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Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Tensions between police and communities House committee
approves $2 million
pesticide measure
The Associated Press
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cers in the past year have touched off
a national debate about police conduct,
which has only escalated as additional
interactions between police and sus-
pects — lethal or otherwise — are cap-
tured on video by law enforcement or
civilians. Here are some recent devel-
opments.
Some lawmakers
warn against
changes to bill
new bill before the House
Rules Committee.
However, the funding
component — House Bill
3434 — remained before
the House Committee on
Agriculture and Natural
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Rep. Greg Barreto,
Capital Bureau
R-Cove, said he was un-
SALEM — Farm reg- comfortable with approv-
ulators would receive an ing $2 million in funding
additional $2 million for for pesticide programs
regulating pesticides in that may be changed
Oregon under legislation by the House Rules
passed by a key legislative Committee.
“They can take your
committee.
ideas
and chose to do
The House Committee
on Agriculture and Nat- whatever they want to do,”
ural Resources approved he said.
Rep. Gail Whitsett,
House Bill 3434, which
funds increased pesticide R-Klamath Falls, said
rule enforcement, despite she also planned to vote
concerns by some law- against HB 3434 for the
same reason.
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said he
cide
bills
whatever they was Witt assured
were con-
sidered by
want to do.” the upcoming
bill before the
the commit-
— Rep. Greg
Rules Com-
tee this year,
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mittee would
including
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bans on ne-
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spraying, before a work by committee members
group narrowed down sev- and the pesticide work
group.
eral concepts, including:
Rep. Wayne Krieger,
• Initiating a review of
no-spray buffers by the R-Gold Beach, and Rep.
Oregon Department of Sal Esquivel, R-Medford,
said they would give HB
Forestry.
• Establishing standard 3434 “courtesy votes” but
operating procedures for may change their positions
investigating
pesticide depending on what hap-
complaints by the Oregon pens with the remaining
Department of Agricul- pesticide legislation.
The committee voted
ture.
• Increasing the max- 6-2 to refer the bill to the
imum civil penalties for Joint Committee on Ways
pesticide violations by and Means with a “do
pass” recommendation.
two-fold.
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During an April 21
The Capital Bureau is
work session, Committee
Chair Brad Witt, D-Clats- a collaboration between
kanie, said these concepts EO Media Group and
would by taken up in a Pamplin Media Group.
Feds to investigate death of
Baltimore man in police custody
The U.S. Justice Department said
Tuesday it has opened an investigation
into the death of Baltimore resident
Freddie Gray, whose spine was nearly
severed while in police custody.
A vigil was planned for Tuesday
evening where he was arrested April
12.
Gray, 25, died Sunday. Court records
show he suffered a medical emergency
while being taken to the police station
in a van and was rushed to the hospital.
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on leave.
Civilian and police video show Gray
being loaded into the van, but not the
entire encounter.
Justice Department spokeswoman
Dena Iverson said federal investigators
will look for evidence of whether an
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Department to review police policies
and procedures.
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Edward Brown speaks at a protest outside City Hall about Freddie Gray in
Baltimore, Monday. Baltimore’s top police officials, mayor and prosecutor
sought to calm a “community on edge” Monday while investigating how
Gray suffered a fatal spine injury while under arrest. Six officers have been
suspended, but investigators say they still don’t know how it happened.
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not guilty Tuesday to a second-degree
manslaughter charge.
Robert Bates declined to comment
before he made his initial court appear-
ance in Tulsa district court. His next
court date is July 2.
The Tulsa County volunteer has said
he shot Eric Harris on April 2 after con-
fusing his stun gun and handgun. Har-
ris, 44, died after running from a sting
operation involving gun sales. Bates
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released video of the shooting in which
he is overheard apologizing for shoot-
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pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a federal its policies by letting Bates carry his
charge of violating the rights of an In- personal handgun after training at the
dian grandfather injured during a con- range on another weapon.
frontation a few months ago.
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Eric Sloan Parker, 26, is accused of
using unreasonable force in February court appearance on assault charge
against 57-year-old Sureshbhai Patel,
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son where he was visiting family when cer charged in the beating of a motorist
a resident called police about a suspi- that was caught on video.
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Parker made a brief appearance be-
Floyd Dent, 57, was hauled out of his
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on a $5,000 bond before a scheduled leaving him bloodied. Prosecutors say
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charge.
til a TV station aired dashcam video of
arrest in March.
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deputy who fatally shot a suspect who cer in Inkster and Highland Park.
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armed man in the back.
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criminal homicide.
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issue such an order because prosecu-
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she plans to schedule another hearing if
prosecutors say they intend to do so.
Defense lawyer Brian Perry argued
the video was likely to affect potential
jurors and would present a partial and
misleading impression of the events that
caused the death of 59-year-old motorist
David Kassick in early February. Both
Mearkle and Kassick were white.
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92° (1934)
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26° (1951)
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