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