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Sgt. Harry Jackson discusses increasing gang violence in the neighborhood surrounding Peninsula Park at North Albina Avenue between
Portland Boulevard and Ainsworth Street with student Anuj Ezekiel, as part of a ride-along activity for Environmental Middle School.
Shooting Inquest to Air on TV, Radio
The public inquest into the police
shooting death of James Jahar Perez,
an unarmed black motorist killed in a
traffic stop in north Portland, begins
Wednesday, April 28 at9:30a.m. Less
than 30 scats are available to the public
at the Multnomah County Court­
house, available on a first come-first
serve basis.
Officials from the district attorney ’ s
office are looking into reserving an
overflow courtnxan. accommodating
100 people to view the inquest on
closed-circuit television.
The inquest can also be seen on
Northwest Cable channel 49 and
KBOO radio station 90.7 FM. O r­
egon Live is carrying a continuous
s tre a m o f th e in q u e s t at
w w w .o re g o n liv e .c o m /s p e c ia l/
policeshooting/.
A rrangem ents also were being
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a video demonstrating police training
“ Between the internet, radio and techniques. Witnesses will testily for
cable television, every citizen w ish­ the rest o f the day and continue into
ing to follow the proceeding will Friday, beginning at 9 a.m. and possi­
have access to it. This will be the bly spill into Monday.
most accessible public inquest ever
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fro m Front
ately, th ey 're less likely to do that. W e’re not there to
exclude anyone from the park, but w e’re trying to keep it
safe."
"W e're w orking very closely with the Police Bureau,”
Park Bureau public safety m anager M ark W arrington told
the Portland Observer.
"W e're meeting with them on a w eekly basis, and w e’re
m atching their resources with ours. There have been threats,
intim idation, the use o f weapons, and th a t's a great concern
to us.”
Last week the police pulled back their presence in the
park.
“W e’ve seen im provem ents, and w e’ve received lots of
good com m ents," Northeast Precinct Lieutenant Robert
Heim bach told the Portland O bserver. The gangs are “not
there right now. If we leave, they may com e back.”
In that event, Jackson says, anyone who w itnesses such
gang activity should call 911.
W arrington said his bureau was “m onitoring" the situ­
ation. He was reluctant to concede that Peninsula had
becom e a magnet for gangs.
“All parks are vulnerable to m isuse," he says. "There
have been two shootings in that neighborhood recently,
and we harbor no illusions that w e’re som ehow exem pt from
w hat’s going on there.” He conceded, "Y oung people are
mobile. This is not a localized phenom enon.”
In response to questions at the Piedm ont meeting. Jack-
son said neighbors should not abandon the park, but to rie
wary o f what is happening there. T o em phasize the serious­
ness o f the problem he told one nearby resident, “Do you
know how far a bullet can travel if it m isses? It can go through
the w alls o f your house.”
Boy Killed in Dog Attack
(AP) — T w o dogs attacked and H um ane S ociety for southw est
killed an 8-year-old Vancouver area W ashington, w here the anim als
boy on Saturday.
were being held.
John Streeter w as found dead in
O ne dog. Precious, w eighs 135
the back yard o f a neighbor's home p o u n d s. T h e o th e r. D iam o n d ,
in Sifton, a small com m unity east of w eighs 98 pounds, D ulem ba said.
Vancouver.
Sgt. John H orch o f the sh e riffs
Sgt. Steve Shea o f the Clark office estim ated Streeter w eighed
County S h e riffs Office said the less than 100 pounds.
do g s’ ow ner w as away from home
Authorities identified the dogs’
on vacation at the time.
owner as Edward Miller, who lives
Police and anim al control au­ next door to the home where Streeter
thorities had no record o f any co m ­ lived with his mother and two sisters.
plaints about either dog, both a mix
O nce detectives com plete their
o f bull m astiff and G erm an shep­ investigation, inform ation will be
herd.
sent to the p ro secu to r’s office,
Both dogs are fem ales estim ated which will decide whether any crimi­
to be 3 or 4 years old, said Kate nal charges are w arranted. Shea
Dulem ba, a spokesw om an for the said.
Multicultural Health
Administrator Hired
Jam es M ason has been hired as
ad m in istra to r o f the O ffice o f
M ulticultural H ealth in the Oregon
D epartm ent o f H uman Services.
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M ason has been
m ulticultural d e­
v e lo p m e n t o f ­
f ic e r
at
Chem eketa Com ­
munity College in
Salem.
He is also a
s e n io r p r o je c t
consultant at the
N ational C enter
o f Cultural C om ­
p e te n c e
at
Georgetown Uni­ James Mason
versity.
“The G overnor’s Racial and Eth­
nic Task Force has identified per­
sistent, significant health problem s
unique to O regon’s racial and eth ­
nic com m unities,” said Barry Kast,
assistant DHS director for Health
Services. “M ason is w ell prepared
to organize our efforts and work
with our public health program s to
c o n f r o n t th e s e
problem s.”
Kast said that
k ey f a c to rs in
M a s o n ’s s e le c ­
tion w ere his abil­
ity to relate cul­
tu ra l is s u e s to
h e a lth
p o lic y ,
along with his ex ­
perience in behav­
io ral h ea lth , an
ability to engage
co m m u n itie s o f
color and organi­
zational and m an­
agem ent skills in bringing people
together to produce change.
During the past 20 years. M ason
has been a lecturer and instructor at
PSU.
Hiring for Summer Youth
Litter Patrols to Begin
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BE ITER LIN XNCING •
T h e O re g o n D ep a rtm en t o f gin as early as M ay. Y o u th L itter
T ran sp o rtatio n has jo b s fo r youth P atrols m ay w o rk up to 12 w eeks
w ish in g to w ork o u td o o rs and this sum m er.
help keep O reg o n clean.
L itter Patrol W orkers are te m ­
T h is sum m er, O D O T ex p ects p o rary e m p lo y e e s p aid o n an
to hire ab o u t 245 y outh statew ide hourly basis starting at $ 7 .4 9 for
to clean up litter along state h ig h ­ cre w m e m b e rs and $ 8 .0 8 fo r
w ay s as part o f the Y outh L itter crew leaders. C rew leaders m ust
Patrol program . W hile the crew s be at least 18 years o ld w ith a
p rim a rily p ick u p litter, o th e r valid d riv er license and good d riv ­
d u ties m ay also include graffiti ing record. T h ere is no m ax i­
rem oval and g eneral landscape m um age for a crew leader. C rew
m aintenance. A typical crew in­ m em b ers m ust be 16 to 20 years
clu d es a crew lead er and tw o or old.
m ore m em bers.
T he Y outh L itter Patrol p ro ­
T o be co n sid ered for the jo b , gram w as founded in 1971 to
reg ister w ith y o u r local E m p lo y ­ h elp in c le a n in g up h ig h w a y
m ent D ep artm en t office. A list o f r ig h ts - o f - w a y an d is fu n d e d
th e s e o f f ic e s is a v a ila b le at through the sale o f cu sto m li­
w w w .w o rk in g in o re g o n .o rg . D e­ cen se p lates av ailab le th ro u g h
pen d in g on the area, interview s D river and M o to r V ehicle S er­
for selected ap p lican ts m ay be- v ices.