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MARCH 2, 2016 Portland and Seattle Volume XXXVIII No. 22 25 CENTS News ...............................3,9,10 A & E .................................... 6-8 Opinion ...................................2 Meet Dr. Jasmine .............9 Calendars ........................... 4-5 Bids/Classifieds ....................11 CHALLENGING PEOPLE TO SHAPE A BETTER FUTURE NOW PHOTO BY JAMES WOOD VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS (CC-BY-SA 2.0) VIGIL FOR ISAIAH People of color, especially African Americans, are overrepresented in the criminal justice system at every level, according to a report that was released to the public last month. Criminal Justice Report By Christen McCurdy Of The Skanner News A frican Americans are overrep- resented at every level in Mult- nomah County’s criminal justice system, according to a report re- leased last month by the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon, the Oregon Justice Resource Center and the Part- nership for Safety and Justice. The Racial and Ethnic Disparities report was produced by independent researchers for Multnomah County as part of the MacArthur Foundation’s See JUSTICE on page 3 PHOTO BY JOHN GHORMLEY African Americans are overrepresented in criminal justice system Parishioners of St. Andrew Catholic Church walked last Sunday to Northeast Sixth and Alberta Streets, the site of the killing of Isaiah Demetrius Kent, where they kept a silent vigil. Protesters Demand Apple Protect Privacy Rally draws connection between surveillance and harassment, killings By Arashi Young Of The Skanner News AP PHOTO/AUDREY MCAVOY A In this Jan. 28, 2016 photo, comedian Andy Bumatai gestures during an interview in Mililani, Hawaii. Pidgin: the Language of Hawaii Census data sparks a new sense of pride page 9 Ask Dr. Jasmine your animal health question page 9 small rally convened in front of the Apple store in downtown Portland. As partic- ipants stood on the slate steps in front of the glass walled and brightly lit shop, their shouts rever- berated off the buildings around Pioneer Place. Their insistent calls, re- peated throughout the eve- ning, were a plea: “Don’t break our phones!” Members from the ac- tivist groups Don’t Shoot Portland and 15 Now held the rally to oppose the FBI’s order for Apple to hack their iPhones. The con- troversial legal battle has many privacy advocates and activists concerned about government spying on citizens. Teressa Raiford, an or- ganizer with Don’t Shoot Portland, stirred the crowd, urging them to hold on to their privacy and to oppose the FBI. “Don’t let them have your privacy, don’t let them have your free speech, don’t give them one piece of it, don’t let them create a precedent, don’t break our phones,” Raiford said. On Feb. 15, U.S. Mag- istrate Judge Sheri Pym ruled that Apple needed to help the FBI hack the iPhone of Syed Farook. Farook, with the help of his wife, Tashfeen Ma- lik, killed 14 people and injured 22 others during a holiday celebration in San Bernardino Dec. 2 last year. The judge ordered Ap- ple to supply software that would bypass iPhone en- cryption either through disabling the passcode or allowing the FBI to try an endless amount of pass- codes until the phone is un- locked. iPhones currently have an auto-erase feature that wipes the phone data after 10 failed attempts. In Oct. last year, Apple said it was impossible to unlock any locked phones running the iOS 8 or newer operating system. The Feb. order would force Apple to create a backdoor into the phone that could unlock See iPHONE on page 3 Black Student Success Summit Gets New Venue Noni Causey’s educational support program grows to include young teens By Lisa Loving Special To The Skanner A n estimated 500 college-bound students from across the state of Oregon have already regis- tered for the 2016 Black Stu- dent Success Summit at Portland State University this weekend, and there is room for more. Organizer Noni Causey has grown her vision for the March 5 program into a fully-fledged education and job fair with 20 workshops; employ- ers including Intel; 10 colleges; and a whole lot of young people looking to support each other in the profession- al world. “We have students that are com- ing from across the state of Oregon for this one day, just to be in compa- ny with other students that are like them, to share how they’re doing it,” she said. The program is free — breakfast, lunch, speakers, good fellowship. See SUMMIT on page 3 An estimated 500 college-bound students from across the state of Oregon have already registered for Noni Causey’s 2016 Black Student Success Summit at Portland State University this weekend.
