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New Plan for Wapato CAREERS Special Edition Advocates envision Wellness Center at site ‘City of Roses’ Volume XLVIII • Number 15 See Local News, page 3 www.portlandobserver.com Wednesday • April 17, 2019 Established in 1970 Committed to Cultural Diversity photo by D anny p eterson / t he p ortlanD o bserver Civil rights organizers Hector Hinojosa (left) and Lynn Marzette are on a quest to improve police transparency and ensure unbiased law enforcement after an unusually high number of officer- involved shootings involving people of color in Vancouver and Clark County over the past few months. Shootings Bring Response Vancouver leaders look for answers by D anny p eterson t he p ortlanD o bserve Two southwest Washington civil rights groups are looking for answers after a string of officer-involved shootings in Clark County. “The last five shootings in Vancouver have involved mostly people of color, and a young white man known to be mentally ill,” reads a joint statement written by Lynn Marzette, chair of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Van- couver’s Legal Redress committee, and Hector Hinojosa, who is the president of League of United Latin American Citizens Southwest Washington. “To ensure the expectation of safety by all citizens of Vancouver, there are still C ontinueD on p age 5 Thousands Drawn to Rapper’s Legacy Nipsey Hussle’s life inspired a city, world (AP) — Nipsey Hussle’s legacy as a persistent rapper, community activist, uniter, doting father, protective sibling and a loving son were underscored at his public memorial service on Thursday, with deep- ly personal testimonies from those closest to the rapper, including his actress-fian- cee Lauren London, collaborator and dear friend Snoop Dogg and his mother, who said she was at peace with the death of her C ontinueD on p age 4 Nipsey Hussle Following a memorial service that filled the Staples Center in Los Angeles Thursday for the late rapper Nipsey Hussle, thousands more people line Hussle’s a 25-mile funeral procession through the streets of south Los Angeles. (AP photo)