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September 21. 2005
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More Outrage Over Stealth Racial Profiling Report
The A m erican C ivil Liberties Justice D epartm ent to bury an
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A m e ric a n s,” sa id C a ro lin e
Fredrickson, Director o f the ACLU
Washington Legislative Office. “ If
we want toeliminate discrimination
in law enforcement, it is vital that
law makers and the public have this
information. We urge Attorney
General Gonzales to look into this
matter immediately.”
At issue is a survey o f police
conduct, com piled by the D epart­
ment o f Ju stice’s Bureau o f Jus-
tice Statistics. Earlier this year, as
the report was near com pletion,
Law rence A. G reenfeld, director
o f the agency, subm itted for re­
view a news release to announce
the findings. G reenfeld was told
to delete language that h ig h ­
lighted findings that black and
Hispanic drivers were subjected
to searches, arrests and use of
force more often than w hite driv ­
ers. A fter G reenfeld refused, no
release was issued, and the sur­
vey w as p o ste d w ith o u t a n ­
n o u n c e m e n t to th e J u s tic e
D e p a r tm e n t’s
W eb
site .
Greenfield was later removed from
his position as director o f the
agency.
The ACLU noted that the action
surrounding the Greenfeld demo­
tion follows an alarming trend by
the administration to conceal or
dismiss information - often critical
of government actions - that is col­
lected by independent agencies or
review boards.
The report found that blacks
and H ispanics were roughly three
tim es more likely to "experience
police threat or use o f force” d ur­
ing interaction with the police,
alm ost three tim es more likely to
be arrested, and three tim es more
likely to have their person or their
vehicle searched.
Ministers Want Bush Censured
For incompetent
hurricane disaster
response, relief
M inisters for Racial, Social and Economic
Justice joined a broad coalition o f activists
last w eek calling for C ongress to bring
charges to reprim and and censure President
George W. Bush for the handling o f the
Hurricane K atrina disaster.
The coalition said Bush’s incom petent
and ineptitude leadership resulted in hun­
dreds of deaths and unbelievable human
suffering o f U nited S tates’ citizens.
“ M ore and more lives are being lost in the
afterm ath o f K atrina,” says national presi­
dent of the group, the Rev. Graylan S. Hagler.
“T his is, to say the least, c rim in a l n e g ­
ligence to the h ig h e st deg ree. T he p re si­
dent in his n eg lig en ce o f the A m erican
people in the G u lf C o ast has c o m m itte d a
serious breach o f o ffic ia l d u ties as head o f
state and it begs the qu estio n w h eth er he
should c o n tin u e to lead this c o u n try ,”
says Rev. H agler.
“The U nited States system o f governm ent
requires that we have a strong and indepen­
dent president. This is an extrem e circum ­
stance and an overw helm ing m ajority of
A m ericans now lacks confidence in the
president’s leadership.
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A woman cradles her son waiting to be rescued from the New Orleans Convention
Center on Sept. 2, five days after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast.
His leadership has shown a w anton d isre­
gard for the lives o f A m ericans resulting in
an unim aginable disaster and a national and
international em barrassm ent to this coun­
try.”
The m inisters also charged the Bush ad­
m inistration w ith racism .
“ M any o f those suffering are black and
poor and we cannot deny that race played a
factor in the slow, uncoordinated and incom ­
petent response o f the governm ent,” says
Rev. Luther Holland o f C hicago’s C ongrega­
tional Church o f Park M anor.
The hurricane catastrophe disproportion­
ately affected blacks and brought attention
to the stark racial and econom ic inequalities
that exist throughout the nation.
County Identifies Sex Offenders
director. “The predatory sex offender
website lets people know w ho’s out in
Multnomah County has launched a the community and gives us another
predatory sex offender website contain­ way to involve the public in keeping
ing over 180 local individuals who are neighborhoods safe.”
Officials said offenders on the site are
currently on probation or post-prison su­
pervision and have been designated as not wanted, unless otherwise noted, and
the public should not attempt to appre­
“predatory” sex offenders.
N am es, photographs, address and hend them. If an offender is listed as
other information about each offender are “w anted,” anyone who sees that of­
searchable by zip code, offender name fender should call 9 11.
A sex offender is designated as “preda­
and other variables. The website also in­
cludes information about sex offender tory” if the offender has been convicted
supervision, information for victims and of sex offenses and demonstrates a ten­
explanations of sex offender registration dency to victimize or injure others, based
on a risk assessment tool that is used
laws.
The website address is www.co.mult statewide.
Only a small portion of Multnomah
nomah.or.us/dcj/sexoffender.shtml.
“ An informed public helps us super­ C ounty’s nearly 900 sex offenders on
vise offenders more effectively, said supervision are designated as preda­
Joanne Fuller, corrections department tory.
Website gives photos
Bank cameras show three suspects in a series of
identity theft crimes over the past six months.
Bank Cameras Spot Suspects
Investigators from the Regional Economic Crime Inves­
tigation Center are seeking the public’s help to identify
three suspects responsible for more than $20,000 in iden­
tity theft-related crimes in the past six months.
The suspects have gone into several banks and retail
businesses presenting checks and credit cards stolen
during business burglaries that occurred throughout
Portland and Southwest Washington.
The three suspects are acting independent o f each
other and may or may not be aware of each other’s
activities. The suspects may have used wigs, hats, and
make-up in an attempt to disguise their identity.
If you have any information on this case, call Detective
CatherineCarroll at 503-823-0456.
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