JANUARY 23, 2019 Portland and Seattle Volume XLI No. 17 25 CENTS News .............................3,10-12 A & E .................................... 8-9 Opinion ...................................2 MLK Breakfast Photos .6-7 Calendars ........................... 4-5 Bids/Classifieds ....................11 CHALLENGING PEOPLE TO SHAPE A BETTER FUTURE NOW PHOTO BY LISA LOVING MLK BREAKFAST Danielle Outlaw talks about police recruitment, mental health and White supremacist activity By Lisa Loving Of The Skanner A t this week’s Martin Luther King Breakfast, The Skanner News spoke with Portland Chief of Po- lice Danielle Outlaw about her work, her vision and issues impacting the bureau. The Skanner News: How is officer recruitment going, and what are you looking for in your police recruits? Portland Police Chief Danielle Out- law: We are looking for the nontradi- tional officer. Historically, we would do a lot of recruiting directly from the mil- itary, which we still do. But the nature of policing has changed so much that we are looking for those maybe with liberal arts backgrounds. We want cre- ative problem solvers with fresh ideas, that represent not only the diversity of our community but the diversity in this country and internationally. Be- cause they bring new ways of doing See OUTLAW on page 3 About 1,000 people gathered Jan. 21 for The Skanner Foundation’s 33rd annual Martin Luther King, Jr. breakfast featuring King County Councilor Larry Gossett as the keynote speaker. Gosett: Time to ‘Build Bridges, Not Walls’ King County Councilor Larry Gossett describes MLK’s deeper vision By Christen McCurdy Of The Skanner News Structural racism in Se- attle was more subtle than other cities, said King County Councilor Larry Gossett Monday morning at The Skanner Founda- tion’s 33rd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast. Rather than legal, sepa- rate-but-equal facilities, in every neighborhood in Seattle houses were sold with restrictive covenants in their deeds, saying they could not be sold to a per- son of color. “We were a highly segre- gated community,” Gossett told the crowd of about 1,000 individuals who gath- ered at the Red Lion Hotel on the River on Hayden Is- land for the event, where 29 students were honored with scholarships from The Skanner Foundation. Gossett, who co-founded the Black Student Union at the University of Washing- ton and later helped orga- nize Black Student Unions at high schools and middle schools around the Seattle area, was instrumental in changing the logo of King County to honor Martin Luther King. Originally, the county was named for William R. King, a 19th-century politician and diplomat who rep- resented North Carolina and Alabama in Congress and served as the 13th vice president of the U.S. for six weeks before his death. William King was also a member of one of the larg- est slaveholding families in Study Reveals States with the Kamala Harris Opens Presidential Bid Most Racial Progress page 10 By Juana Summers Associated Press Oscar Nominations page 8 WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris, a first-term senator and former Cal- ifornia attorney general known for her rigorous questioning of Presi- dent Donald Trump’s nominees, en- tered the Democratic presidential race on Monday. Harris would be the first woman to hold the presidency and the second African American. Harris, 54, who grew up in Oak- Alabama, owning as many as 500 slaves at one point. Neither the county logo – an imperial crown – nor William King’s history seemed like an appropri- ate legacy, Gossett said, so he pushed for a change that would better reflect the area’s values. Gossett stressed the “deeper meaning” of King’s life and vision. The most popular King quotes and remembrances focus on the idea of people of dif- ferent races getting along — multiracial groups of children holding hands. “For some reason, many, many Whites in our coun- try believe that is the es- sence of King’s dream,” Gossett said. But King’s concerns were not just interpersonal. land, California, is one of the earliest high-profile Democrats to join what is expected to be a crowded field. She made her long anticipated an- nouncement on ABC’s “Good Morn- ing America.” “I am running for president of the United States,” she said. “And I’m very excited about it.” She portrayed herself as a fighter for justice, decency and equality in a video distributed by her campaign See HARRIS on page 3 They were structural. Seg- regated public facilities reinforced the notion of African Americans’ inferi- ority and they were the law of the land. Gossett said he’s also pushed back against the idea that young people shouldn’t take risks with direct action. Historical evidence – notably, the Bir- mingham Children’s Cru- sade of 1963, during which thousands of children walked out of school and were arrested — suggests otherwise, he said. “It is said by most histo- rians that it is not likely that the back of segrega- tion would have been bro- ken in Birmingham if not for thousands of children, ages seven to 17,” Gossett See BREAKFAST on page 3 AP PHOTO/MANUEL BALCE CENETA Chief Outlaw Speaks Portland Police Chief PHOTO BY ANTONIO HARRIS Portland Police Chief Danielle Outlaw was interviewed by The Skanner at the annual MLK Breakfast event. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., arrives to speak to the members of the media at her alma mater, Howard University, Jan. 21 in Washington, following her announcement earlier in the morning that she will run for president.