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NATION/WORLD 2I¿FHUZKRIDWDOO\VKRWPDQWROGERVVKHUDQDZD\ Page 8A East Oregonian Associated Press NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — 7KHZKLWH6RXWK&DUROLQDSROLFHRI¿FHU charged with murder in the shooting death of a black man can be heard tell- ing his supervisor twice that he didn’t understand why the man ran away, ac- cording to dashcam video. 7KDWRI¿FHU0LFKDHO6ODJHULQLVMDLO DQG KDV EHHQ ¿UHG LQ WKH ZDNH RI WKH April 4 shooting death of Walter Scott, 50, who was buried over the weekend. The shooting happened after Slager SXOOHG 6FRWW RYHU IRU ZKDW WKH RI¿FHU VDLGZDVDEURNHQWDLOOLJKWRQKLV0HU- cedes. Scott was behind some $18,000 in his child support payments, and family members have said he may have run be- cause he was worried about going back WRMDLO$ZDUUDQWKDGEHHQLVVXHGIRUKLV arrest. The shooting was captured on a cell- phone camera by a man passing by and became the latest example nationally of an unarmed black man shot by a white SROLFHRI¿FHUIXUWKHUVWLUULQJRXWUDJH The shooting was not captured by Slager’s dashboard camera, which shows what appears to be a routine traf- ¿FVWRSXQWLO6FRWWWDNHVRIIUXQQLQJ%XW WKHFHOOSKRQHYLGHRVKRZV6ODJHU¿ULQJ eight times at Scott. SLED has released almost 13 hours of dashcam video from the cruisers of WKH ¿YH RI¿FHUV ZKR UHVSRQGHG WR WKH scene. State Law Enforcement Division VSRNHVPDQ 7KRP %HUU\ VDLG 0RQGD\ that the actions of all North Charleston RI¿FHUVDWWKHVFHQHDUHEHLQJUHYLHZHG $Q\¿QGLQJVZLOOEHIRUZDUGHGWRDOR- cal prosecutor. On one video, Slager can be heard answering a call on his cellphone. “Everything’s OK, OK?” he tells the FDOOHU³,MXVWVKRWVRPHERG\´ He also tells the caller: “He grabbed my Taser, yeah. He was running from PH´7KHRI¿FHULQLWLDOO\VDLGDIWHUWKH shooting that Scott had tried to take his Taser, and the man who recorded the AP Photo/David Goldman The Rev. Al Sharpton, right, visits a makeshift memorial where Walter Scott was fatally shot by a police officer after he fled a traffic stop, April 12 in North Charleston, S.C. The officer, Michael Thomas Slager, has been fired and charged with murder. shooting on his cellphone said he started UHFRUGLQJDIWHUQRWLFLQJDVFXIÀH Slager can later be heard on the video WDONLQJWRDQRI¿FHU%HUU\LGHQWL¿HGDV his supervisor. “I’m sure SLED will be on the way,” the supervisor says. “Once they get here, it will be real quick. They’re going to tell you you’ll be off a couple of days, we’ll come back and interview you. They’re not going to ask you any questions right now. They’ll take your weapon and we’ll go from there.” The supervisor suggests to Slager, “When you get home it would proba- EO\EHDJRRGLGHDWRNLQGRIMRWGRZQ your thoughts on what happened — the DGUHQDOLQLVMXVWSXPSLQJ´ “It’s pumping,” Slager responds, and they both laugh. Then there is a pause for a few sec- onds, and Slager speaks again, softly: “I don’t understand why he took off like that.” Another short pause. “I don’t understand why he’d run.” 2Q 0RQGD\ D VPDOO JURXS RI SUR- testers blocked a main avenue in North Charleston and the entrance to City Hall. $WWRUQH\ 0DOLN 6KDED]] WKH SUHVL- GHQWRI%ODFN/DZ\HUVIRU-XVWLFHDOVR appeared in front of City Hall, calling for a special prosecutor to investigate the incident. He said his group will do its own investigation and hold a national town hall meeting next weekend on race and police practices. %ODFN /DZ\HUV IRU -XVWLFH KDV brought a $40 million lawsuit alleg- LQJ )HUJXVRQ 0LVVRXUL DQG 6W /RXLV County used excessive force and false- ly arrested innocent bystanders to quell widespread unrest after the fatal shoot- ing of a black 18-year-old man by a ZKLWHSROLFHRI¿FHUODVW\HDU 6KDED]] VDLG ZKHWKHU D ODZVXLW LV brought in South Carolina depends on what his investigation turns up. Republican Rubio is running for president Associated Press 0,$0, ² 6HQ 0DUFR Rubio entered the presiden- WLDOUDFH0RQGD\E\RIIHULQJ the nation a younger genera- tion of leadership that breaks free of ideas “stuck in the WK FHQWXU\´ D MDE DW ERWK Democratic favorite Hillary Rodham Clinton and his one- time Republican mentor, for- PHU)ORULGD*RY-HE%XVK Standing in front of a ban- ner that proclaimed “A New American Century” and re- peating that refrain through- out his kickoff speech, the 43-year-old Cuban-Amer- LFDQ XVHG KLV ¿UVW WXUQ DV a Republican presidential candidate to take on two of America’s political dynas- ties. In doing so, he bet heav- ily on the electorate’s frustra- tions with Washington and his ability to change how his party is seen by voters. ³7KLV HOHFWLRQ LV QRW MXVW about what laws we are go- ing to pass,” Rubio told his evening rally. “It is a genera- tional choice about what kind of country we will be.” AP Photo/Alan Diaz Florida Sen. Marco Rubio smiles during his announce- ment he is running for the Republican nomination, at a rally Monday in Miami. He said it’s also a choice between the haves and have- nots, nodding to his own up- bringing by working-class parents. “I live an exceptional country where the son of a bartender and a maid can have the same dreams and the same future as those who come from power and privi- lege.” (DUOLHULQWKHGD\WKH¿UVW term Republican from Flor- ida spoke to his top donors and told them many families feel the American Dream is slipping away and young Americans face unequal op- portunities. He’s banking on the hope that he, alone among PDQ\*23ULYDOVFDQPDNH inroads with groups that have long eluded Republicans — young people, minorities and WKHOHVVDIÀXHQW Rubio saw an opportu- nity to cast the presidential contest as one between a fresh face representing a new generation of leadership and familiar faces harking back decades — namely, the \HDUROG %XVK DQG WKH \HDUROG&OLQWRQ Supporters began lining XS LQ GHJUHH KHDW WKUHH hours before the public kick- off at Freedom Tower, the 0LDPL ODQGPDUN WKDW ZDV WKH¿UVWVWRSIRUWHQVRIWKRX- VDQGVRIÀHHLQJ&XEDQH[LOHV GXULQJWKHVDQGV Rubio has outlined spe- FL¿FSROLF\SURSRVDOVRQIRU- eign and domestic issues. He plans future presentations as his campaign gets underway. John Sm ith 07/08/72 05/02/12 Emily Ann Smith P ILOT R OCK H IGH S CHOOL Congratulations! We are so very proud of you. Love Mom & Dad 00 $ 25 . Private Party Only Tell your favorite graduate how proud you are in our Graduation 2015 special section in the East Oregonian and Hermiston Herald & share their "Then" & "Now" Photos! Publishes: May 30 th Send in your text and photos to psmootz@eastoregonian.com or bring to Paula at the East Oregonian office by May 18 th . Mailing address: Attn: Paula Smootz 211 SE Byers Ave., Pendleton, OR 97801 You w ill forever be in ou r hearts. M om & D ad A ctu al size of ad (1x2) Tuesday, April 14, 2015 BRIEFLY *HUPDQ1REHO OLWHUDWXUHODXUHDWH *XHQWHU*UDVV GLHVDW %(5/,1$3² Guenter Grass was to Germany what William Faulkner was to the old American South: The bard, VFRXUJHDQGSDWK¿QGHURI a society ruined by moral disgrace and humiliated by military defeat. For much of his adult life, the Nobel-winning writer held the rare status in the literary world of both national historian and inventor. 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His toy drum becomes a symbol of this refusal. 5XVVLDOLIWVEDQ RQ6PLVVLOHV WR,UDQ 026&2:$3² 3UHVLGHQW9ODGLPLU3XWLQ RQ0RQGD\VDQFWLRQHG the delivery of a highly capable Russian air defense missile system to Iran, a game changer move that ZRXOGVLJQL¿FDQWO\EROVWHU the Islamic republic’s military capability and fuel Israel’s concerns. U.S. Secretary of State -RKQ.HUU\REMHFWHGWR 0RVFRZ¶VGHFLVLRQLQ a phone call to Russian )RUHLJQ0LQLVWHU6HUJH\ Lavrov, and the White House indicated the move could endanger plans to ultimately lift sanctions on Iran as part of a proposed nuclear deal. White House press VHFUHWDU\-RVK(DUQHVWVDLG unity and coordination with nations like Russia is critical to the success of the negotiations. Washington KDVVDLG0RVFRZSOD\HG a constructive role in the Iranian nuclear talks, despite sharp differences between Russia and the West over Ukraine. 3XWLQ¶VPRYHZDV quickly welcomed by Tehran, while it worried Israel, which saw it as a sign that Iran already had begun to cash in on the emerging nuclear deal with world powers that is H[SHFWHGWREH¿QDOL]HGE\ WKHHQGRI-XQH 3XWLQ¶VVSRNHVPDQ 'PLWU\3HVNRYVDLGWKH missile system could be shipped to Iran at any moment. 7DOLEDQDWWDFN NLOOV$IJKDQ VROGLHUVVRPH EHKHDGHG .$%8/$IJKDQLVWDQ $3²7DOLEDQ¿JKWHUV swarmed over Afghan army posts in the country’s northeast, killing at least 18 soldiers and beheading some in an attack to mark the start of the country’s VXPPHU¿JKWLQJVHDVRQ DXWKRULWLHVVDLG0RQGD\ The assault marks a JULP¿UVWVXPPHUEDWWOH for Afghan forces, now ¿JKWLQJODUJHO\DORQHDIWHU the U.S. and NATO ended their combat mission in the country at the start of this year. The attack LQ%DGDNKVKDQ¶V-XUP district happened Friday, WKRXJKRI¿FLDOVRQO\ offered details about it days later as they pledged to investigate the apparent rout. Some 250 Taliban ¿JKWHUVRYHUUDQWKHSRVWV said the province’s deputy governor. He said Afghan troops killed 19 Taliban ¿JKWHUVHLJKWRIWKHP foreigners. R em em ber you r loved one by placing a M em orial ad for them . O nly $ 25 Ru ns Satu rday, M ay 23 rd in the Please have you r info in by Friday, M ay 15th N am e of D eceased: D ate of B irth: D ate of Passing : M essag e: (please lim it to 20 w ords inclu ding "from ") Your Name: Phone Number: Graduate's Name: Graduate's School: Message to Graduate: You r N am e: A ddress: C ity: State: Z ip: Phone N u m ber: Fill ou t this form and su bm it it along w ith a pictu re to: Pau la Sm ootz at 211 SE B yers A ve., Pendleton, O R 97801 or em ail psm ootz@ eastoreg onian.com • 541-278-2678