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SEPTEMBER 13, 2017 Portland and Seattle Volume XXXIX, No. 50 25 CENTS News ...............................3,9-11 A & E .....................................6-7 Opinion ...................................2 Seahawks’ Bennett .........9 Calendars ........................... 4-5 Bids/Classifieds ....................11 CHALLENGING PEOPLE TO SHAPE A BETTER FUTURE NOW PHOTO BY CHRISTEN MCCURDY NOT THIS TIME Black Male Achievement Director C.J. Robbins, BMA steering committee member Erious Johnson, Modica and BMA steering committee member Justice Rajee pose after Friday’s announcement. Gang Designation to Sunset By Christen McCurdy Of The Skanner News A dvocates who pushed to end the Portland Police Bureau’s 20-year- old gang designation are cautious- ly optimistic about last week’s announcement the database would be purged by Oct. 15. Last fall The Oregonian reviewed a modified version of the list and found that of 359 people on the list, 64 percent were Black, though African Americans make up just 7.5 percent of the city’s population “It’s one-up for the minorities, it’s one- up for the people who’ve always been condemned in our city,” said Ronisha Har- ris, who told The Skanner she discovered See GANG on page 3 PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED Advocates cautiously optimistic about database purge A translator relates the thoughts of a relative of Hussein Hassan, a father of eight who was shot and killed by Kennewick police officers on Aug. 13, during a press conference called by Not This Time and CAIR-WA (The Council on American-Islamic Relations) Sept. 7 at Seattle Vocational Institute. Not This Time and CAIR-WA called for a full investigation into these police shootings and the other 26 deadly shootings by law enforcement in Washington State this year. Many of the families who have lost loved ones in police shootings support I-940, which would increase de-escalation training for police officers. Lottery Conference Comes to Portland The NASPL holds its annual event at the Convention Center Sept. 13 – 16 By Melanie Sevcenko Of The Skanner News GERBEN VAN ES/DUTCH DEFENSE W This photo from Sept. 10 shows people walking toward a cruise ship anchored on St. Maarten, after the passage of Hurricane Irma. Irma cut a path of devastation across the northern Caribbean. hile lottery play- ers are still reel- ing from last month’s largest single-ticket Powerball prize in U.S. history — $758.7 million won by a Massachusetts hospital worker — the lottery in- dustry continues to inno- vate in the background to keep up with the game. Wednesday kicked off the first of a three-day con- ference of the 52 members and vendors of the North American Association of State and Provincial Lot- teries (NASPL) at the Ore- gon Convention Center in Portland. “NASPL is thrilled to host its 2017 annual conference in a city with as vibrant and diverse an identity as Portland,” NASPL presi- dent Rose Hudson told The Skanner. As is tradition, the ‘host lottery’ sets the program for the conference — and this year theme’s “Shift Your Game” was realized by the Oregon Lottery. “It’s really a recognition that lotteries need to stay relevant to changing tech- nologies, new demograph- ics of players, and new de- mands from the states that support them,” said Barry Pack, director of the Ore- gon Lottery. For the past year lead- ing up to this week’s con- ference, the state’s lottery team has been busy pro- gramming all the details — from identifying topics of the keynote speakers to organizing panels, awards and the NASPL Trade Show. “What we’re trying to do is bring in local per- spectives outside of the lottery industry to share their experience and ideas to help lottery executives shift their thinking on how they approach customer relationships, product in- novation and marketing,” continued Pack. While Oregon is not among the largest lotteries in the nation, it is unique in its games. Witnesses say White tourists were evacuated first page 10 Kam Reviews ‘It’ page 7 By Melanie Sevcenko Of The Skanner News U nite Oregon Executive Di- rector Kayse Jama official- ly announced his candidacy last week for Oregon Senate District 24, which covers East Mult- nomah County along with portions of Gresham and Happy Valley in Clackamas County. Jama has joined Democrat Shemia Fagan – an employment lawyer and former representative of District 51 — in the race to unseat incumbent Rod Monroe for District 24 in the 2018 primary election. Monroe ran unopposed in the 2014 Democratic primary and unchal- lenged in the general election. But he turned heads among his own par- ty this year when he helped derail House Bill 2004, which would have See LOTTERY on page 3 COURTESY OF WWW.KAYSEJAMA.COM Hurricane Exposes Racial Kayse Jama to Run for Oregon State Senate candidate, co-founder of Unite Oregon, is Tensions in U.S.V.I. The campaigning to unseat Rod Monroe of District 24 Kayse Jama, candidate for Oregon State Senate See JAMA on page 3 District 24.