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Week
in
Review
The
Chief Accused of Racism
Clatskanie Police Chief Marvin
Hoover retired this week after an
officer in his department says he
responded to an accusation of rac-
ism by imitating a monkey, sing-
ing “Dixie” and pantomiming a
beating. Officer Dustin Stone said
he has been harassed and called
racist slurs since pointing out
Hoover’s behavior in an official
report to the Oregon Department
of Public Safety.
Wyden Supports Iran Deal
September 9, 2015
Kentucky Clerk Released
A Kentucky
clerk
who
refused
to
issue same-
sex marriage
licenses was
released
from
jail
Tuesday by
the same judge who ordered her
to jail six days earlier. Judge Bun-
ning said Kim Davis “shall not
interfere in any way, directly or
indirectly, with the efforts of her
deputy clerks to issue licenses to
all legally eligible couples.” He
said that any such action would be
regarded as a violation of his re-
lease order.
Democrats on Tuesday gave Pres-
ident Barack Obama the votes he
needed to prevent the Senate from
passing a measure disapproving of
the Iran nuclear deal. Oregon Sen.
Ron Wyden was one of the last sen-
ators to make up his mind, saying
that although he had reservations,
he believed the agreement means
it would be “exceedingly diffi-
cult” for Iranians to build a nuclear
weapon and other benefits of the
deal are worthy of his support.
Resident Shoots Intruders
Arson Suspect Arrested
Authorities say a man from
southern Oregon has been arrest-
ed after allegedly chasing down
two newspaper delivery work-
ers in Rogue River and shooting
them. Shad Gary Dunbar, 34, is
being held on attempted murder
and other charges in Jackson
County for allegedly firing at
victims Linda Parker and Roger
Price on Saturday.
Police arrested a man for arson
early Monday after a fire this
weekend sent a family fleeing
from their burning southeast Port-
land apartment. The father of the
household was burned when a
piece of roofing fell and caught
the back of his shirt on fire. The
suspect was identified as Joshua
Aaron Bigsby, 28.
A Gresham man shot at a group
of intruders who had broke into
his mobile home Saturday and
began stabbing him with a knife.
The oldest suspect, a 25-year-old
man, was found dead at the scene,
police said. The resident had sev-
eral stab wounds but none of them
were life-threatening.
Man Shoots Newspaper
Delivery Workers
Established 1970
P ublisher : Mark Washington, Sr.
E ditor : Michael Leighton
E xecutive D irector : Rakeem Washington
A dvertising M anager : Leonard Latin
Office Manager/Classifieds: Lucinda Baldwin
C reative D irector : Paul Neufeldt
R eporter /P hotographer : Olivia Olivia
A mural memorializing Baltimore resident Freddie Gray adorns a wall near the place where he was
tackled and arrested by police.
Police Custody Death Settlement
Freddie Gray family reaches $6.4 million deal
(AP) — The parents of Freddie Gray reached a
tentative $6.4 million settlement with the city of
Baltimore Tuesday, nearly five months after their
25-year-old son was critically injured in police cus-
tody and later died, sparking days of protests and
rioting.
The deal appeared to be among the largest set-
tlements in police death cases in recent years and
happened just days before a judge is set to decide
whether to move a trial for six officers charged in
Gray’s death.
Gray’s spine was injured April 12 in the back
of a prisoner transport van after he was arrested.
Gray, a 25-year-old black man, died at the hospi-
tal a week later. In the aftermath, Gray became a
symbol of the contentious relationship between the
police and the public in Baltimore, as well as the
treatment of black men by police in America.
The settlement still needs the approval of a
board that oversees city spending. That board will
meet Wednesday morning.
“The proposed settlement agreement going
before the Board of Estimates should not be in-
terpreted as a judgment on the guilt or innocence
of the officers facing trial,” Mayor Stephanie
Rawlings-Blake said in a news release. “This
settlement is being proposed solely because it is
in the best interest of the city, and avoids costly
and protracted litigation that would only make it
more difficult for our city to heal and potential-
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