Page A3
September 9, 2009
awareness,” he said
According to Chief, a YMCA
in another part of the county
we don’t utilize it as a tool to found an employee featured in
draw interest in our paper and the sex offender portion of the
prompt people to buy,” Chief paper along with 24 o f their
said, of his publication which members. In another location,
a convenient store was robbed
only costs a buck.
by A manda G rear
at
knife point and the clerk was
He said the criminal content
T he P ortland O bserver
able
to identify the perpetrator
is motivated in part by his own
Have you been "Busted”?
after
seeing him in Busted for
If so, people m ight have "personal desire to look inside
another
crime.
my
local
paper
and
see
who
had
seen your mug in "B usted," a
But not everyone is a fan of
new tabloid new spaper that been in trouble.”
C h ie f has received som e the publication.
has been blasting photos of
P ublic D e fe n d e r N eal
arrestees in the Portland area flack in year since his publica­
a lo n g w ith a lis t o f th e ir tion has been out - distributed Weingart of M ultnom ah D e­
in several markets nationwide, fenders Inc. said he has “no­
charges.
Publisher Ryan Chief of cen­ mainly from “registered sex of­ ticed inaccuracies.” Having
tral Florida uses fun, rich col­ fenders,” he said, but is quick had some of his clients featured
ors, catchy stories and phrases, to point to the outpouring of in this paper, he said some of
along with cartoon-like illustra­ support he said he receives from the listed charges were com ­
pletely different from the actual
tions to catch the eye of people community leaders.
photo by J ake T homas / T he P ortland O bserv er
“All I'm doing is conveying charges, which he said could “Busted" magazine gives its readers a cheap kick. But
sh o p p in g in c o n v e n ie n c e
public information. I’m in the become a potentially massive what does the magazine mean for people who have
stores like Plaid Pantry.
“It would be foolish to say b usiness o f creating public issue.
actually been busted?
Busted is no Bust
Tabloid prints
arrest photos
“The information he's pub­
lishing is widely public infor­
mation. He’s not violating any
criminal or civil laws, provided
it’s accurate," said Alexander
Hamalian of Rose City Defense
Consortium.“There’s no differ­
ence than w hat they do on
shows like COPS '’
But H am alian q u e stio n s
whether the publication actu­
ally benefits the citizenry at
large. He said it is the job of
citizens who value civil rights
to make sure people understand
publishers like this have a fi­
nancial interest, not a civil in­
terest.
But C hief asserts that his
publication provides an extra
level of accountability, particu­
larly for first time offenders.
“Maybe, just maybe there’s
a slim chance they w on't com­
mit that crime again,” he said.
ussissippi
12, 2009 ■ ■
Seplemljer
Mon r can ir a come Dane...
I iienl lime: CS:00pm-l():()0pm)
ion: On lht< (diner nl Mississippi l\ue.. «nul Hee.rli
This year. H ie D ttan tty Institute s Jan on t k M i
k itie site of the oH«
11 « j
o ff célébration o f t k M I E study/piqjact sponsored by t k ftntland Ikadopm ent Commission.
In this study/pnyect, a l dtimns am ¡nutted to help t k PDC identify resources lor smal businesses,
housiny, homeownership, and
ly buabdtty prqjeds In t k North and Northeast whan renewal
T k table is s e t.. .en n e Join as and help.
For More Information Contort: JensenTlassenj@pd(.us, 503^23-3352
wv/w.pdr.us/four/nnestudy, www forebook.rom/pdxN N EDI
Harold C. Williams Two: Office (503)287 9836 / Cell (503)4900755
thediversityinstitute@giiioil.(omwv\v.thedfversityiiistitijte.coin