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FEBRUARY 7, 2018 25 CENTS Seattle, Washington Volume XL No. 19 News .......................................3 Calendar .................................5 Opinion ...................................2 News Briefs .....................5 A & E ........................................4 Bids/Classifieds .....................7 CHALLENGING PEOPLE TO SHAPE A BETTER FUTURE NOW PHOTO COURTESY OF MRG FOUNDATION VIGIL FOR DASHAWN HORNE Roberta Phillip-Robbins, co-chair of the Oregon Civil Rights Council, which commissioned a new report on the impact of Measure 11, is hopeful the findings will lead to holistic reforms. Reflecting on Measure 11 New report notes racial disparities in youth incarceration system See MEASURE on page 3 Kam Gives ‘Where’s Daddy?’ Four Stars page 4 The Reverend Kelle Brown with Plymouth UCC leads the family, friends and supporters in “Amazing Grace” during a vigil for DaShawn Horne Feb. 3 outside Harborview Medical Center where DaShawn is recovering from an alleged hate crime. He was attacked Jan. 20 by a man with a baseball bat who reportedly yelled racial slurs during the unprovoked attack. DaShawn remains unconscious but is slowly recovering. The suspect in the crime was arraigned on Monday. Quanice Hayes’ Family to Sue City of Portland Crowdfunding campaign kicks off Thursday afternoon to fund lawsuit The Skanner News Staff A ttorneys represent- ing the family of Quanice Hayes, who was shot and killed by Portland police Feb. 9 of last year, have announced they intend to sue the office of Mayor Ted Wheeler. The suit was first report- ed on Monday in an article for the website Longform. org, in which Portland journalist Leah Sottile re- ported on the last hours of Hayes’ life. Attorney Jesse Merithew was quoted say- ing the Hayes family was planning to file a tort claim with the city, which Mer- ithew confirmed with The Skanner and other local media later that day. According to a Wednes- day morning press re- lease, the Hayes family will hand-deliver their notice of intent to sue to Wheel- er’s office Thursday at noon. “The Hayes family refus- es to allow Quanice’s death to go unanswered. Despite the grand jury’s decision not to bring criminal charges against Officer Hearst, the family is deter- mined to do what it takes to get justice for Quanice,” Merithew said in the press release. “Quanice’s death is part of pattern by the Port- land Police Bureau of kill- ing unarmed young black people.” The press release also mentions that the the United States Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the city based on its unjustified use of force against mentally ill indi- viduals. It notes that while the DOJ’s lawsuit does not mention racial targeting, it lists 10 individuals killed by Portland Police and cited by USDOJ as having mental illness and notes that four were African American, where only 6 percent of Portland resi- dents identify as African American. Hayes was shot early in the morning on Feb. 9 in front of a Northeast Port- land home. Officer Andrew Hearst, who shot and killed See LAWSUIT on page 3 Push to Move US Public Land Managers West Western politicians argue 99 percent of BLM- managed land is in 12 Western states By Dan Elliott Associated Press DENVER — From its headquarters in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Bureau of Land Management oversees some of the nation’s most prized natural resources: vast expanses of public lands rich in oil, gas, coal, grazing for livestock, habitat for wildlife, hunt- ing ranges, fishing streams and hik- ing trails. But more than 99 percent of that land is in 12 Western states, hun- dreds of miles from the nation’s capi- tal. Some Western politicians — both Republicans and Democrats — are asking why the bureau’s headquar- ters isn’t in the West as well. “You’re dealing with an agency that basically has no business in Wash- ington, D.C.,” said Colorado Repub- lican Sen. Cory Gardner, who intro- duced a bill to move the headquarters to any of those dozen states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Ore- gon, Utah, Washington or Wyoming. See LAND on page 3 SCOTT G WINTERTON/THE DESERET NEWS VIA AP, FILE R obert White was 17 when he was arrested on a first-degree rob- bery charge, which he later pled down to attempted robbery and burglary. White, who is now 25, didn’t know that in 1994 — the year he turned two — Oregon voters approved a ballot mea- sure that would drastically reshape the lives of young people facing crim- inal charges. Ballot Measure 11 created mandatory sentencing for those 15 and up who faced criminal charges. “Going through it, I was very, very, very illiterate when it came to law or my rights,” White said. The plea deal resulted in a lesser sentence — White was sentenced to 60 months initially, of which he served about four-and-a half years in two juvenile justice facilities in Oregon — but White still has a felony charge on his record. Though he received job training and several certifications while incarcerated — including a fork- lift license and a food handler’s license — White told The Skanner that after he was released, he struggled to find work and housing. He also feels he was more fortunate than many in having family and men- tors to offer him shelter and support while he re-entered society. Now White works at POIC + Rose- mary Anderson High School mentor- ing youth in the school’s community healing initiative. He also works with the Anne E. Casey Foundation to advo- cate for youth and for criminal justice reform. “If I had the power to eradicate [Mea- sure 11], I would. It’s too many young individuals, it’s too many African Americans, it’s too many Latinos — it’s too many people of color that are be- PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED By Christen McCurdy Of The Skanner News In this May 9, 2017, file photo, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke rides a horse in the new Bears Ears National Monument near Blanding, Utah. Much of Bears Ears is on land administered by the Bureau of Land Management, which is part of Zinke’s department. Western lawmakers are arguing that BLM headquarters should be moved from Washington, D.C., to the West because of its influence there.