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Honored in Cause for Equality
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Trail Blazers C hief Operating
O fficer Sarah M ensah was hon
ored by the Urban League o f Port
land with the Equal O pportunity
Day Aw ard at the civil rights
group’s annual Equal O pportu
nity Dinner.
The award is bestowed upon an
individual each year who has made
significant contributions to the cause
of equality in one or more of the
Urban League's focus areas, includ
ing employment, education, eco
Sarah Mensah
nomic development or advocacy.
Dr. Marcelitte
Failla
Chiropractic
Physician
One o f the highest ranking
wom en in professional sports,
Mensah sits on the board o f di
rectors for the Northwest Autism
Foundation, Portland Children's
M useum, Oregon Sports A uthor
ity and All Hands Raised (for
m erly know n as the P ortland
Schools Foundation).
Thom as A schenbrener, presi
dent o f the N orthw est Health
Foundation, was also presented
with an Equal O pportunity Day
Award at last m onth’s cerem ony.
Seattle Police Used Excessive Force
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(AP) -- Inadequate supervision
and training has led Seattle police
officers to too quickly resort to the
use of weapons like batons and
flashlights, and to escalate confron
tations even when arresting people
for minor offenses, the U.S. Justice
Department said Friday.
The department launched an in
vestigation last spring following the
fatal shooting of a homeless Native
American woodcarver and other
reported uses of force against mi
nority suspects. The probe was
aimed at determining whether Se
attle police have a "pattern or prac
tice" of violating civil rights or dis-
criminatory policing, and if so, what
they should do to improve.
Federal investigators said they
found Seattle police have engaged
in excessive force that violated fed
eral law and the Constitution.
The Department of Justice is cur
rently conducting 20 investigations
of police departments across the
country, including Portland, and the
use of force is a prominent issue in
most of them.
The American Civil Liberties
Union of Washington and 34 other
community groups called for the
Seattle inquiry after a Seattle officer
shot and killed woodcarver John T.
Williams in 2010.
Video from Officer Ian Bilk's patrol
car showed Williams crossing the
street holding a piece of wood and a
small knife, and Birk exiting the ve
hicle to pursue him. Off camera, Birk
quickly shouted three times for Wil
liams to drop the knife, then fired five
shots. The knife was found folded at
the scene, but Birk later maintained
Williams had threatened him.
Other incidents captured on sur
veillance or police-cruiser video in
clude officers using an anti-Mexi
can epithet and stomping on a prone
Latino man who was mistakenly
thought to be a robbery suspect; an
officer kicking a non-resisting black
youth in a convenience store; and
officers tackling and kicking a black
man who showed up in a police
evidence room to pick up belong
ings after he was mistakenly released
from jail.
There was no finding that the
Seattle Police Department engaged
in discriminatory policing, but fed
eral investigators believe this area
needs more research.
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and a woman walking from her
neighbor's yard.
Police located the pair nearby
and arrested Melissa Schwab, 26,
after finding a pair of stolen shoes
hidden inside her coat. A box was
also found nearby that was ad
dressed to a residence in the 5900
block of North Hudson Street.
Officers went to that address and
contacted the resident who told
officers that he was expecting a
package of Christmas treats from
his sister in Seattle.