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March 25, 2015
Career & Education
Police Accused of Intimidation
Auditor says
actions harm
review board
Members of the Portland Po-
lice Bureau, from union leaders
to top administrators, have tak-
en actions that undermine the
independence of the city’s civil-
ian police oversight committee,
according to City Auditor Mary
Hull Caballero.
Caballero expressed concern
that police intimidation is threat-
ening the integrity of the review
organization during a report she
made last week to Mayor Charlie
Hales and the City Council.
“It’s a pattern of behavior that
appears to me to be meant to
chill or obstruct the independent
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Boyfriend Guilty of Trafficking
(AP) — The boyfriend and
pimp of a Portland woman mur-
dered by a Marine in Hawaii two
years ago has pleaded guilty to a
human trafficking charge.
Mark Miles Jr. admitted to a
federal judge last Wednesday in
Portland that he transported Ivan-
ice “Ivy” Harris across state lines
to engage in prostitution. The
prosecutor and defense attorney
will jointly recommend a three-
year sentence when Miles returns
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Jetliner Crashes in Alps
An Airbus A320 operated by the
Germanwings airline, a budget sub-
sidiary of German carrier Lufthan-
sa, crashed Tuesday in the French
Alps, apparently killing all 150
people on board, including 16 high
school students from Germany. The
wreckage was believed to be on the
side of a mountain, inaccessible by
roads and covered in heavy snow.
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investigations,” said Caballero,
who oversees the city’s Indepen-
dent Police Review Division.
Her concerns were that a po-
lice chief – whom she did not
name but whom Hales suggested
was former Chief Mike Reese –
leaked confidential information
to the Police Union from a 2013
police background check of an
Independent Police Review ap-
plicant who was hired to be an
investigator.
Constantin Severe, director of
the Independent Police Review,
said leaks threaten to undermine
the independence of the agency,
which already struggles to gain
legitimacy with a skeptical pub-
lic. He worries the police actions
that undermine their indepen-
dence may hinder their work and
even suppress public complaints.
The Portland African American
Leadership Forum has a new
“People’s Plan” policy agenda.
The group discussed its priorities
for the future at a special meeting
last week. It wants more African
American community members to
step forward to help it ensure that
the city develops with black needs
to court in June.
Harris was a day shy of her 29th
birthday when she was killed.
Marine Master Sgt. Nathaniel
Cosby was convicted of the mur-
der and is serving a life sentence
in a military prison.
Harris’ father, Marion Ivan
Greer, said after the hearing that
Miles did not make his daughter
do anything. He said they were
both “trying to taste that pot of
gold.”
in mind.
Racist Graffiti at Grant
Grant High School reported a
break-in Sunday morning, along
with racially charged graffiti, in-
cluding a swastika, racial slurs,
and other inappropriate images
painted on both sides of a small
shed and a nearby trailer. Anyone
with more information is encour-
aged to call the Portland Police
Bureau Youth Services Division at
503-823-4849.
Jail Death in Vancouver
A Vancouver man died in the
Clark County Jail after an alterca-
tion with police officers. Michael
J. Lynch was arrested Friday for
driving under the influence, reck-
less driving, and hit and run. The
same night, he activated the med-
ical alarm in his jail cell and was
admitted to the intensive care unit
of a local hospital, where he died
Sunday morning.
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