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M a k e Y o u r V o te C o u n t
every tim e your address
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County Elections at IO40S.E. M orrison St. or call 503-988-3720.
Officer’s Resignation Doesn’t End Demands
AMA presses
for police
accountability
Despite the resignation o f the police of
ficer who shot and killed an unarmed African-
A m erican m otorist last Spring, leaders with
the A lbina M inisterial A lliance are pressing
the Portland Police Bureau to continue an
adm inistrative review o f the shooting.
Jason Sery, the officer who shot and killed
Jam es Jahar Perez during a M arch 28 traffic
stop in north Portland, resigned last week to
take a jo b at his Beaverton church.
In a letter to C h ief D errick Foxworth, Sery
Police officer Jason
Sery testifies on
the witness stand
during the hearing
that cleared him
and his partner of
any wrongdoing in
the James Jahar
Perez shooting.
said his decision has nothing to do with the
events o f the last year.
The African-A m erican alliance expressed
their approval of S ery 's resignation. The
group had previously called for Sery to be
fired.
"W e are pleased that Officer Sery has re
signed and we believe that this is the right
decision," a statement from the AMA read.
“Although Officer Sery resigned, we still want
the administrative review o f the actions o f both
officers, Sery and Sean Macomber, tocontinue
in a timely manner."
M acom ber was S ery 's partner on the day
o f the deadly encounter in a St. Johns neigh
borhood.
A M ultnom ah County G rand Jury cleared
both police officers o f charges, but the shoot
ing prom pted outrage am ong residents and
led to a public inquest.
Falsely Accused Muslim Hires Attorney
Celebrity lawyer
plans lawsuit
(A P)— A Portland lawyer falsely
accused by the FBI o f involvem ent
in the Madrid terrorist bom bings
has hired one o f the nation's most
successful and colorful attorneys
to represent him in a lawsuit against
the U.S. governm ent.
Brandon Mayfield, who received
a rare apology from the FBI after his
release from tw o w eeks o f deten
tion, has hired G erry Spence, a ce
lebrity attorney known as much for
his success in the courtroom as for
his buckskin jackets.
Spence said he intends to file a
la w s u it in f e d e ra l c o u rt on
M ayfield’s behalf.
Spence has won all his crim inal
cases and has not lost a civil law
suit since 1969. His successes in
clude victories for form er Philip
pines first lady Im elda M arcos,
w hite suprem acist Randy W eaver
and plu to n iu m factory w orker
Karen Silkwood.
M ayfield was taken away from
his Portland law office by FBI
agents on May 6 after his finger-
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M ayfield, soon after his release.
"This w hole process has been a
harrow ing ordeal. It shouldn't hap
pen to anybody.”
W hile M ayfield w as being de
tained, U.S. officials insisted the
fingerprints on the bag matched
those o f the Portland attorney —
even though Spanish officials dis
agreed.
Finally, the FBI conceded it had
made a mistake and apologized to
Mayfield.
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senior citizens and in som e cases
getting aw ay with a large sum o f
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The suspects approach victims
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com e into possession o f a lot o f
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an unsuspecting third party, who
suggests to the victim that the vic
tim should provide money o f their
own, usually $ 10,000, as proof they
are trustw orthy. They go to the
victim 's bank, the victim withdraws
the money and hands it to the sus
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even to walk around the block with,
as a sign of good faith. O f course.
Prosecutor
suspended pending
investigation
mercial has acknow ledged that he
lied about an extramarital affair with
a secretary.
The Clackam as County district
atto rn e y ’s office placed A lfred
French on a 30-day paid leave last
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ones found on a bag o f detonators
near a M adrid train station. The
March I I train bom bings in Spain
killed 191 people and injured about
2,000.
FBI agents seized M ayfield's
com puters, modem, safe deposit
key, assorted papers, as well as
copies o f the Quran and "Spanish
docum ents" — later determ ined to
be his so n 's Spanish hom ework.
“ It w as h u m ilia tin g ," sa id
The family o f Perez has filed a $ 10 million
lawsuit against Sery and the city o f Portland.
The death resulted in civil rights protests,
a rare public inquest and a call to review the
police bureau’s use o f force policy.
"I want to stress that my resignation has
nothing to do with the events o f this year,"
Sery said in his resignation letter. "R ather, I
am resigning because I feel that I cannot pass
up the opportunity to grow in my faith and
take part in this m inistry."
S ery 's letter said he has been asked to take
a full-tim e m inistry position with the junior
high program at Southw est Bible Church,
and a teaching position at Southw est C hris
tian School.
In a statem ent released late T uesday,
Foxw orth thanked Sery for his service to the
police bureau and w ished him well.
(A P contributed to this report.)
K athy L in d e r
gation.
French has faced scrutiny since
the anti-Kerry Swift Boat Veterans
fo rT ru th ad d isp u ted K erry'sdeco-
rated w ar record. French subse
quently acknow ledged he relied on
the accounts o f his friends and did
not witness Kerry in combat.
Since then, h e 's faced pickets
outside his office and com plaints
o f unethical conduct to the state
bar.
F re n ch 's form er boss, Jam es
O ’L eary, said he asked French
about the rum ored affair about 10
years ago. but French denied it.
O 'L eary said he would have fired
French if h e'd adm itted the rela
tionship because it violated office
policy.
French, 58, adm itted to The O r
egonian that he had the affair and
denied it to O 'L eary.
“It is an indiscretion that o c
curred during my em ploym ent," he
said.
The w om an in question still
w orks at the district atto rn ey 's of
fice but does not report to French,
sa id Jo h n F o o te , th e c u rre n t
C lackam as County district attor
ney.
Foote declined to say what as
pects o f F ren ch 's conduct the of
fice would investigate.
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