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Fighting Temptations Uncloaking the Arts Beyonce pairs with Cuba Gooding Jr. in new comedy Local artists open studios for behind the scenes views See Metro section, inside See Focus, Page B2 ‘Citv of Roses’ 31 urtlanh ©bserti www.portlandobserver.com www m Established in 1970 Committed to Cultural Diversity Volume XXXIII • Number 39 T,Weekin TheReview Wednesday • September 24, 2003 First Black Chiefs Share Views Combative Bush Addresses UN U nbending in spite o f w id e spread o p p o s itio n , President Bush returned to the U n ited Nations to try to marshal sup port fo ra deliberate transition to democracy in Iraq. “ Let us move fo rw a rd ," he told those leaders w ho w o uld have the U.S. occu pation ended right away. A year ago, Bush stood before the U.N. and tried to b u ild a case against Iraqi d icta to r Saddam Hussein. U ltim a te ly , he drew o n ly some support from the Security Coun c il and w ent to w ar w ith o u t d i ‘Three » Weeks in October’ A national crisis through the eyes of the chief by J aymee R. Cun T he P ortland O bserver rect authority. California Recall Reinstated “ Three W eeks in O ctober” is A federal appeals court unani an a ll-in -o n e e xcitin g in sid e r’s view about police w o rk underpres sure, a c o m m u n ity ’s crisis, the m ously reinstated C a lifo rn ia ’s O ct. 7 gubernatorial recall elec tion, less than a day after hear ing arguments to postpone the m edia’ s role, g ro w in g up black in a changing society and Portland. histo ric showdown. Unless the I t ’ s the story o f fo rm e r Portland U.S. Supreme C ourt steps in quickly, the decision means Elec tion Day is tw o weeks away. Police C h ie f Charles M oose. Virginia Takes Second Beating A possible tornado damaged sections o f the R ichm ond, Va. area and torrential rain flooded parts o f M aryland, adding to the po w e r outages and other prob lems the region already faced fro m Hurricane Isabel. N o in ju ries were reported in Richm ond, but trees that survived Isabel were toppled, homes were dam aged and 40,000 customers lost power, some fo r the second tim e since Isabel struck last week. Oregon State Awarded $1.7 Million Bug Grant M oose’ s name and face are now on the national radar fo r the 2002 investigation o f the serial snipers that terrorized the W ash ington, D.C.-area. The attacks le ft 14 dead w ith in 20 days, and thou sands scared to liv e th e ir lives. A fte r overseeing the in vesti gation w h ile he was police c h ie f in M on tg om e ry C ounty, M aryland, M oose was m oved to w rite a book about leading the biggest m an hunt in A m erican p o lice history. He uses the sniper attacks as a launching pad, but burgeons into th e v a r y in g tr iu m p h s and struggles o f a black leader in a c u ltu ra lly hom ogenous p o lice force. H is voice is tempered w ith decades o f bureau experience. C o un ting bugs is serious busi L ik e m any o f his peers. M oose ness to researchers at O regon State U n ive rsity. The school plans to use a S1.7 m illio n grant said, he wanted to w rite a book, someday. He appreciated the dis from theN ational Science Foun dation to create technology that can id e n tify insects w ith pattern recognition systems s im ila r to systems used to compare and id e n tify fingerprints. C ounting bugs w ith com puters could help protect the en viro nm en t and give scientists a better under- sta n d in g o fth e ire co lo g ica lro le , researchers say. Officer Shoots Student cipline an editor and co -w riter pro vided. “ I had chapters on the early years, on com m u nity p o licin g , on m y leadership philosophy, but life kept getting in the w a y,” he said. A fte r p o lice arrested sniper suspects John A lle n M uham m ed, 41 and Lee B oyd M alvo, 17, Moose was teased b y his s ta ff about w ho w o u ld p lay h im in the m ovie. rill# III I» » ’Tl.A K IK ▼▼ A S M I in v * IUPM I rlr I • Moose and Foxworth put emphasis on leadership by J aymee R. C uti T he P ortland O bserver during M oose’s tenure. the com m u nity needs, but he’s also been an assistant chief. W ith that comes some degree o f isolation,” L ik e M oose, F oxw orth is on a path leading a m o stly-w hite police Moose said. “ By going out and listening, he’ ll set his p rio ritie s by tober: The M anhunt fo r the Serial force in a m o stly-w h ite c ity , am id a Sniper.” A nationwide tour prom oting the ra c ia lly charged clim a te and a w ounded re la tio n s h ip between ships w ith c ity o ffic ia ls and how to book began last week and Moose run a police bureau. M oose’ s street credentials are returned to Portland, where he was c h ie f o f police fo r six years, before police and the m in o rity com m unity. “ I f you want yo u r c ity to be a what he hears.” Part o f F o x w o rth ’s strategy fo r rebuilding the relationship between police and the com m u nity is creat on page A3 tacks te rrify in g the W ashington, D.C.-area in O ctober last year. W hen Charles Moose lays dow n T rading his weapon fo r a ke y advice, people take notes. Portland Police C h ie f D e rrick F oxw o rth lis board, Moose le ft la w enforcem ent to co-author “ Three W eeks in O c tened up when he met w ith M oose Friday to discuss d ive rsity in the force, com m unity policing, relation flawless, w ith the experience o f a 28-year-Iong career in law enforce ment. H is judg m ent proved seam less as he led the largest po lice manhunt A m erica has ever exp eri continued I 1.A1I'' rn>r K * r. K Charles Moose, Portland's first African-American police chief (right) and current Chief Derrick Foxworth are reunited during a meeting arranged by The Portland Observer Friday. The two leaders exchanged views on community policing and other issues. enced du rin g the serial sniper at he took the jo b in M ontgom ery County, M aryland. Before book signings at Jantzen Beach’s Barnes and N o b le and northeast P ortla nd’ s R eflections Books and C offee Shop began. Moose met w ith F oxw orth, who commanded the Northeast Precinct better place, y o u 're going to have to give him some tim e,” said Moose, about the jo b ahead o f Foxw orth. Moose recommended a “ H illa ry Clinton listening tou r" for Foxworth, to reconnect w ith the people. “ D e rrick thinks he knows w hat ing positive interactions in a non crisis atmosphere. “ I t ’ s im portant fo r o ffice rs to know the concerns o f the com m u n ity but it ’ s hard to do that in a 911 setting,” F oxw o rth said. continued y^ on page A3 A 17-year-old student w ho was “ angry at e ve ryth in g” fire d a handgun in a high school sci ence classroom in Spokane be fore a im ing the weapon at a S W A T team o ffice r, w ho then shot and c ritic a lly wounded him , po lice said. War Correspondent Dies M a rk F inem an, an a w a rd -w in n in g correspondent fo r the Los A n g e le s T im e s, died Tuesday w h ile on assignm ent in Iraq o f an apparent heart attack. He was 51. Carol Moseley Braun Campaign Made Official Carol Moseley Braun declares run for president ( A P ) — D em ocratC arol M oseley Braun, the o n ly black wom an to serve in the U.S. Senate, fo rm a lly declared her can didacy fo r d o ¿ n 6 © OÜ S i cr © O ? c •3i photo by Saying ‘No’ to Violence ~ O u. > O c .c TI cQ s. ,2P$ sb e e □ * M ark W ashington ZT he P ortland O bserver Family and friends o f murder victim Asia Bell James and other loved ones killed by senseless violence in recent years march on Killmgsworth Street Saturday to remember Bell and the many other victims. The anti-violence march started at the former Renaissance Market and ended at Alberta Park. Bell, a wife and mother of four, died on the front porch of her North Missis sippi Avenue home in a walk-by shooting last November. Her killer is still at large. © UJ A president M onday, fo rg in g ahead w ith a long-shot b id in an otherw ise a ll-m a le c o n test fo r the W hite House “ I am u n iq uely q u a lifie d to do the jo b o f president, and I o ffe r the clearest alternative to this current adm in istra tion , whose o n ly new idea has been pre -em p tive w a r and a continued yf on page A2 1
