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April 14. 2004
Teen Killed at Bus Stop
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Avenue where a
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A 16-year-old north Portland
youth, Marcus Mill, was shot to
death in broad daylight on Friday
afternoon.
Mill attended Hellensview High
school, an alternative school in
northeast Portland.
He was killed by someone who
stepped off a TriMet bus on the
corner o f North K illingsw orth
Street and Albina Avenue, accord­
ing to witnesses.
The gang enforcement team is
investigating the shooting, but has
made no arrests.
Mill was the second person shot
and killed in north Portland over the
weekend.
A lso on Friday, a 24-year-old
Native American man, Robert Or-
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lando H olliday, died at Emanuel
H ospital, a fte r suffering life-
threatening injuries at the 6700
block o f North V ancouver Av­
enue.
Both investigations are ongo­
ing. The public is urged to call De­
tective Steve Ober at 503-823-4033
if they have any information about
the shooting of Holiday and Detec­
tive Paul Weatheroy at 503-823-
0458 if they have information about
Mill.
MNMMNMOT
‘Driving While Black’ Investigated
Where does aggressive policing
end and racial profiling begin?That’s
a question “Datel ine NBC” explored
in a report titled “A Pattern of Suspi­
cion,” which uncovered some dis­
turbing trends in how tickets for
certain misdemeanors were issued in
a number of U.S. cities.
What is described as a 14-month
investigation begins in Cincinnati,
where in April 2001 an unarmed
black teenager was shot and killed
as he fled from a police officer.
The victim, Timothy Thomas, had
14 outstanding warrants - but almost
all of them stemmed from non-mov­
ing traffic violations such as failure
to have a driver’s license. Why had
Thomas been stopped so many
times? Was he the victim of racial
profiling and police harassment?
“Dateline” analyzed 100,000tick-
ets issued by Cincinnati police, and,
in a broader study, 4 million tickets
gathered from cities across the
country including Boston, Hous­
ton, Denver and San Diego.
In almost every city, blacks go
ticketed more than three times a;
much as whites for non-movinj
violations, while, for other infrac­
tions “Dateline” studied, they were
ticketed far more evenly.
A St. Louis accountant and Sun­
day school teacher who happen*
to be black describes his driving
experience this way: “We keep some
bail money at home just incase 1 gel
locked up - so I can get out.”
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quest prior to the grand jury in
order to provide the public with
com plete and accurate inform a­
tion at the earliest possible
date,” said Shrunk, in a state­ Schrunk.
ment.
He said he negotiated with of­
T he secret grand ju ry in v e s­ ficers because of the state’s ex­
tig atio n w ill begin on T uesday, pansive im m unity provisions,
A pril 20 and is sch ed u led to which may have jeopardized the
take sev eral days, acco rd in g to officers' full testimony.
Judges Support Reforms
to Help Mentally III
continued
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County’s Mental Health and Ad­
diction Services, presented infor­
mation showing that the percent­
age of African Americans in jail is
proportionately twice the size of
their representation in the commu­
nity.
“It doubles again when you look
at those with major mental illness,”
he said.
Davidson noted that there was a
need for more triage at the front end
by mental health professionals,
rather than forcing police to decide
between jail and an emergency
room.
Strong explained that his county-
funded program would allow rapid
access to Cascadia resources, in­
cluding mental health assessments,
alcohol and drug treatment, hous-
ing resources, medication prescrip­
tion and management resources,
treatment groups, and case man­
agement.
“We work collaboratively with
Multnomah County and other ser­
vice providers to make best use of
limited resources, for people who
may have had difficulty accessing
services,” Strong said. “Our model
includes lots o f outreach and cus­
tomized services, carefully moni­
tored.”
The group spent two hours work­
ing on developing plans to improve
outreach, centralize information
and resources, encourage cultural
diversity for providers and their
workforce, decreasing the stigma
of mental health, improving early
intervention and access to mental
healthcare and other related con­
cerns.
Unity Coalition
Forms Alliances
continued
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city officials.
“ W e ’ve h e a rd fro m th e
mayor, but where are the other
com m issioners? We h a v e n ’t
heard from these people that, in
theory, represent us,” M cGee
said.
A ccording to M cGee, while
everyone should care about a
loss of hum an life, his interest
in P erez's shooting is personal.
“I’m an 18-year-old African-
A merican m ale living in north­
east Portland. I have to do this
to save my life, my nephew ’s
life, my sister’s and brother’s
life,” said McGee. “We as a
people have to press that som e­
how, ju stice is more than a
theory, for the Perez family and
for his son.”
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