC ollister, w ho Friday, the m ay o r’s liaison shot the 2 1 -year-old as she for the pol ice departm ent, El ise tried to drive aw ay and escape M arshall, spoke for K atz in her arrest. absence. She said, “T he m ayor “ W e ’ve seen cases w here agrees w ith the proposed d is p eo p le have had w eap o n s, ciplinary action.” guns, knives, and have been N e ith e r K ro e k e r n o r apprehended w ith no pro b M arshall elaborated on how lems. The question rem ains long a “lengthily suspension w hether this w ould have hap is” or w hat is m eant by “seri pened i f K endra Jam es w as not ous discipline.” black,” said Rev. R oy Tate, City Comm issioner Erik Sten A lbina M inisterial A lliance declined to com m ent on the Derrick Foxworth and Scott Anderson, both assistant chiefs for the Portland Police Bureau, confer with president, w ho attended the discipline to rem ain neutral in Mayor Vera Katz during a public forum on the police shooting death o f Kendra James at Mt. Olivet Baptist forum. the event that the issue com es Church in north Portland Tuesday. T ate w as not satisfied w ith before the C ity Council. K ro ek er’s disciplinary decision Som e arrived at the forum seeking social “ I think the disciplinary action is very “ The event certainly underscores the fact “ Scott M cC ollister m ade poor judgm ents change and justice. light and I w ant to see that som ething wi 11 be that w e have a long w ay to go to truly by putting h im self and the other officers in “ I expect that peo p le w ill stand up in d one,” said Lee T hom as, an A frican A m eri im plem ent com m unity policing,” Sten said. h arm ’s way. W e think he should have been Portland and everyw here w here police are can T riM et bus driver. "1 certainly share the c h ie f sco n clu sio n that term inated,” Tate said. taking advantage o f th eir jo b s," said D or Lucifer A rnold, a black Portland resident i t shou Id have never com e to the place w here The stage at Mt. O livet Baptist C hurch was othy Stone, a local A frican A m erican resi o f 33 years, said unem ploym ent is pushing deadly force w as necessary.” di vided in halfby three rows ofnearly all white dent. “W e ’re told that if w e com m it a crim e black com m unities out o f their hom es and C om m issioner Jim Francesconi w ho has representatives from the city, county and w e pay for that crim e. W hen they com m it a h e ’s getting tired o fencountering racial pro also been absent from pubic events sur- police bureau on one side and mostly African crim e, it’s a coverup.” filing on the street. continued on page A 6 A m erican leaders on the other. O thers cam e seeking closure. U nity w as another focus o f area resi- J u ly F o u r th B la s t! Endangered Fish Saved Biologists and volunteers used buckets, nets and an electric- shock device this week to rem ove a rare species o f fish endangered by ash and other debris from an Arizona w ildfire that destroyed hundreds o f m ountaintop homes. More than 600G ila chubs, a m in now-like fish proposed for pro tection under the Endangered Species Act, w ere taken from the Sabino Creek and put aboard pickup trucks to be taken to the safety o f a hatchery and research centers. £3 sS Joy Johnston (left) and lidiko Plesko help customer Taricia Hampton decide on the perfect fireworks for her Fourth o f July celebration at the Interstate Fred Meyer store parking lot in north Portland. The forecast calls for temperatures in the low 80s for Friday's national holiday. photo by M ark W ashington / T he P ortland O bserver B s Blues to Rattle Downtown Waterfront 2 Waterfront celebration is one of the biggest Four days o f top draw er entertainm ent will delight §>g 0» o J? b . ~ C' O' S3 l_ U1 u. .a <u Cd c O <u c 1 O' 'Ll c O' on Cl — tu □ A dm ission is a daily donation per person o f $5 plus tw o Portland hosts the 16* annual Safew ay W aterfront Blues cans o f nonperishable food or $ 15 for a four-day pass. T his y e a r’s festival also celebrates the Y ear o f the The Y ear o f the Blues and W om en in Blues are them es Blues by offering more musical w orkshops, b luescruiscs for the second-largest blues festival in the nation, held on the Portland Spirit, films and special program m ing. The T hursday. July 3 through Sunday, July 6 at Tom M cCall ev e n t’s signature fireworks display is scheduled the W aterfront Park, dow ntow n. evening o f July 4. The stellar lineup includes roots-m usic icon Taj Mahal, The festival kicks o ff Thursday with a high-w attage young b lues-belter Susan T edeschi, legendary R&B lineup that includes Taj Mahal and the Hula B lues Band, diva Etta Jam es and b lues-rocker Steve M i Her, perform ing as a special guest w ith slide-guitar m aster Roy ) " W e 'v e been told that this is the best line up o f any blues concert across the country.” The festival is a fundraiser for the O regon Food Bank. crow ds during the Fourth o f July holiday w eekend when Festival. o s R ogers and harm onica ace N orton Buffalo. “ W e’re very jazz ed ,” said festival spokesperson Jean-K em pe W are. » continued on page A6 I Oregon Food Bank promoters expect jam-packed fun once again this Fourth o f July weekend as the Safeway Water front Blues Festival takes o ff from the downtown Portland waterfront. The 16"' annual event starts Thursday and continues through Sunday, photo by Valarie K. Davis Photography