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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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