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A p ril 30. 2014
Clippers Owner Banned for Life
NBA sanction
response to
racist comments
(AP) — Los Angeles Clippers
owner Donald Sterling has been
banned for life and fined $2.5 million
by the NBA in response to racist
comments the league says he made
in a recorded conversation.
Commissioner Adam Silver said
he will try to force the controversial
owner to sell his franchise, making
no effort to hide his outrage over the
comments.
"I fully expect to get the support
I need from the other NBA owners
I need to remove him," Silver said.
The rebuke came three days after
the scandal broke and is the harsh
est penalty ever issued by the league
and one of the stiffe^t punishments
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ever given to an owner in profes- Los A n g e le s C lippe rs o w n e r D o n a ld S te rlin g w atches h is team
sional sports. Silver said a league play. (A P p h o to )
investigation found the NBA's long
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TriMet Shooter Drill
A TriMet-directed public safety training drill
had passengers running from a gunmen on
a MAX train at the underground Washing
ton Park station in the overnight hours of
early Monday morning. The whole scenario
was staged to include assistance from hun
dreds of police officers, firefighters, medics,
and volunteers.
Mental Health Arrest
A man walked into a mental health clinic in
Vancouver with a rifle on Monday. Police
arrested the man an hour later.
Parking Officer Arrested
est-tenured owner was in fact the
person on the audiotapes that were
released over the weekend.
"We stand together in condemn
ing Mr. Sterling's views," Silver said.
"They simply have no place in the
NBA."
Sterling is immediately barred
from attending any NBA games or
practices, be present at any Clip
pers office or facility, or participate
in any business or player personnel
decisions involving the team.
He also cannot participate in any
league business going forward. It's
unclear how he will respond, and a
lawsuit certainly seems possible.
Sterling's comments were released
over the weekend by TM Z and
Deadspin, and numerous NBA own
ers and players have condemned
them. Even President Barack Obama
weighed in on the crisis.
"Commissioner Silver showed
great leadership in banning LA Clip
pers owner Donald Sterling for life,"
Magic Johnson, who was referenced
day with seniors at Hollywood Senior Center
to announce that he’ll introduce legislation
to increase Social Security benefits for se
niors by changing cost-of-living increases
to adjust parallel with inflation.
City parking code
enforcement officer
B a rb ara L o rra in e
P e te rso n w as a r
rested last week, ac
cused of tipping off
an unauthorized tow
driver to abandoned
vehicles and getting
kickbacks totaling thousands o f dollars.
Peterson, 53, has worked for the city for 23-
years.
A 14-year-old hit Cleveland High School
student was the victim of a non-life-threaten
ing hit-and-run at Southeast 26th Avenue
and Powell Boulevard on Monday. The sus
pect vehicle is described as a gold colored
mid-size SUV, possibly a Lexus.
Social Security Boost Sought
Overtook Shooting Arrest
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon met Thurs
Alejandro Ray Vance Jr., 23, was arrested
after police responded to multiple reports of
Hit and Run Suspect
on the taped conversation involv
ing Sterling, tweeted shortly after
the leag u e's decision was a n
nounced.
Jo h n so n 's ro le on the tape
stemmed from Sterling's female com
panion apparently posting a photo
of her and the Hall of Fame player on
her Instagram account. That photo
has since been deleted, but raised
Sterling's ire nonetheless.
"It bothers me a lot that you want
to broadcast that you're associat
ing with black people. Do you have
to?" Sterling asks the woman on the
tape.
The issues raised when the tapes
were released represent just another
chapter in Sterling's long history of
being at the center o f controversy.
In the past, he's faced extensive
federal charges of civil rights viola
tions and racial discrimination in his
business dealings, and some of his
race-related statements would be
described as shocking.
gunshots in the area of North Killingsworth
and Minnesota Avenue Monday evening.
Two cars were hit with bullets, but no injuries
were reported.
Late Late Host to Retire
CBS “Late Late Show”
H ost C raig Ferguson
says he will retire from
the television program in
Decem ber. M onday’s
announcem ent pom es
just about a month after
his network-m ate and
boss David Letterman announced his planned
retirement for January.
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