B lack H istory M onth .W February 25. 2004 sp e c ta J Page A3 c o c e ra a e . Officer Smeared in JurY Considers Death Sentence A jury began hearing tes timony Monday and Tues day in the sentencing phase o f the trial against Ladon Stephens, the m an found guilty in the m urder and rape o f 14-year-old girl and in sexual assaults in north and northeast Portland. Last Thursday, the jury convicted Stephens of stran Poster Campaign Foxworth calls Copwatch tactics divisive gling and raping Melissa Bittler in December 2001. The girl was abducted from the side walk as she walked to school in her n o rth e a st P o rtla n d neighborhood. He was also found guilty o f a 2002 sexual assault o f an acquaintance and three sexual assaults o f teenage Portland girls in 1997. Prosecutors said DNA evi dence links Stephens to each case. But Stephens’ defense at torney, Bill Brennan, had ques tioned the legitimacy of the case, saying there was rea sonable doubt about the way DNA evidence was handled and processed in these differ ent cases. B y M ichael L eighton T he P ortland O bserver A cam paign to obtain a photograph o f the police officer w ho shot and killed Kendra Jam es during a traffic stop last May has stunned the Portland law TALK RADIO enforcem ent com m unity. A group calling itself Rose C ity C opw atch claim s with to have distributed 300 posters in areas o f southeast REAL W eekdays 7 :3 0 -9 am PEOPLE FROM YOUR COMMUNITY Portland offering $40 in groceries for a picture o f officer Scott M cCollister. T he fliers sm ear M cC ollister as an "arm ed and dangerous killer" and call for his rem oval from the R&B, SOUL & W eekdays 7 - 9 p m HIP HOP police force. The distribution coincided with his return to duty in the Police B ureau’s Southeast Pre cinct after a five m onth suspension. Portland PoliceChief Derrick Foxworth condemned the poster cam paign as "sophom oric and divisive” saying it did nothing to prom ote healing or strength Chief Derrick Foxworth ening the partnership between the police and the struggled inside a car during a traffic stop on the 1-5 community. overpass on North Skidm ore Street. Police said she “It is tim e to build trust and increase co m m unication between po lice and the com m unity. not to dnve wedges o f m istrust and contem pt,” Foxworth said. M a y o r V e ra K atz called the flyers appall ing. “This is a rank attempt JAZZ, AFROTAINMENT, HIP HOP & MORE was trying to escape. The i It is time to build trust and increase commun- nation between police r and the community, not to drive wedges o f mistrust and contempt. - Chief Derrick Foxworth at intim idation o f an o f S aturdays 4 - 1 1 p m car was pu 1 led over for fai 1- ing to m ake a stop at an intersection. A grand ju ry cleared O ffice : 503-231-8032 M cC ollisterof any w rong C all doing, but he w as later found to have erred in ju d g p en d e d by th en p o lice ch ief M ark Kroeker. Advertise with diversity in M cC ollister has never ficer whose case was handled through the due pro appeared in public to apologize for his actions. His face cess o f law. Further, the offer o f a ' prize’ o f groceries was blocked out on videotape to protect his identity dim inishes the m em ory o f the shooting victim ," Katz in a police reenactm ent o f the shooting. said. Il!' |llnrllanb OMtserucr Foxw orth said O regon Law prohibits any law en M cC ollister shot Jam es, a 21-year-old unarm ed African A m erican m otorist, on M ay 5 as the two D J ! 503-231-8187 W W W .KB00.FM C ommunity R adio m en t an d he w as s u s the Call 5O3-288-OO33 ads@portlandobserver.com forcem ent agency from releasing a photo o f a police officer w ithout their perm ission. N EW S E A S O N S [ I 111 m a r k e t Ceiehrratina, our atvwrtrsaru J o in u s th is w e e k e n d f o r c a k e a n d ic e c r e a m - a n d lo ts o f g r e a t a n n iv e r s a r y p r ic e s ! S a tu r d a y & S u n d a y 1 1 :O O a m -5 :O O p m The {rùrwfthesh store in toum. E A S Y & C O N C O R D IA F U N TO S H O P ORENCO • S T A T IO N N E 3 3 r d & K illin g s w o r t h P o r t la n d O R 9 7 2 1 1 N E 6 1 s t & C o r n e ll R d H ills b o r o O R 9 7 1 2 4 5 0 3 .2 8 8 3 8 3 8 O p e n 8 a m -1 0 p m 5 0 3 .6 4 8 .6 9 6 8 O p e n 8 a m -1 0 p m L O C A L LY O W N E D R A L E IG H & H IL L S 7 3 0 0 S W B e a v e r t o n - H ills d a le H w y P o r t la n d O R 9 7 2 2 5 5 0 3 .2 9 2 .6 8 3 8 O p e n 8 a m -9 p m O P E R A T E D SELLW OOD 1214 SE T a com a P o r t la n d O R 9 7 2 0 2 5 0 3 .2 3 0 4 9 4 9 .O p e n 8 a m - 1 0 p m