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JULY 18, 2018 25 CENTS Portland and Seattle Volume XL No. 42 News ..........................3,8-10,12 A & E .....................................6-7 Opinion ...................................2 Chicago Shooting ............9 Calendars ........................... 4-5 Bids/Classifieds ....................11 CHALLENGING PEOPLE TO SHAPE A BETTER FUTURE NOW PHOTO BY LISA LOVING BEAT THE HEAT Protestor displays a Black Lives Matter sign at a 2014 Police Accountability protest downtown Portland. By Lisa Loving Special To The Skanner News he Oregon Department of Justice says it will review the listings on their law enforcement use-of- force webpage, after advocates found numerous factual errors on a database meant to help in accountabil- ity and planning efforts around the state. The database was created as part of SB 111 passed in 2007, which required law enforcement agencies to compile and submit reports on their uses of force. (Read through that database at https://justice.oregon.gov/deathinci- T See DOJ on page 3 As temperatures soared this week, Portland residents flocked to splash pads (including the pictured pad at Dawson Park), fountains and swimming pools located across the city. Poet’s Beach, the City of Portland’s Willamette riverfront swimming beach, is now open as well. For a full list of Portland Parks & Recreation aquatic facilities, visit https://www.portlandoregon.gov/parks/article/578662. Delta Separates Family on Flight Portland mother was stranded in Baltimore overnight with her baby, while her five-year-old child, parents and brother flew back to Portland By Christen McCurdy Of The Skanner News ast week a Portland family was separated while traveling home from visiting relatives in Baltimore. For their trouble, they received a $75 gift card and to date, no apology. Dominique Butler, 27, works as a medical recep- tionist in Portland. On July 10 Butler, and her parents and brother were traveling on the same flight with But- L Latina actor Penelope Cruz is nominated for and Emmy for her role as Donatella Versace in “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story.” Co-star Ricky Martin is also nominated. Emmies Show Diversity in Nominations page 7 World News Briefs page 12 ler’s two young children, aged one and five. When it was time for Butler to board, she realized she had left her carry-on bag at se- curity. In an interview with The Skanner and a public Facebook post, Butler says she asked flight attendants what to do, and a Delta staff member advised her to go back to security and get her bag and “hope that the plane waits.” With her one-year-old son, Makai, in her arms, Butler ran back to securi- ty, got her bag and when she got back to the gate, the plane doors were still open and, because she was on the phone with her mother through the ordeal, airline staff knew she was back at the gate. But the plane didn’t wait. There were no staff at the gate when Butler returned. A few minutes later, a gate agent she’d talked to pre- viously appeared with her diaper bag — which con- tained Butler’s wallet and ID, and which Michelle Butler had managed to hand off to Delta staff be- fore departure. “Me and my one-year- old are watching the plane take off, and I know my [older] son was OK because he was with my parents,” Butler said. “But God for- bid, my five-year-old son was on that flight.” Michelle Butler also told The Skanner that staff al- most didn’t let her and her husband take their grand- son with him once they See DELTA on page 3 Black Charter KairosPDX Faces Uncertain Future The charter says the school district is shortchanging it on its lease terms and undermining its work in serving students of color The Skanner News ith another school year come and gone, Portland’s predominantly Black char- ter school KairosPDX is facing an uncertain future once again surrounding its building, on loan from Portland Public Schools. In a recent press release, the char- ter called PPS’s lack of action “an as- sault on Black achievement.” W Last fall, Portland Public Schools proposed a new policy that would redraw boundaries and make way for major changes. Among them, the historically Black Harriet Tubman Middle School would re-open and several existing K-8 schools would be converted into K-5 schools. In the reshuffling, KairosPDX — a K-5 charter that serves primarily children of color — was to lose its See KAIROS on page 3 VIDEO STILL, COURTESY KAIROSPDX The Skanner report prompts fact-checking action by State Attorney General’s office PHOTO COURTESY OF PORTLAND PARKS & RECREATION Oregon DOJ to Clean Up Data PPS has granted KairosPDX mere one-year extension on its lease, after the charter asked for five years, creating a state of limbo for students and staff.
