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SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 25 CENTS INSIDE: Portland and Seattle Volume XXXVIII No. 51 News .............................. 3,8-12 Opinion ...................................2 Calendars ........................... 4-5 Minority Business A & E .....................................6-7 Enterprise 2016 Bids/Classiieds ....................11 CHALLENGING PEOPLE TO SHAPE A BETTER FUTURE NOW SPECIAL EDITION PHOTO BY CHRISTEN MCCURDY STANDING ROCK Community members have rallied to support the family of three African American boys who were pepper sprayed last week at the intersection of Northeast 9th and Killingsworth. Community Rallies Around Family M ore than 340 people have donat- ed more than $11,000 to help a Northeast Portland family re- place their car and address the medical expenses and trauma associat- ed with a racist assault on three Black children last week. This Sunday, a mul- tiracial group of Portland bicyclists is going for a ride against hate. In an interview with The Skanner News earlier this week, family mem- See ATTACK on page 3 Three year old Enick and her father joined hundreds of people in a march from City Hall to Westlake Park in Seattle Sept. 17 to show solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux as they ight to stop the building of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Police Accountability Advocates Look Ahead CRC, COAB, City all mull changes to police oversight processes By Arashi Young Of The Skanner News AP PHOTO/MARK LENNIHAN P New Yorkers pass a shattered storefront window in Manhattan, Sept. 20 in New York. The window was hit by shrapnel from the terrorist bomb that exploded across the street Saturday evening. World News Briefs NY Bombing Suspect, Jolie Files for Divorce and more page 12 olice accountability has been the topic of numerous conversa- tions in recent weeks, as many factors are poised to change the landscape in Portland. Proposals to change the Citizen Review Commit- tee’s and Community Over- sight Advisory Board’s , looming Department of Justice deadlines and the change from Mayor Char- lie Hales to Mayor-elect Ted Wheeler — could all potentially shit police ac- page 7 Alliance. Bethel expressed “seri- ous concerns” about the proposal to remove public meetings in the new ac- countability system — a concern that was echoed by nearly every person of- fering testimony that eve- ning. In addition to the AMA, members from Portland Copwatch, the National Lawyers Guild, the ACLU of Oregon and the Oregon League of Women Voters voiced opposition to the proposal in its current form. Community members also objected to a plan for the CRC to form smaller work groups. Dan Han- delman of Portland Cop- watch said there will be diversity issues under the new proposal. The cur- rent CRC coniguration has been constructed to balance gender and racial representation -- which he believes would be lost in a smaller group. “Breaking the 11-member panel into three-person panels will create a num- ber of problems,” Handel- man said. He suggested expanding the number of See POLICE on page 3 Fish to Present Report on CBA Today Report looks at successes of, recommendations for Community Beneits Agreement The Skanner News Staf C Kam Reviews ‘Snowden’ countability processes. At city hall, Mayor Hales and Commissioners Aman- da Fritz and Steve Novick tabled discussion on a pro- posal to merge the Citizen Review Committee into the Police Review Board. The decision came ater a combative late-evening council meeting where stakeholders asked the council to hold of making the decision. “Let’s not rush, but seek to install a truly more sim- ple accountability and re- view process,” said the Rev. T Allen Bethel, president of the Albina Ministerial ity Commissioner Nick Fish is expected to present a report to the city council Thursday ater- noon on the efectiveness of the community beneits agreement. The Kelly Butte Reservoir and Interstate Maintenance Facility Renovation Projects were pilot projects under the CBA. A community beneits agreement is a legally-binding contract between a broad community coalition and a developer in which community members pledge support for a de- velopment in return for communi- ty beneits such as targeted hire of See CBA on page 3 PHOTO BY ANGELS GATE (CC BY-NC 2.0) VIA FLICKR By Christen McCurdy Of The Skanner News PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED PPB still investigating racially motivated bear spraying incident Today city commissioner Nick Fish will present a report on the progress of the Community Beneits Agreement, which set targets of employing more minority-owned businesses for city construction projects.