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Jury Rules for Black Deputy
Clark County
liable for racism,
discrimination
C ervante P oPe
t he P ortland o bserver
A former jail employee in
Vancouver has won a $500,000
award in a civil lawsuit asserting
racism and discrimination in the
by
Police Give Up 48 Hour Rule
Portland’s rank-and-file police
union tentatively agreed to a new
three-year contract Tuesday fea-
turing higher pay while ending the
so-called 48-hour rule, the contro-
versial policy that allows officers
to wait 48 hours before being in-
terviewed about the use of deadly
force.
Couple Faces Hate Crime
A white couple accused of pur-
posely running down a black
teenager with their vehicle were
charged Tuesday with an addition-
al charge of targeting the 19-year-
old because of his race. Russell
Orlando Courtier, 38, and Colleen
Catherine Hunt, 35, were already
facing murder and hit-and-run
driving in the Aug. 10 death of
workplace.
Britt Eastery and two other
black employees of the Clark
County Sheriff’s Office claimed
the department treated both Af-
rican-American employees and
black job applicants with “sys-
temic and systematic” disregard
for their wellbeing and fair treat-
ment.
The other two claims, filed
by Elzy Patrick Edwards and
The
Clifford Evelyn, are still in the
Washington Court of Appeals so
Easterly’s case was the only one
settled.
During Easterly’s trial last
month, his attorney Thomas
Boothe mentioned many occur-
rences backing his claims, in-
cluding instances where other
jail staff allowed inmates to use
racial slurs against him, and one
occasion where a fellow officer
in
Week Review
Larnell Malik Bruce.
dead. The circumstances of his
death are puzzling as his body had
Tupac Author Awaits Film
been shot and was found inside
On the 20th anniversary of Tupac his vehicle, which had been set
Shakur’s tragic death last week, it on fire. Police are looking into the
was revealed that famed Portland case as a homicide.
journalist Randall Sullivan’s in-
vestigative novel into the murder Lincoln High Students Walk
case, Labyrinth, will be adapted Students at Lincoln High School
into a film. No one has been ar- walked out of their classes last
rested in the case, but Sullivan week to protest the Portland
hopes the film will reignite the in- School Board’s decision to delay
vestigation.
a vote on a $750 million construc-
tion bond until May. The pro-
Black Lives Leader Homicide test eventually led them to City
St. Louis police revealed Wednes- Hall, where they spoke up on the
day that prominent and outspoken school’s needs for working toilets,
Black Lives Matter and Ferguson clean drinking water and more
leader Darren Seals was found
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posted derisive photos of Easterly
around the jail.
A juror, Rhonda Murphy, told
the Columbian that the panel de-
cided to award more money than
was sought in the lawsuit to send
a message.
“We wanted to prove a point.
There’s very much a pattern of
racism. And the fear of losing
your job if you report it needs to
stop,” she said.
space for students.
Clinton Lynched In Effigy
A politically themed protest
shocked drivers on I-5 near Suther-
lin Sunday on the 15th anniversary
of the Sept. 11 attacks. An effigy
of Hillary Clinton was hung from a
noose attached to a crane. Billy Pit-
ner, the man who created the dis-
play, said he has no plans of taking
it down any time soon.
School Football Canceled
Extreme hazing has prompted
Philomath High School to cancel
their entire varsity football sea-
son. Six players and one assistant
coach face criminal charges af-
ter allegedly targeting around 11
freshmen during a team trip out
town earlier this year.
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