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Volume XXXIII • Number 36
Wednesday • September 03, 2003
Under New Management
Foxworth
named new
police chief
by J aymee R. C uti
T hf . P ortland O bserver
Democrat John Kerry
Kerry Kicks Off Pres.
Campaign
Democrat John Kerry, seeking
to regain his political footing,
formally launched his presiden
tial candidacy Tuesday by of
fering his Vietnam War-hcrOcre
dentials and Senate tenure as an
alternative to President Bush’s
record.
100 Death Sentences
Overturned
A federal appeals court in threw
out an estimated 100 death sen
tences in Arizona anil two other
states because the inmates were
sent to death row by judges in
stead o f juries.
Cruise Cut Short by Virus
A cruise across the North Atlan
tic was cut short Tuesday alter
more than 300 passengers and
crew members became sick with
a highly contagious stomach
virus that caused vomiting and
diarrhea.
Iraq Council Member
Blames U.S. for Religious
Leader’s Death
The brother o f a cleric assassi
nated in a car bombing told
400,000 mourners Tuesday he
blamed the U.S. occupatioa
forces for the lax security that
led to the attack at Iraq’s most
sacred Shiite mosque.
Taliban and al-Qaida
Together Again
The Taliban are no longeron the
run and have teamed up with al-
Qaida once again, according to
officials and former Taliban who
say the religious militia has reor
ganized and strengthened since
their defeat at the hands o f the
U.S.-led coalition nearly two
years ago.
Actor Arrested for
Possession of Sword
When, five minutes before cur
tain call, one o f the leading ac
tors in Portland’s Northwest
Classical Theatre C om pany's
production o f “King Henry VI,
Part I’’ was arrested, his col
leagues ensured that the show
w ent on. Ih ad d eu s “ S cott”.
Carson, who played Lord Tal
bot, was hauled away from the
Terry Schrunk Plaza in handcuffs
as 120 eager Shakespeare fans
waited for the show to begin.
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Mayor Vera Katz announced Tuesday
that Assistant C hief Derrick Foxworth will
replace Mark Krocker as the city’s top cop.
Kroeker resigned Friday following an
onerous week fraught with scandal, contro
versy and the resignation o f five members o f
a police oversight committee.
The moves closely follow a report critical
o f police shootings and unhappiness, espe
cially in the black community, over the sus
pension o f an officer for the shooting o f
Kendra James, 2 1, an unarmed black woman,
last May 5. African American leaders
thought the officer, Scott M cCollister,
should have been fired.
Many o f those leaders, including State
Sen. Margaret Carter, D-Portland, and mem
bers o f the Albina Ministerial Alliance, at
tended the press conference announcing
Foxworth as the new chief.
“ I think it’s a good change," said AMA
President Rev. Roy Tate. “ I think the morale
is going to go up.”
The black church leaders have completed
their own investigation into Jam es’ death,
and will present their findings on Saturday,
Sept 6 at Maranatha Church in northeast
Portland.
Robert Larry, president o f Portland’s
NAACP, said he was not surprised by the
c h ie fs resignation and would not be sur
prised by more resignations at City Hall.
“Key players in this city realize that a
trend o f corruption and blatant abuse o f
power is about to end. The only way strides
Flanning
will be made to prevent deaths and m istreat
ment o f citizens at the hands o f police is that
the people have a say.. who is hired and who
is tired," Larry said.
F oxw orth w ould not co m m en t on
McCollister or the shooting. Instead, he laid
out a three-point plan to redirect a police
department that has suffered from a lack o f
public trust.
Foxworth said his directives are to
strengthen the relationship between the
bureau and the community, to improve ad
ministration and fiscal areas afld to address
recommendations in the recent review re
port. He also made a commitment to imple
ment community policing— a concept that
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Mark Kroeker
resigns as
Portland's
top cop.
Foxworth said is more than public relations
lip service to a community wary o f its law
enforcement.
To improve relationships between the
police bureau and the community, Foxworth
said he will embrace diversity, with regard to
race and gender as wel I as a diversity o f ideas
and policing style.
“When crisis do occur and there are strains
on the relationship between the police and
community, my vision is that although the
relationship may be strained, that it’s never
severed or broken,” Foxworth said.
A Portland native, Foxworth served as a
street officer, a gang-enforcement officer
and a drug and vice officer during his 22
years with the bureau. He isa former spokes
person for the bureau and a former com
mander o f the Northeast Precinct.
Derrick Foxworth is nam. d Portland Police Chief.
*1 Officer Suspended in Kendra Janies Shooting
Decision spurs mixed reaction from community and police bureau
The police officer wh > shot and killed
Kendra James during a late night traffic
stop in north Portland will be suspended
without pay for 5 1/2 months because of
the tactical decisions he made before the
shooting.
< tfficer Scott MeCol lister has already been
cleared o f criminal culpability for tiring the
fatal shot on May 5.
McCollister reeeiveiK inefM ark Kroeker’s
six-pagedisciplinary letterina meeting Thurs
day with Assistant C hief Derrick Foxworth.
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Kroeker said in the letter that although
McC’ollister's shooting was within Port
land Police Bureay guidelines and staje
law, his actions leading up to the shooting
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Judy Bryant
High Achieving
Principal Promoted
Humboldt Elementary School Principal
Judy Bryant will leave her post this month to
become a new director o f student achieve
ment for the Portland Sehool District.
The promotion was not surprising to those
following Bryant’*career. The 2002 w innerof
the prestigious Milken National Educator
Award, Bryant is credited with turning
II umboldt from a “low achieving school" to a
“strong school” in statewide school evalua
tions.
Bryant, a curriculum specialist, began work
ing with Portland Public Schools as a teacher
at Hosford Middle School. She has served as
assistant principal at both West Sylvan and
Hosford.
Bryant achieved national recognition for
her successful efforts to improve student
achievement at Humboldt, a north Portland
elementary. She found innovative ways to
reach her students, such as a field trip to the
Seattle Art Museum.
The district is in the processof selecting an
interim principal at Humboldt that will uphold
Bryant's contribution to that school.
New Leadership Team at Moore Street
photo by
M ark W ashington /T hf P ortland O bserver
A community welcome is out for Capt. Robert L. Marshall (from left), Major Jeffrey S. Dennis and Capt. Donna Marshall,
the new leadership team at The Salvation Army Moore Street Community and Worship Center, 5325 N. Williams Ave.
Area residents are invited to meet the officers during a block party at the center, Saturdav, Sept. 6 from 11 a.m. to 3
p.m. The free open house will include games, food and live music.