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NATION/WORLD Thursday, July 2, 2015 Witness says man killed by SRliFe tRld RI¿FeUs µsKRRt me¶ Associated Press PASCO, Wash. — Two witnesses said an unarmed Mexican immigrant fatally shot by police in Washington VWDWH IRXJKW ZLWK DQ RI¿FHU WKUHZ URFNV DQG WROG RI¿FHUV to shoot him before they RSHQHG ¿UH GRFXPHQWV released Wednesday show. Witness Miguel Estrada, who was interviewed the day after the Feb. 10 shooting in Pasco, said he saw Antonio Zambrano-Montes throw URFNV DW RI¿FHUV WKHQ UXQ away. ,Q WKH ¿OHV UHOHDVHG E\ authorities, Estrada said Zambrano-Montes screamed DWRI¿FHUV³µ,I\RXDUHJRQQD shoot me, shoot me.”’ The death of the 35-year-old Zambra- no-Montes was captured on video and sparked months of protests in the agricultural center in Eastern Washington. A prosecutor is deciding ZKHWKHU WKH WKUHH RI¿FHUV who shot Zambrano-Montes should face criminal charges, a process likely to take months. 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They have not commented publicly on the shooting. ³7KH ULJKW GHFLVLRQ LV more important than a quick decision,” Sant said about the SRVVLELOLW\RI¿OLQJFKDUJHV Patrick told investigators he saw Zambrano-Montes pick up what appeared to be a dirt clod and throw it at RI¿FHUV Patrick recalled two bursts RI JXQ¿UH IURP WKH RI¿FHUV even though he said Zambra- QR0RQWHV ³ZDVQ¶W DFWLQJ very violent at that time.” Just before the second URXQG RI VKRWV WKH RI¿FHUV yelled at Zambrano-Montes to put down the rock, he said. ³+H ORRNHG OLNH KH ZDV trying to put it down,” Patrick said. Episcopalians vote to allow gay marriage By BRADY MCCOMBS and RACHEL ZOLL Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — Episcopalians voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to allow religious weddings for same-sex couples, solid- ifying the church’s embrace of gay rights that began more than a decade ago with the pioneering election of the ¿UVWRSHQO\JD\ELVKRS The vote came in Salt Lake City at the Episcopal *HQHUDO &RQYHQWLRQ MXVW days after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage nationwide. It passed in WKH +RXVH RI 'HSXWLHV WKH voting body of clergy and lay participants at the meeting. 7KH +RXVH RI %LVKRSV KDG approved the resolution 7XHVGD\E\ZLWK¿YH abstaining. The Rev. Brian Baker of Sacramento said the church rule change was the result of a nearly four-decade long conversation that has EHHQ GLI¿FXOW DQG SDLQIXO for many. Baker, chair of the committee that crafted the changes, said church members have not always been kind to one another but that the dynamic has changed in recent decades. ³:H KDYH OHDUQHG WR QRW only care for, but care about RQHRWKHU´%DNHUVDLG³7KDW AP Photo/Coke Whitworth, File Bishop Gene Robinson addresses the congregation at Christ Church in Philadelphia, Sunday, May 1, 2005. Robinson, now retired, said he is breathless about how quickly the gay rights movement has progressed since he was getting daily death threats and forced to wear a bulletproof vest to his consecration 12 years ago. mutual care was present in the conversations we had. Some people disagreed, some people disagreed deeply, but we prayed and we listened and we came up with compromises that we believe make room and leave no one behind.” %DNHU VDLG WKH +RXVH RI Bishops prayed and debated WKHLVVXHIRU¿YHKRXUVHDUOLHU this week before passing it RQWRWKH+RXVHRI'HSXWLHV The Rev. Bonnie Perry of Chicago, a lesbian married to a fellow Episcopal priest, hugged fellow supporters on :HGQHVGD\DQGVDLG³:H¶UH all included now.” ³)RU WKH OHVELDQ JD\ bisexual and transgender people in our congregations now know under the eyes of God and in every single state in this blessed country, they are welcome to receive all the sacraments,” she said. The Rev. Jose Luis Mendoza-Barahona of +RQGXUDV JDYH DQ LPSDV- sioned speech, saying the new church law goes against the Bible and would create a chasm in the church. ³7KH¿JKWKDVQRWHQGHG LW¶VVWDUWLQJ´KHVDLG³7KRVH of us in the church who are loyal followers of Christ are JRLQJ WR UHPDLQ ¿UP LQ QRW recognizing what happened today.” The vote eliminates JHQGHUVSHFL¿F ODQJXDJH from church laws on marriage so that same-sex couples could have religious weddings. ,QVWHDG RI ³KXVEDQG´ DQG ³ZLIH´IRUH[DPSOHWKHQHZ FKXUFKODZZLOOUHIHUWR³WKH couple.” Under the new rules, clergy can decline to perform the ceremonies. The changes were approved 173-27. The deputies also approved a gender-neutral prayer service for marriage on a 184-23. The measures take effect WKH ¿UVW 6XQGD\ RI $GYHQW Nov. 29. Many dioceses in the New York-based church of nearly 1.9 million members have allowed their priests to perform civil same-sex weddings, using a trial prayer service to bless the couple. Still, the church hadn’t changed its own laws on marriage until Wednesday. The Episcopal Church MRLQVWZRRWKHUPDLQOLQH3URW- estant groups that allowed gay marriage in all their FRQJUHJDWLRQV WKH 8QLWHG Church of Christ and the Pres- byterian Church (U.S.A.). The 3.8-million-member Evangelical Lutheran Church in America lets its congrega- tions decide for themselves, and many of them host gay weddings. BRIEFLY 0aMRU aiUlines may KaYe FRllXded tR keeS IaUes KigK :$6+,1*721$3 — The U.S. government is investigating possible FROOXVLRQDPRQJPDMRU airlines to limit available seats, which keeps airfares high, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press. The civil antitrust investigation by the Justice 'HSDUWPHQWDSSHDUVWRIRFXV on whether airlines illegally signaled to each other how quickly they would add new ÀLJKWVURXWHVDQGH[WUDVHDWV A letter received Tuesday E\PDMRU86FDUULHUV demands copies of all communications the airlines had with each other, Wall 6WUHHWDQDO\VWVDQGPDMRU shareholders about their plans for passenger-carrying FDSDFLW\RU³WKHXQGHVLU- ability of your company or any other airline increasing capacity.” 7KH-XVWLFH'HSDUWPHQW asked each airline for its passenger-carrying capacity both by region, and overall, since January 2010. -XVWLFH'HSDUWPHQW spokeswoman Emily Pierce FRQ¿UPHGWKDWWKHGHSDUW- ment is looking into poten- WLDO³XQODZIXOFRRUGLQDWLRQ´ among some airlines. She declined to comment further or say which airlines are being investigated. 86 &Xba tR RSen embassies IXlly UestRUe diSlRmaFy :$6+,1*721$3² After more than a half-cen- tury of hostility, the United States and Cuba declared Wednesday they will reopen embassies in each other’s capitals this month, marking a historic full restoration of diplomatic relations between the Cold War foes. For President Barack Obama, the opening of the U.S. Embassy in the heart of +DYDQDLVRQHRIWKHPRVW tangible demonstrations of his long-standing pledge to engage directly with U.S. DGYHUVDULHV+HUDOGLQJWKH embassy agreement, Obama GHFODUHG³7KLVLVZKDW change looks like.” Cuban television broad- cast Obama’s statement live, underscoring the new spirit. In a letter to Obama, Cuban President Raul Castro praised the embassy announcement as a way to ³GHYHORSUHVSHFWIXOUHODWLRQV and cooperation between our peoples and governments.” *Ueek leadeU SUesses Rn ZitK YRte Rn aXsteUity $7+(16*UHHFH$3 — The Greek government vowed Wednesday to go ahead with plans to have the people decide whether they want more austerity measures in exchange for a rescue deal. Greece offered more concessions to its creditors, but was rebuffed — Eurozone ¿QDQFHPLQLVWHUVUHIXVHGWR negotiate any more aid until the referendum clears up what the country wants. The moves came on a fast-paced day of zigs-and- zags that saw the Greek prime minister back off his earlier refusal to consider creditors’ belt-tightening GHPDQGV\HWKROG¿UPRQ putting the measures to a popular vote. Kids! Read this Summer with a Foster Grandparent Volunteer at the Library! 1 hour daily sessions for students in grades 1 to 6 at: Hermiston Library: – Jul. 6 - Aug. 14 Pendleton Library: – Jul. 6 - Aug. 14 We have 2 trained volunteers at each city library from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m, Monday through Friday. Call (541)-276-4474 to reserve a day and time for your child. East Oregonian Page 7A NeZ ZaUden seFXUity measXUes aIteU SUisRn esFaSe ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A range of new security measures is being put in place at a maximum-se- curity prison to close gaps exploited by two inmates who escaped last month. The state correction department said Wednesday that includes stepped-up searches of inmates’ cells, VWDI¿QJ FKDQJHV WR HQVXUH bed checks are more effective and installation of security gates in the facili- ty’s tunnels. The department also announced that 30-year correction veteran Michael Kirkpatrick will be the new superintendent of the prison, the Clinton Correctional )DFLOLW\ LQ 'DQQHPRUD +H replaces Steven Racette, who was placed on paid leave Tuesday along with two of his deputies and nine other staff members, including guards, after an internal review of how FRQYLFWHG NLOOHUV 'DYLG Sweat and Richard Matt escaped June 6. Racette was named superintendent on May 14, shortly after the retirement of his predecessor and MXVW EHIRUH D ZDWFKGRJ group released a report on violence and racial tension in the prison. Matt was shot dead Friday after a three-week manhunt. Sweat was shot and captured on Sunday. Authorities said they FXW WKURXJK WKHLU DGMRLQLQJ cell walls over months, climbed down catwalks to the tunnels, got hold of contractors’ tools, broke through a brick wall, cut into and out of a steam pipe and cut a chain holding a manhole cover outside the prison to get away. The inmates stuffed clothing in their beds to make it look as though they were still there. The new security measures also include temporarily closing the prison’s honor block, where the inmates escaped, and VXEMHFWLQJ LW WR WKH VDPH security restrictions as other blocks. All contractor tool boxes are now to be stored in secure areas inaccessible to inmates and inspected daily. A captain or higher rank is required on every overnight shift. Staff members in remote areas are required to check in every half-hour. California law decried after black woman’s µO\QFKLQJ¶DUUHVW SACRAMENTO (AP) — When Sacramento police arrested black activist Maile +DPSWRQRYHUKHUUROHLQD Black Lives Matter protest in January, they didn’t charge her with obstructing WUDI¿F WUHVSDVVLQJ RU disturbing the peace. They charged her with felony lynching. No one was killed or even hurt in the demonstration. But the 20-year-old woman was booked under a 1933 section of the California penal code that applies WKH ZRUG ³O\QFKLQJ´ WR the crime of attempting to seize someone from police custody. While the offense was later downgraded to some- thing more conventional, the use of the lynching charge incensed many community leaders and led California lawmakers to unanimously vote to strike the term from the books. 7KH PHDVXUH ZRQ ¿QDO approval last week and is now before Gov. Jerry Brown. ³7R FRPH IXOO FLUFOH 2015 and have a woman of color charged with that crime — the irony was not lost on me,” said state 6HQ +ROO\ 0LWFKHOO RI Los Angeles, the black legislator who introduced the bill. She said that although the code was originally designed to protect African Americans in police custody, the ZRUG ³O\QFKLQJ´ VKRXOG no longer be attached to the law. 7KHGHWDLOVRI+DPSWRQ¶V run-in with police are murky. But cellphone video that surfaced after the demon- stration shows a police RI¿FHUVHL]LQJDSURWHVWHULQ the street. A woman is seen trying to yank the protester away when another woman, ZKRDSSHDUVWREH+DPSWRQ carrying a bullhorn, grabs the man’s arm and tries to SXOO KLP IURP WKH RI¿FHU¶V JUDVS 2WKHUV VRRQ MRLQ WKH effort. &aliIRUnia Fities sKRZ biggest ZateU saYings yet SACRAMENTO (AP) — California’s drought- stricken cities set a record for water conservation, reducing usage 29 percent in May, according to data released by a state agency Wednesday. Regulators hope the savings will last through summer as California communities are under order to cut water use by 25 percent compared to 2013 levels. Gov. Jerry Brown announced his mandatory conservation order in April. Felicia Marcus, chair- woman of the State Water Resources Control Board enforcing Brown’s order, said the results show it’s possible to meet steep conservation targets. ³,W¶V JUDWLI\LQJ WKDW IDU more communities are stepping up, and we want to see this much more through the summer,” Marcus said. ³,WHQGVXSSXWWLQJRIIWKH need for much harsher rationing, which has greater impacts on people and the economy.” California is in a four-year drought that has devastated some rural communities, prompted VRPHIDUPHUVWROHDYH¿HOGV unplanted or tap expensive water supplies and dented ¿VK SRSXODWLRQV 0DQ\ cities have avoided the brunt of the dry spell because of backup supplies and preparation, but the governor wanted conserva- tion efforts ramped up with no clear end to the drought in sight. May’s water savings were the best showing since the state started tracking conservation last summer. The report followed several months of tepid conservation, 13.5 percent in April and 4 percent in March. 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